Schalke 04 v Bayern München preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 24.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: VELTINS-Arena (62271 seats)

Only the second game in the Bundesliga for these teams and it's all to play for here at VELTINS-Arena as Schalke 04 welcomes Bayern München. Check out this preview!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Schalke 04 form and stats

The home team returns to VELTINS-Arena after sharing the points with Borussia M'gladbach on their last time out; the Bundesliga game ended 0-0. In the game before, an away victory in the DFB Pokal match versus Drochtersen / Assel with a 5-0 scoreline.

Last season, Schalke 04's league statistics were 8 wins, 9 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 55. Playing at home last season Schalke 04 managed 4-3-10 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 28 conceded.

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Bayern München form and stats

There were no winners in Bayern München's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 2-2 vs Hertha BSC. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Energie Cottbus.

Let's have a look at how Bayern München performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 88 and conceded 32 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 39/18 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 0 - 2 - 8 (Schalke 04 wins - draws - Bayern München wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Lewandowski
2 goals

Schalke 04 missing players

Bayern München missing players

Schalke 04 Bayern München
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 12
8 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Schalke 04 Last season Bayern München
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
34 17 6 Played 6 17 34
8 4 1 Won 4 11 24
9 3 0 Drew 2 3 6
17 10 5 Lost 0 3 4
37 16 4 Scored 14 39 88
55 28 10 Conceded 4 18 32
88% 82% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 97%
76% 71% 83% Over 1.5 100% 94% 88%
50% 47% 50% Over 2.5 50% 71% 71%
26% 24% 0% Over 3.5 33% 47% 53%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 17% 24% 29%
53% 41% 50% BTTS 50% 65% 59%
21% 24% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 29% 35%
38% 53% 50% Failed To Score 0% 12% 9%
 
4.6 4.3 2.5 Corners For (avg) 9.2 8 8.4
4.6 4.1 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 1.2 1.8 2
2.1 1.9 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1 1.5 1.3
5 4 1 Red Cards 0 1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bayern München have scored more than double the goals of Schalke 04.
  • Bayern München have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

Schalke 04
All Champions League DFB Pokal Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-07-19 CF Schalke 04 2 - 2 Wattenscheid 09
02-08-19 CF Schalke 04 2 - 0 Alanyaspor
02-08-19 CF Schalke 04 3 - 1 Villarreal
10-08-19 DFB Drochtersen / Assel 0 - 5 Schalke 04
17-08-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 0 - 0 Schalke 04
24-08-19 BU Schalke 04 16:30 Bayern München
31-08-19 BU Schalke 04 13:30 Hertha BSC
15-09-19 BU Paderborn 16:00 Schalke 04
20-09-19 BU Schalke 04 18:30 Mainz 05
28-09-19 BU RB Leipzig 13:30 Schalke 04
Bayern München
All Champions League DFB Pokal Audi Cup International Champions Cup Bundesliga Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
30-07-19 AC Bayern München 6 - 1 Fenerbahce
31-07-19 AC Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 2 Bayern München
03-08-19 SC Borussia Dortmund 2 - 0 Bayern München
12-08-19 DFB Energie Cottbus 1 - 3 Bayern München
16-08-19 BU Bayern München 2 - 2 Hertha BSC
24-08-19 BU Schalke 04 16:30 Bayern München
31-08-19 BU Bayern München 13:30 Mainz 05
14-09-19 BU RB Leipzig 16:30 Bayern München
21-09-19 BU Bayern München 13:30 Köln
28-09-19 BU Paderborn 13:30 Bayern München

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 RB Leipzig 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
5 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Bayern München 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Hertha BSC 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Borussia M'gladbach 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Schalke 04 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Paderborn 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Köln 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
15 Werder Bremen 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Mainz 05 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
17 Augsburg 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Union Berlin 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 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 D P
1 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 88 32 17 13 3 1 49 14 17 11 3 3 39 18 56 78
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 23 7 4 81 44 17 14 2 1 52 25 17 9 5 3 29 19 37 76
3 RB Leipzig 34 19 9 6 63 29 17 10 6 1 34 9 17 9 3 5 29 20 34 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 17 9 2 6 32 25 17 9 2 6 37 27 17 58
5 Borussia M'gladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 17 9 3 5 31 22 17 7 4 6 24 20 13 55
6 Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 17 8 5 4 36 23 17 8 2 7 26 27 12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 17 8 4 5 32 21 17 7 5 5 28 27 12 54
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 17 8 6 3 35 26 17 6 5 6 23 23 9 53
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 12 9 70 52 17 7 5 5 28 20 17 6 7 4 42 32 18 51
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 5 16 49 65 17 9 0 8 27 28 17 4 5 8 22 37 -16 44
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 10 13 49 57 17 6 6 5 26 27 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 43
12 Mainz 05 34 12 7 15 46 57 17 8 5 4 31 22 17 4 2 11 15 35 -11 43
13 Freiburg 34 8 12 14 46 61 17 6 7 4 32 27 17 2 5 10 14 34 -15 36
14 Schalke 04 34 8 9 17 37 55 17 4 3 10 16 28 17 4 6 7 21 27 -18 33
15 Augsburg 34 8 8 18 51 71 17 5 4 8 34 33 17 3 4 10 17 38 -20 32
16 Stuttgart 34 7 7 20 32 70 17 6 4 7 22 27 17 1 3 13 10 43 -38 28
17 Hannover 96 34 5 6 23 31 71 17 5 1 11 15 26 17 0 5 12 16 45 -40 21
18 Nürnberg 34 3 10 21 26 68 17 3 7 7 16 22 17 0 3 14 10 46 -42 19

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