MAGDEBURG. Magdeburg was in the end too strong for Schalke 04 with the goal of Silas Gnaka (17′), Mo El Hankouri (35′ pen) and Tatsuya Ito (45′). Magdeburg was surely superior in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the MDCC-Arena stadium in Magdeburg on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Christian Dingert who was helped by Benedikt Kempkes and Nikolai Kimmeyer. The 4th official was Konrad Oldhfer. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.57 degrees Celsius or 49.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
- 17 Total 14
- 4 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 8
- 9 Shots blocked 3
- 129 Attack 89
- 53 Dangerous attack 35
- 110 Ball safe 57
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 3 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Magdeburg was in firm control of the ball 71% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Magdeburg was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Magdeburg won the match.
Magdeburg shot 17 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Schalke 04 shot 14 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Magdeburg has 30 points like Nürnberg to remain in the 11th place. On the other side, Schalke 04 will stays with 26 points to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Magdeburg will play away with Paderborn on the 2nd of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Paderborn (5 draws).
Schalke 04 will host St. Pauli on the 2nd of March with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Schalke 04 (1 draw).
Magdeburg – Formation
Magdeburg
35'
90'
Magdeburg started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Christian Titz decided to play with the following team: Dominik Reimann , Leon Bell Bell , Tobias Müller , Daniel Heber , Mo El Hankouri , Silas Gnaka , Daniel Elfadli , Amara Condé , Barış Atik , Jan Luca Schuler and Tatsuya Ito .
The home team had on the bench: Andi Hoti, Jamie Lawrence, Luc Castaignos , Jason Ceka , Connor Krempicki, Jonah Fabisch, Emir Kuhinja, Xavier Amaechi and Noah Kruth.
Substitutions
Magdeburg made 5 changes: Amara Condé for Connor Krempicki (86′), Silas Gnaka for Andi Hoti (90′), Jan Luca Schuler for Luc Castaignos (76′), Tatsuya Ito for Jason Ceka (76′) and Barış Atik for Xavier Amaechi (76′).
Player of the match: Mo El Hankouri
The most impressive player for Magdeburg was Mo El Hankouri.
His rating is with 1 goal, 97 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.
Schalke 04 – Formation
Schalke 04
Schalke 04 started with a 3-3-2-2 line-up (3-3-2-2).
Karel Geraerts played with: Marius Müller , Tomáš Kalas , Marcin Kamiński , Timo Baumgartl , Cedric Brunner , Blendi Idrizi , Ron Schallenberg , Paul Seguin , Thomas Ouwejan , Darko Churlinov and Kenan Karaman .
They had on the bench: Ralf Fährmann, Derry Murkin, Simon Terodde , Lino Tempelmann, Bryan Lasme , Brandon Soppy , Tobias Mohr , Henning Matriciani and Keke Maximilian Topp.
Substitutions
Schalke 04 made 4 changes: Timo Baumgartl for Bryan Lasme (46′), Cedric Brunner for Tobias Mohr (46′), Blendi Idrizi for Brandon Soppy (46′) and Darko Churlinov for Simon Terodde (46′).
Player of the match: Thomas Ouwejan
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Schalke 04 was Thomas Ouwejan.
His rating is with 25 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 8 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Eintracht Braunschweig – Hertha BSC – 1-1
- Kaiserslautern – Karlsruher SC – 0-4
- Osnabrück – Hannover 96 – 1-0
- Magdeburg – Schalke 04 – 3-0
