GELSENKIRCHEN. Schalke 04 conquers VfL Bochum 1848 3-1. VfL Bochum 1848 lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

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 Felix Zwayer with the assistance of Stefan Lupp and Marco Achmüller. The 4th official was Sven Waschitzki. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.5 degrees Celsius or 61.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

VfL Bochum 1848 had a superior ball possession 56% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

VfL Bochum 1848 was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Schalke 04 was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Schalke 04 shot 19 times, 7 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, VfL Bochum 1848 shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards (A. Schwolow and F. Flick). On the other side, VfL Bochum 1848 received 3 yellow cards (S. Zoller, A. Losilla and D. T. Soares).

Standings

After this match, Schalke 04 will have 6 points like FC Augsburg to remain in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, VfL Bochum 1848 will stay with 0 points to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 will host FC Bayern München on the 12th of November with a 25-3 head to head statistic in favor of FC Bayern München (8 draws).

VfL Bochum 1848 will host Hertha BSC on the 21st of January with a 9-2 head to head statistic in favor of Hertha BSC (5 draws).

Schalke 04 – Formation

Schalke 04 adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Frank Kramer decided to play with the following team: Alexander Schwolow (6.3), Henning Matriciani (6.7), Sepp van den Berg (7.1), Maya Yoshida (7.0), Tobias Mohr (7.3), Tom Krauß (7.5), Florian Flick (6.8), Jordan Larsson (6.6), Dominick Drexler (7.8), Marius Bülter (6.6) and Simon Terodde (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Leo Greiml (6.4), A. Král, M. Aydin, R. Fährmann, Rodrigo Zalazar (6.4), Sebastian Polter (7.4), Kenan Karaman (6.4), D. Latza and T. Ouwejan.

Substitutions

Schalke 04 made 4 changes: J. Larsson for R. Zalazar (57′), D. Drexler for S. Polter (68′), T. Krauss for L. Greiml (87′) and S. Terodde for K. Karaman (87′).

Best player: Dominick Drexler​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Schalke 04 was Dominick Drexler.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 13 passes (61% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

VfL Bochum 1848 – Formation

Also VfL Bochum 1848 adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Thomas Reis played with: Manuel Riemann (7.1), Cristian Gamboa (6.3), Erhan Mašović (6.4), Vasilis Lampropoulos (6.2), Danilo Soares (6.3), Anthony Losilla (7.0), Philipp Förster (6.2), Simon Zoller (6.5), Kevin Stöger (7.1), Takuma Asano and Philipp Hofmann (7.4).

They had on the bench: Saidy Janko (6.6), Silvère Ganvoula (6.8), C. Antwi-Adjei, M. Esser, Gerrit Holtmann (7.1), J. Horn, I. Ordets, Patrick Osterhage (6.3) and Jordi Osei-Tutu (6.1).

VfL Bochum 1848 could not rely on the presence of G. Holtmann (injured).

Substitutions

VfL Bochum 1848 made 5 changes: T. Asano for G. Holtmann (4′), C. Gamboa for S. Janko (46′), S. Zoller for P. Osterhage (77′), P. Forster for J. Osei-Tutu (77′) and D. T. Soares for S. Ganvoula (85′).

Best player: Philipp Hofmann​

The player that probably impressed the most for VfL Bochum 1848 was Philipp Hofmann.

His rating is (7.4) with 9 passes (44% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 1848 – 3-1
• Hertha BSC – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 2-2
• Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Wolfsburg – 0-1
• TSG Hoffenheim – FSV Mainz 05 – 4-1
• RB Leipzig – Borussia Dortmund – 3-0
• FC Bayern München – VfB Stuttgart – 2-2