Schalke 04 vs Borussia M'gladbach match preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Fri 17.January
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: VELTINS-Arena (62271 seats)

Schalke 04 and Borussia M'gladbach are both riding high in the Bundesliga with their 5th and 2nd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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Schalke 04 form and stats

4-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Schalke 04 so far this season.

The points were shared in Schalke 04's previous game, also at home. Visiting Freiburg (placed 8th) travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. Before that, Schalke 04 played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Wolfsburg.

Schalke 04 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at VELTINS-Arena with 14 goals in 9 league matches. Schalke 04's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Borussia M'gladbach form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.

The Borussia M'gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Borussia M'gladbach are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Hertha BSC (placed 12th). Before that, Borussia M'gladbach secured a home win against Paderborn with the score 2-0.

Borussia M'gladbach are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Borussia M'gladbach - Schalke 04 0-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 5 - 3 (Schalke 04 wins - draws - Borussia M'gladbach wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Schalke 04A. Harit
A. Harit
6 goals
Schalke 04S. Serdar
S. Serdar
6 goals
Borussia M'gladbachB. Embolo
B. Embolo
6 goals

Schalke 04 missing players

Borussia M'gladbach missing players

Schalke 04 Borussia M'gladbach
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 2 8 17
8 4 0 Won W 1 4 11
6 4 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 1 3 4
29 14 0 Scored S 2 10 33
21 11 3 Conceded C 2 7 18
88% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 88%
82% 78% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 76%
65% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 65%
29% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 35%
18% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
65% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 59%
24% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 29%
24% 22% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 24%
 
4.9 5.6 5.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5 5.2
4.8 4.1 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 11.5 5 5
1.8 1.6 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 2.2
1 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
204 120 23 Total Shots T S 21 96 238
78 42 5 Shots on Target S O 7 35 97
37% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 34%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia M'gladbach has the fewest conceded goals (7) away
  • Schalke 04 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
  • Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RB Leipzig 17 11 4 2 48 20 8 5 2 1 23 9 9 6 2 1 25 11 28 37
2 Borussia M'gladbach 17 11 2 4 33 18 9 7 1 1 23 11 8 4 1 3 10 7 15 35
3 Bayern München 17 10 3 4 46 22 9 6 1 2 28 9 8 4 2 2 18 13 24 33
4 Borussia Dortmund 17 8 6 3 41 24 8 5 3 0 26 9 9 3 3 3 15 15 17 30
5 Schalke 04 17 8 6 3 29 21 9 4 4 1 14 11 8 4 2 2 15 10 8 30
6 Bayer Leverkusen 17 8 4 5 23 21 9 3 4 2 12 10 8 5 0 3 11 11 2 28
7 Hoffenheim 17 8 3 6 25 28 9 4 1 4 14 19 8 4 2 2 11 9 -3 27
8 Freiburg 17 7 5 5 27 23 8 4 2 2 12 9 9 3 3 3 15 14 4 26
9 Wolfsburg 17 6 6 5 18 18 9 3 4 2 10 10 8 3 2 3 8 8 0 24
10 Augsburg 17 6 5 6 28 31 8 4 2 2 16 11 9 2 3 4 12 20 -3 23
11 Union Berlin 17 6 2 9 20 24 9 5 0 4 12 11 8 1 2 5 8 13 -4 20
12 Hertha BSC 17 5 4 8 22 29 8 3 1 4 11 14 9 2 3 4 11 15 -7 19
13 Eintracht Frankfurt 17 5 3 9 27 29 9 4 3 2 19 14 8 1 0 7 8 15 -2 18
14 Mainz 05 17 6 0 11 25 39 8 3 0 5 10 15 9 3 0 6 15 24 -14 18
15 Köln 17 5 2 10 19 32 8 3 1 4 9 11 9 2 1 6 10 21 -13 17
16 Fortuna Dusseldorf 17 4 3 10 18 36 8 3 1 4 8 14 9 1 2 6 10 22 -18 15
17 Werder Bremen 17 3 5 9 23 41 8 1 2 5 8 19 9 2 3 4 15 22 -18 14
18 Paderborn 17 3 3 11 20 36 9 2 1 6 12 19 8 1 2 5 8 17 -16 12

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