It's the second attempt for points this campaign as Schalke 04 and Kaiserslautern fight it out at Veltins-Arena.
This has all the signs of an action-packed game with lots of fun and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Schalke 04 form and stats
The season before, Schalke 04's league statistics were 7 wins, 10 draws and 17 losses, providing 17th position in the Bundesliga. From these 34 matches they scored {35 goals} and gave away 71. Appearing at home in the last season Schalke 04 delivered 5-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with {23 goals} and 36 conceded.
Schalke 04 are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 3-5 away versus Hamburger SV. A goal frenzy last time out for Schalke, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Hamburger SV. Fun stuff to watch! Müller had a busy but productive day in the Hamburger SV match. Despite making nine saves the loss could not be prevented. The forward Terodde edged out all others in that game and managed a match rating of 8.85 out of 10. Terodde scored one goal, signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
Prior to that, an away loss at RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga.Kaiserslautern form and stats
Let's have a look at how Kaiserslautern performed last season in the 2. Bundesliga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 12 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {48 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 21/22 goals scored/conceded.
Kaiserslautern failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs St. Pauli (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. Elvedi, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.12. Elvedi won 5 of 6 duels.
A loss against Fortuna Dusseldorf was the result prior to that, in a home game.Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Schalke 04 victories, zero draws and three Kaiserslautern wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit rough, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last six encounters.
Top Goalscorers
![]() T. Ouwejan 1 goals | ![]() S. Terodde 1 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
Kaiserslautern missing players
| Schalke 04 | Kaiserslautern | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 32 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Schalke 04 | Last season | Kaiserslautern | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 21 | 47 | ||
| 71 | 36 | Conceded | C | 22 | 48 | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 79% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 62% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 53% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 32% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 50% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 18% | ||
| 44% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 38% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 14.6 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Karlsruher SC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Pauli | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Elversberg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Magdeburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Nurnberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Paderborn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Osnabruck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Kaiserslautern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 92 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 54 | 71 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 44 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 39 | 71 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 41 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 66 |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 62 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 59 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 50 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 52 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 6 | 50 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 49 |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | -1 | 46 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 37 | -3 | 43 |
| 11 | Köln | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 34 | -5 | 42 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -9 | 36 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 64 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 36 | -13 | 36 |
| 14 | Bochum | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 72 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 40 | -32 | 35 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 63 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 39 | -21 | 34 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 35 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 71 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 35 | -36 | 31 |
| 18 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 42 | -27 | 29 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heidenheim | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 31 | 67 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 67 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 66 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 58 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 16 | 58 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 68 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 55 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 53 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 61 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 46 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 45 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 55 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 29 | -5 | 44 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -7 | 43 |
| 12 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 31 | -3 | 41 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -16 | 41 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -17 | 39 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 59 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 37 | -17 | 36 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 33 | -12 | 34 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 30 | -24 | 31 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -28 | 28 |
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