Schalke 04 beats St. Pauli after recovering from a 0-2 deficit

GELSENKIRCHEN. Schalke 04 had a amazing comeback against St. Pauli.

May 8, 2022

GELSENKIRCHEN. Schalke 04 had a astounding comeback against St. Pauli.

Also, St. Pauli had 2 players sent off: M. Beifus (81′ for a red card) and I. Matanovic (90′ for a double yellow card).

The match was played at the VELTINS-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Marco Fritz with the support of Dominik Schaal and Marcel Pelgrim. The 4th official was Nico Fuchs. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.3 degrees Celsius or 59.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.

Match Statistics

Schalke 04

3 - 2

St. Pauli

52 Ball Possession 48

Shots

27 Total 5
11 On Target 3
16 Off Target 2
7 Shots blocked 1

130 Attack 70
49 Dangerous attack 37
90 Ball safe 79

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 3

Fouls

13 Total 16
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 2

Other

4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Schalke 04 was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. St. Pauli that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Schalke 04 was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Schalke 04 won the match.

Schalke 04 shot 27 times, 11 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, St. Pauli shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards (D. Latza, A. Vindheim and B. Idrizi). Regarding the opposition, St. Pauli received 4 yellow cards (A. Afeez, J. Medic, D. Kyereh and I. Matanovic).

Also, St. Pauli didn’t end the match with 11 players after I. Matanovic (St. Pauli) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

M. Beifus (St. Pauli) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (81′).

Match Timeline

15'

17'

23'

Danny Latza- Yellow

41'

46'

Simon Terodde (penalty)

47'

51'

55'

58'

Lars Ritzka- sub ->A. Afeez

65'

67'

Simon Terodde (goal)D. Churlinov

71'

78'

79'

Blendi Idrizi- sub ->D. Churlinov

79'

80'

81'

90'

Blendi Idrizi- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Schalke 04 will have 62 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, St. Pauli will stay with 54 points to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Schalke 04 will play away against Nürnberg on the 15th of May with a 12-3 head to head statistic in favor of Schalke 04 (6 draws).

St. Pauli will host Fortuna Düsseldorf on the 15th of May with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Fortuna Düsseldorf (4 draws).

Schalke 04 – Formation

Schalke 04

Martin Fraisl 30.Austria

5.6

Andreas Vindheim 16.Norway

6.3

55'

51'

Ko Itakura 3.Japan

7.3

Marcin Kaminski 35.Poland

7.0

Thomas Ouwejan 2.Netherlands

7.0

F. Flick 17.Germany

7.2

Danny Latza 8.Germany

7.1

79'

41'

Marius Bülter 11.Germany

7.8

Dominick Drexler 24.Germany

7.1

67'

Darko Churlinov 7.Macedonia

7.4

79'

Simon Terodde 9.Germany

8.3

47', 71'

Substitutes

Ralf Fährmann 1.Germany

Malick Thiaw 33.Germany

Henning Matriciani 41.Germany

Victor Pálsson 4.Iceland

6.4

79'

Mehmet Aydin 38.Germany

6.4

55'

K. Çalhanoğlu 42.Germany

Blendi Idrizi 36.Kosovo

6.8

79'

90'

Rodrigo Zalazar 10.Uruguay

7.4

67'

78'

Marvin Pieringer 21.Germany

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

The manager Michael Büskens decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Schalke 04 made 4 changes: A. Vindheim for M. Aydin (55′), D. Drexler for R. Zalazar (67′), D. Latza for V. Palsson (79′) and D. Churlinov for B. Idrizi (79′).