DORTMUND. Borussia Dortmund tops Schalke 04 1-0 after Y. Moukoko scored just 1 goal (79′). Borussia Dortmund was definitely better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Signal-Iduna-Park stadium in Dortmund on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Felix Brych who was helped by Stefan Lupp and Robert Kempter. The 4th official was Daniel Schlager. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Borussia Dortmund was in firm control of the ball 67% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Borussia Dortmund was more pushing with 86 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Borussia Dortmund won the match​.

Borussia Dortmund shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Schalke 04 shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards (A. Modeste, K. Adeyemi and E. Can). On the other side, Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards (S. van den Berg and S. Terodde).

Standings

After this encounter, Borussia Dortmund will have 15 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Schalke 04 will stay with 6 points like Hertha BSC to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund will host FC Augsburg on the 22nd of January with a 14-3 head to head in favor of Borussia Dortmund (6 draws).

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

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Edin Terzic decided to play with the following team: Alexander Meyer (7.0), Thomas Meunier (7.6), Mats Hummels (7.6), Nico Schlotterbeck (7.8), Marius Wolf (8.2), Jude Bellingham (7.1), Salih Özcan (7.1), Julian Brandt (7.7), Marco Reus (6.6), Donyell Malen (7.4) and Anthony Modeste (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Tom Rothe, Youssoufa Moukoko (6.6), Giovanni Reyna (6.8), Karim Adeyemi (7.0), Thorgan Hazard (7.0), Emre Can (6.2), Marcel Lotka, Felix Passlack and Niklas Süle.

Borussia Dortmund could not rely on the presence of G. Reyna (injured).

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 5 changes: M. Reus for G. Reyna (32′), A. Modeste for Y. Moukoko (64′), D. Malen for K. Adeyemi (64′), G. Reyna for T. Hazard (84′) and G. Reyna for T. Hazard (84′).

Best player: Marius Wolf​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Marius Wolf even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 38 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Schalke 04 – Formation

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

Frank Kramer played with: Alexander Schwolow (7.2), Henning Matriciani (6.5), Sepp van den Berg (6.8), Maya Yoshida (6.8), Tobias Mohr (7.0), Tom Krauß (7.1), Florian Flick (6.4), Marius Bülter (7.0), Dominick Drexler (5.8), Jordan Larsson (6.3) and Simon Terodde (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Rodrigo Zalazar (6.7), Alex Král (6.1), Danny Latza, Thomas Ouwejan, Mehmet Aydin, Kenan Karaman (6.4), Leo Greiml, Ralf Fährmann and Sebastian Polter (6.2).

Substitutions

Schalke 04 made 4 changes: S. Terodde for K. Karaman (58′), J. Larsson for S. Polter (58′), M. Bulter for A. Kral (76′) and T. Krauss for R. Zalazar (81′).

Best player: Alexander Schwolow​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Schalke 04 was the goalkeeper: Alexander Schwolow. His rating is 7.24. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Borussia Dortmund – Schalke 04 – 1-0
• VfB Stuttgart – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-3
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Werder Bremen – 1-1
• Borussia Mönchengladbach – RB Leipzig – 3-0
• FC Augsburg – FC Bayern München – 1-0