GELSENKIRCHEN. Schalke 04 conquers St. Pauli 3-1. Schalke 04 got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Yusuf Kabadayi (44′) and Yusuf Kabadayi (73′). St. Pauli tried to recover with a goal from Elias Saad (89′). Nevertheless, the contest was closed by a goal (90′) scored by Kenan Karaman for Schalke 04. St. Pauli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Veltins-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen on Friday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 61,497 spectators.​ The referee was with the assistance of Rafael Foltyn and Daniel Bartnitzki. The 4th official was Nico Fuchs. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.31 degrees Celsius or 48.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

St. Pauli had a superior ball possession 57% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Schalke 04 was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Schalke 04 won the match​.

Schalke 04 shot 14 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, St. Pauli shot 7 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards (Yusuf Kabadayi, Darko Churlinov and Brandon Soppy). Regarding the opposition, St. Pauli didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Schalke 04 has 29 points to sit in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, St. Pauli will stays with 48 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Schalke 04 will host Paderborn on the 9th of March with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Schalke 04 (1 draw).

St. Pauli will host Hertha BSC on the 9th of March with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Hertha BSC (2 draws).

Schalke 04 – Formation

Schalke 04 started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Karel Geraerts decided to play with the following team: Marius Müller (7.0), Brandon Soppy (6.8), Tomáš Kalas (7.3), Ron Schallenberg (7.3), Derry Murkin (7.0), Yusuf Kabadayi (8.4), Paul Seguin (7.0), Thomas Ouwejan (7.9), Kenan Karaman (7.5), Simon Terodde (6.4) and Bryan Lasme (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Ralf Fährmann, Danny Latza, Lino Tempelmann, Blendi Idrizi, Darko Churlinov (6.4), Dominick Drexler, Cedric Brunner (6.6), Marcin Kamiński and Keke Maximilian Topp (7.9).

Schalke 04 could not rely on the presence of Darko Churlinov (injured).

Substitutions

Schalke 04 made 3 changes: Bryan Lasme for Keke Maximilian Topp (63′), Yusuf Kabadayi for Darko Churlinov (78′) and Brandon Soppy for Cedric Brunner (70′).

Player of the match: Yusuf Kabadayi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Schalke 04 was Yusuf Kabadayi.

His rating is 8.4 with 2 goals, 15 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

St. Pauli – Formation

St. Pauli started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Fabian Hürzeler played with: Nikola Vasilj (6.3), Hauke Wahl (6.7), Eric Smith (6.8), Karol Mets (6.4), Manolis Saliakas (6.7), Aljoscha Kemlein (6.7), Jackson Irvine (6.6), Philipp Treu (7.0), Connor Metcalfe (7.0), Marcel Hartel (7.0) and Oladapo Afolayan (6.4).

They had on the bench: Johannes Eggestein (6.8), Danel Sinani, Carlo Boukhalfa, Andreas Albers (6.8), Lars Ritzka, Adam Dźwigała (7.0), Elias Saad (7.0), Sascha Burchert and Tjark Lasse Scheller.

St. Pauli could not rely on the presence of Adam Dźwigała (injured).

Substitutions

St. Pauli made 4 changes: Eric Smith for Adam Dźwigała (12′), Connor Metcalfe for Elias Saad (62′), Hauke Wahl for Andreas Albers (85′) and Aljoscha Kemlein for Johannes Eggestein (46′).

Player of the match: Marcel Hartel​

The player that probably impressed the most for St. Pauli was Marcel Hartel.

His rating is 7.0 with 27 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Hertha BSC – Holstein Kiel – 2-2
• Schalke 04 – St. Pauli – 3-1