Fixture preview for Bundesliga: Schalke 04 - Borussia Mönchengladbach at VELTINS-Arena

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: VELTINS-Arena (62271 seats)

Match week two of the Bundesliga campaign and the teams have had a few days to digest the first fixture. Here's our Schalke 04 - Borussia Mönchengladbach pre-match guide:

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Schalke 04 form and stats

The previous season, Schalke 04's league stats were 20 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, leading to 1st place in the 2. Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 72 goals and conceded 44. Playing as the host team in the previous season Schalke 04 generated 10-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 40 goals and 27 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Büskens led his Schalke 04 to a defeat away at FC Köln. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at VELTINS-Arena. Schalke's goalkeeper Schwolow was extremely busy against FC Köln, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats

Let's have a look at how Borussia Mönchengladbach performed last season in the Hybrid Friendlies: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 61 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 21/34 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Bensebaini, Thuram and Elvedi secured the home win 3-1 against Hoffenheim in their previous game. Bensebaini has found the net for the visitors three games in a row. The smartness! Pléa got a match rating of 8.84 in that game, top player of the team. Pléa signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 57 total).

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Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Schalke 04 victories, five draws and four Borussia Mönchengladbach wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Schalke 04M. Bülter
M. Bülter
1 goals
Borussia MönchengladbachR. Bensebaini
R. Bensebaini
1 goals
Borussia MönchengladbachN. Elvedi
N. Elvedi
1 goals

Schalke 04 missing players

Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Schalke 04 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
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% 100%
0% 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%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 7
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 75%
 
26 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 2
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 1
Schalke 04 Last season Borussia Mönchengladbach
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
20 10   Won W   4 12
5 2   Drew D   5 9
9 5   Lost L   8 13
72 40   Scored S   21 54
44 27   Conceded C   34 61
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
91% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 91%
71% 82%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 62%
32% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 47%
26% 35%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 26%
68% 76%   BTTS BTTS   65% 71%
29% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 15%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   24% 15%
 
5.1 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.6
4.9 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 4.9
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
1 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
16.9 18.3   Shots (avg) S (   13 14.9
6.2 7.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.8 5.4
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 29%
 
12.8 11.5   Shots against (avg) S A   15.2 14.2
4 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.3

  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 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 5 3
2 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 FC Köln 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Union Berlin 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Mainz 05 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Wolfsburg 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Werder Bremen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RB Leipzig 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 VfB Stuttgart 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Bochum 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Hertha BSC 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Augsburg 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 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 Schalke 04 34 20 5 9 72 44 17 10 2 5 40 27 17 10 3 4 32 17 28 65
2 Werder Bremen 34 18 9 7 65 43 17 8 6 3 29 17 17 10 3 4 36 26 22 63
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 12 6 67 35 17 9 6 2 36 17 17 7 6 4 31 18 32 60
4 Darmstadt 98 34 18 6 10 71 46 17 10 3 4 42 23 17 8 3 6 29 23 25 60
5 St. Pauli 34 16 9 9 61 46 17 11 4 2 37 17 17 5 5 7 24 29 15 57
6 Heidenheim 34 15 7 12 43 45 17 10 4 3 27 18 17 5 3 9 16 27 -2 52
7 Paderborn 34 13 12 9 56 44 17 4 7 6 26 24 17 9 5 3 30 20 12 51
8 Nurnberg 34 14 9 11 49 49 17 8 3 6 26 23 17 6 6 5 23 26 0 51
9 Holstein Kiel 34 12 9 13 46 54 17 8 3 6 23 23 17 4 6 7 23 31 -8 45
10 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 17 6 6 5 28 21 17 5 5 7 17 21 3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 17 6 6 5 16 19 17 5 3 9 19 30 -14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 17 5 9 3 32 26 17 4 5 8 22 29 -1 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 10 11 13 41 52 17 4 5 8 17 25 17 6 6 5 24 27 -11 41
14 Sandhausen 34 10 11 13 42 54 17 4 5 8 19 29 17 6 6 5 23 25 -12 41
15 Jahn Regensburg 34 10 10 14 50 51 17 6 4 7 31 29 17 4 6 7 19 22 -1 40
16 Dynamo Dresden 34 7 11 16 33 46 17 5 5 7 18 18 17 2 6 9 15 28 -13 32
17 Erzgebirge Aue 34 6 8 20 32 72 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 3 5 9 18 38 -40 26
18 Ingolstadt 34 4 9 21 30 65 17 2 5 10 12 29 17 2 4 11 18 36 -35 21
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 24 5 5 97 37 17 13 2 2 48 15 17 11 3 3 49 22 60 77
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 17 13 0 4 52 28 17 9 3 5 33 24 33 69
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 17 10 2 5 39 23 17 9 5 3 41 24 33 64
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 17 11 2 4 43 17 17 6 5 6 29 20 35 58
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 17 10 5 2 25 17 17 6 4 7 25 27 6 57
6 Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 17 8 5 4 32 25 17 7 5 5 26 21 12 55
7 FC Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 17 9 4 4 27 21 17 5 6 6 25 28 3 52
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 17 10 5 2 33 11 17 3 2 12 17 34 5 46
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 17 8 4 5 34 24 17 5 3 9 24 36 -2 46
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 12 9 13 54 61 17 8 4 5 33 27 17 4 5 8 21 34 -7 45
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 12 12 45 49 17 4 7 6 20 22 17 6 5 6 25 27 -4 42
12 Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 17 7 3 7 25 21 17 5 3 9 18 33 -11 42
13 Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 17 8 4 5 21 17 17 4 2 11 17 35 -14 42
14 Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 17 7 4 6 25 26 17 3 4 10 14 30 -17 38
15 VfB Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 17 6 4 7 28 32 17 1 8 8 13 27 -18 33
16 Hertha BSC 34 9 6 19 37 71 17 6 3 8 24 33 17 3 3 11 13 38 -34 33
17 Arminia Bielefeld 34 5 13 16 27 53 17 2 10 5 15 23 17 3 3 11 12 30 -26 28
18 Greuther Furth 34 3 9 22 28 82 17 3 5 9 15 33 17 0 4 13 13 49 -54 18

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  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 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 5 3
2 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 FC Köln 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
5 Union Berlin 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
6 Mainz 05 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Wolfsburg 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Werder Bremen 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 RB Leipzig 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 VfB Stuttgart 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Bochum 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Hertha BSC 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
16 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
17 Augsburg 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 Eintracht Frankfurt 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0

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