DüSSELDORF. Fortuna Düsseldorf succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Schalke 04 to win 2-1. It was Schalke 04 to strike first with a goal of B. Idrizi at the 42′. Then it was a goal in the 48′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, R. Hennings gave the win to Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 57′ minute.

The match was played at the Merkur Spiel-Arena stadium in Düsseldorf on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Harm Osmers who was helped by Stefan Lupp and Lars Erbst. The 4th official was Marcel Gasteier. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.2 degrees Celsius or 52.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2 - 1

Schalke 04

  • 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
  • 21 Total 10
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 16 Off Target 6
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 128 Attack 114
  • 60 Dangerous attack 28
  • 89 Ball safe 77
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 2
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 9 Total 14
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Fortuna Düsseldorf had a strong ball possession 55% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fortuna Düsseldorf was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fortuna Düsseldorf won the match​.

Fortuna Düsseldorf shot 21 times, 5 on target, 16 off target. On the opposite side, Schalke 04 shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Fortuna Düsseldorf received 2 yellow cards (J. de Wijs and A. Hoffmann). Regarding the opposition, Schalke 04 didn’t receive any yellow card.

Match Timeline

42'
Blendi Idrizi(goal)R. Zalazar
48'
57'
60'
Darko Churlinov- sub ->M. Pieringer
60'
75'
Ao Tanaka- sub ->Marcel Sobottka
75'
Jordy de Wijs- Yellow
78'
85'
Felix Klaus- sub ->Shinta Appelkamp
86'
86'
86'
87'
Andre Hoffmann - Yellow
89'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Schalke 04
65
34
Werder Bremen
63
34
Hamburger SV
60
34
Darmstadt 98
60
34
St. Pauli
57
34
Heidenheim
52
34
Paderborn
51
34
Nürnberg
51
34
Holstein Kiel
45
34
Fortuna Düsseldorf
44
34
Hannover 96
42
34
Karlsruher SC
41
34
Hansa Rostock
41
34
Sandhausen
41
34
Jahn Regensburg
40
34
Dynamo Dresden
32
34
Erzgebirge Aue
26
34
Ingolstadt
21
34

After this encounter, Fortuna Düsseldorf will have 23 points to hold in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Schalke 04 will stay with 37 points like Heidenheim to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf will host Hamburger SV on the 19th of March with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Hamburger SV (3 draws).

Schalke 04 will host Hannover 96 on the 19th of March with a 17-6 head to head statistic in favor of Schalke 04 (6 draws).

Fortuna Düsseldorf – Formation

Fortuna Düsseldorf
G
Florian Kastenmeier 33.Germany
6.8
D
Andre Hoffmann 3.Germany
7.2
89'
D
Jordy de Wijs 30.Netherlands
6.5
78'
D
N. Gavory 34.France
7.6
87'
D
Matthias Zimmermann 25.Germany
6.4
M
Marcel Sobottka 31.Germany
7.4
75'
M
K. Narey 20.Togo
8.2
48'
M
J. Piotrowski 8.Poland
6.2
M
Shinta Appelkamp 23.Germany
7.4
86'
F
Rouwen Hennings 28.Germany
7.2
86' 57'
F
Daniel Ginczek 10.Germany
7.4
75'
Substitutes
G
Raphael Wolf 1.Germany
D
Christoph Klarer 5.Austria
6.8
86'
D
Florian Hartherz 7.Germany
87'
D
T. Oberdorf 46.Germany
M
Felix Klaus 11.Germany
6.8
86'
M
Thomas Pledl 18.Germany
M
Ao Tanaka 4.Japan
6.6
75'
F
Lex-Tyger Lobinger 47.Germany
F
Róbert Bozeník 32.Slovakia
6.4
75'

Fortuna Düsseldorf started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

The manager Raúl Albiol Tortajada decided to play with the following team: Florian Kastenmeier (6.8), Matthias Zimmermann (6.4), Andre Hoffmann (7.2), Jordy de Wijs (6.5), Nicolas Gavory (7.6), Jakub Piotrowski (6.2), Marcel Sobottka (7.4), Khaled Narey (8.2), Shinta Karl Appelkamp (7.4), Rouwen Hennings (7.2) and Daniel Ginczek (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Lex-Tyger Lobinger, Felix Klaus (6.8), Thomas Pledl, Raphael Wolf, Christoph Klarer (6.8), Florian Hartherz, Róbert Boženík (6.4), Tim Christopher Oberdorf and Ao Tanaka (6.6).

Substitutions

Fortuna Düsseldorf made 5 changes: M. Sobottka for A. Tanaka (74′), D. Ginczek for R. Bozenik (74′), S. Appelkamp for C. Klarer (86′), R. Hennings for F. Klaus (86′) and N. Gavory for F. Hartherz (87′).

Best player: Khaled Narey​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Düsseldorf was Khaled Narey.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 25 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 11 crosses.

Schalke 04 – Formation

Schalke 04
G
Martin Fraisl 30.Austria
6.7
D
Marcin Kaminski 35.Poland
6.8
D
Ko Itakura 3.Japan
6.7
D
Malick Thiaw 33.Germany
7.3
M
Thomas Ouwejan 2.Netherlands
7.0
M
Victor Pálsson 4.Iceland
6.8
M
Blendi Idrizi 36.Kosovo
6.3
60' 42'
M
Rodrigo Zalazar 10.Uruguay
7.5
85'
M
Marius Bülter 11.Germany
6.6
F
Simon Terodde 9.Germany
7.3
F
Marvin Pieringer 21.Germany
6.7
60'
Substitutes
G
Ralf Fährmann 1.Germany
D
Marius Lode 5.Norway
D
Henning Matriciani 41.Germany
D
S. Sané 26.Senegal
6.7
M
Darko Churlinov 7.Macedonia
6.5
60'
M
F. Flick 17.Germany
M
Lee Dong-Gyeong 14.South Korea
6.6
60'
M
Y. Mikhaylov 39.Russia
M
Marc Rzatkowski 18.Germany
6.8
85'

Schalke 04 started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Dimitrios Grammozis played with: Martin Fraisl (6.7), Malick Thiaw (7.3), Ko Itakura (6.7), Marcin Kamiński (6.8), Marius Bülter (6.6), Rodrigo Zalazar (7.5), Victor Pálsson (6.8), Blendi Idrizi (6.3), Thomas Ouwejan (7.0), Marvin Pieringer (6.7) and Simon Terodde (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Darko Churlinov (6.5), Marius Lode, Florian Flick, Dong-gyeong Lee (6.6), Yaroslav Mikhailov, Marc Rzatkowski (6.8), Henning Matriciani, Ralf Fährmann and Salif Sané (6.7).

Substitutions

Schalke 04 made 4 changes: M. Pieringer for D. Churlinov (60′), B. Idrizi for Lee Dong-Gyeong (60′), R. Zalazar for M. Rzatkowski (85′) and M. Thiaw for S. Sane (85′).

Best player: Rodrigo Zalazar​

The most impressive player for Schalke 04 was Rodrigo Zalazar.

His rating is (7.5) with 17 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.​