GELSENKIRCHEN. SC Freiburg conquers Schalke 04 2-0 after V. Grifo scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the VELTINS-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Christian Dingert who had the assistance of Benedikt Kempkes and Timo Gerach. The 4th official was Robert Edgar Wessel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.5 degrees Celsius or 63.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

SC Freiburg was in firm control of the ball 55% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

SC Freiburg had a more offensive attitude with 44 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why SC Freiburg won the match.​

Schalke 04 shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, SC Freiburg shot 20 times, 8 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards (S. Polter, T. Krauss and M. Yoshida). On the opposite side, SC Freiburg received 2 yellow cards (M. Ginter and C. Gunter).

Standings

After this match, Schalke 04 will stay with 6 points to hold in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, SC Freiburg will have 24 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 will play away against Borussia Mönchengladbach on the 4th of February with a 15-10 head to head record in favor of Borussia Mönchengladbach (10 draws).

SC Freiburg will play away agasint Borussia Dortmund on the 4th of February with a 19-3 head to head in favor of Borussia Dortmund (3 draws).

Schalke 04 – Formation

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

The manager Thomas Reis decided to play with the following team: Alexander Schwolow (7.3), Cedric Brunner (6.5), Maya Yoshida (7.3), Henning Matriciani (7.7), Thomas Ouwejan (6.8), Tom Krauß (6.1), Alex Král (6.8), Kenan Karaman (6.1), Florent Mollet (6.3), Marius Bülter (7.1) and Sebastian Polter (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Ralf Fährmann, Julius Schell, Tobias Mohr (6.8), Simon Terodde (7.0), Danny Latza (6.3), Mehmet Aydin, Sidi Sané, Florian Flick and Kerim Çalhanoğlu (6.6).

Substitutions

Schalke 04 made 4 changes: T. Ouwejan for K. Calhanoglu (34′), K. Karaman for T. Mohr (57′), S. Polter for S. Terodde (57′) and T. Krauss for D. Latza (82′).

Best player: Henning Matriciani​

The most impressive player for Schalke 04 was Henning Matriciani.

His rating is (7.7) with 40 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.

SC Freiburg – Formation

Also SC Freiburg adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Christian Streich played with: Mark Flekken (7.3), Lukas Kübler (6.9), Matthias Ginter (7.3), Philipp Lienhart (7.1), Christian Günter (7.1), Maximilian Eggestein (7.8), Nicolas Höfler (7.6), Ritsu Doan (6.9), Woo-Yeong Jeong (6.5), Vincenzo Grifo (8.2) and Michael Gregoritsch (6.7).

They had on the bench: Yannik Keitel, Noah Weißhaupt (6.9), Keven Schlotterbeck, Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (6.4), Benjamin Uphoff, Nils Petersen, Lucas Höler (6.3), Kiliann Sildillia and Kevin Schade (6.5).

Substitutions

SC Freiburg made 5 changes: M. Gregoritsch for L. Holer (70′), Jeong Woo-Yeong for D. Kyereh (70′), V. Grifo for N. Weisshaupt (76′), R. Doan for K. Schade (76′) and L. Kubler for K. Sildillia (85′).

Best player: Vincenzo Grifo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Freiburg was Vincenzo Grifo.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 26 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Schalke 04 – SC Freiburg – 0-2
• FC Köln – TSG Hoffenheim – 1-1
• FC Union Berlin – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 2-1