The visiting Bayer Leverkusen side should be favourites in this visit to Schalke 04, as the away team holds a 16 point advantage from their nine league games this season.
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (28) in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen have not yet lost a game.
The visiting Bayer Leverkusen played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match. That game was also an away game, at Nice. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Schalke 04 form and stats
0 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Schalke 04, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Bundesliga, have to build on here at VELTINS-Arena in the Bundesliga.
Schalke 04 faced defeat in their previous match, away at Borussia M'gladbach (1-4). Ahead of that match, Schalke lost 0-2 at home to Wolfsburg.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Schalke here at VELTINS-Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Schalke defense is not exactly impregnable. 7 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Bayer Leverkusen playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. It’s been three wins in a row for Leverkusen on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
It's the second away game in a row for Leverkusen, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Nice in the Europa League last time out. A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga.
After this away game Leverkusen return home for a Europa League game against Slavia Praha. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Leverkusen's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Leverkusen are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Schalke 04, four draws and four wins for Bayer Leverkusen. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 7 goals |   M. Uth 2 goals |  L. Bailey Butler 2 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| Schalke 04 | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 28 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 67% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 44% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 33% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 22% |
| 56% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 33% |
| 44% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 11.2 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.8 | 12.8 |
| 2.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 24% | 17% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 33% | 38% |
- All of Schalke 04's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayer Leverkusen have not yet lost a game.
- Bayer Leverkusen have scored more than double the goals of Schalke 04.
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (28) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the the worst goal difference (-22) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Schalke 04 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game.
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 22 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | Augsburg | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 7 |
| 15 | Köln | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Mainz 05 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 5 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 | -22 | 3 |