GELSENKIRCHEN. Schalke 04 manages to recover against Borussia Mönchengladbach with a goal on the J. Hofmann 72′ and a goal on the M. Thuram 78′. Borussia Mönchengladbach was vastly better in terms of ball possession (68%)
The match was played at the VELTINS-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Sven Jablonski assisted by Lasse Koslowski and René Rohde. The 4th official was Robin Braun. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 29.6 degrees Celsius or 85.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Match Statistics
- ! 32 Ball Possession 68
Shots
- 12 Total 15
- 4 On Target 9
- 8 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 74 Attack 108
- 43 Dangerous attack 32
- 85 Ball safe 108
- 1 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Borussia Mönchengladbach was in firm control of the ball 68% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Schalke 04 had a more offensive attitude with 43 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Schalke 04 to win the match.
Schalke 04 shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 15 times, 9 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Schalke 04 received 4 yellow cards (T. Krauss, T. Ouwejan, R. Zalazar and A. Kral). On the other side, Borussia Mönchengladbach received 2 yellow cards (K. Kone and P. Herrmann).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Schalke 04 has 0 points to occupy the 12th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Borussia Mönchengladbach has 0 points (4th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 will play away with Borussia Dortmund on the 17th of September with a 11-11 head to head record.
Borussia Mönchengladbach will host RB Leipzig on the 17th of September with a 7-2 head to head stats in favor of RB Leipzig (3 draws).
Schalke 04 – Formation
Schalke 04
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Schalke 04 started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Michael Büskens decided to play with the following team: Alexander Schwolow , Cedric Brunner , Malick Thiaw , Maya Yoshida , Thomas Ouwejan , Rodrigo Zalazar , Alex Král , Tom Krauß , Tobias Mohr , Simon Terodde and Marius Bülter .
The home team had on the bench: Kerim Çalhanoğlu, Jordan Larsson , Florent Mollet , Florian Flick, Danny Latza , Sebastian Polter , Marcin Kamiński, Henning Matriciani and Ralf Fährmann.
Substitutions
Schalke 04 made 4 changes: T. Mohr for J. Larsson (60′), S. Terodde for S. Polter (66′), R. Zalazar for F. Mollet (66′) and A. Kral for D. Latza (85′).
Best player: Marius Bülter
The most impressive player for Schalke 04 was Marius Bülter.
His rating is with 1 goal, 29 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Daniel Farke played with: Yann Sommer , Joseph Scally , Ko Itakura , Nico Elvedi , Ramy Bensebaini , Christoph Kramer , Kouadio Koné , Jonas Hofmann , Florian Neuhaus , Alassane Pléa and Marcus Thuram .
These were the players on the bench: Luca Netz, Patrick Herrmann, Stefan Lainer, Tony Jantschke, Rocco Reitz, Tobias Sippel, Marvin Friedrich, Yvandro Borges Sanches and Hannes Wolf.
Substitutions
Borussia Mönchengladbach made 2 changes: J. Hofmann for P. Herrmann (88′) and K. Kone for M. Friedrich (88′).
Best player: Marcus Thuram
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Marcus Thuram.
His rating is with 1 goal, 13 passes (61% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – FC Augsburg – 1-2
- Hertha BSC – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-1
- Schalke 04 – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 2-2
- Werder Bremen – VfB Stuttgart – 2-2
- TSG Hoffenheim – VfL Bochum 1848 – 3-2
- RB Leipzig – FC Köln – 2-2
