Schalke 04 will cross fingers that their home comfort is enough to get a result from this hard encounter, against fiery SC Freiburg.
- Schalke 04 is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (6) in Bundesliga
SC Freiburg could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The story so far in the Bundesliga for Schalke 04 at their home stadium (VELTINS-Arena) is 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats. It's trouble wherever Schalke 04 are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
In their previous game, the manager Reis led his Schalke to a defeat away at Hertha BSC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at VELTINS-Arena. Midfielder Ouwejan was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.62 (out of ten) in that game. Ouwejan hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against TSG Hoffenheim in the DFB Pokal.
A decent goal production from Schalke 04 in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches.
SC Freiburg form and stats
3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for SC Freiburg in their Bundesliga matches away.
Freiburg delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Olympiakos Piraeus in their previous game; a Europa League duel. Günter, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.42. Günter served one assist, hit seven key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to Qarabag.
SC Freiburg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. SC Freiburg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
SC Freiburg have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive games without losing (4-2-0) when playing Schalke.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gregoritsch 4 goals |  V. Grifo 4 goals |   M. Bülter 3 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
SC Freiburg missing players
| Schalke 04 | SC Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 26 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| 73% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 55% |
| 55% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 45% |
| 18% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 18% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 36% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 4.4 | 5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 6.5 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 15.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 11.3 | 14.5 |
| 3.4 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 30% | 31% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 42% | 27% |
| 15.4 | 14 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.3 | 14.1 |
| 5.7 | 6.4 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
- All of Schalke 04's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- SC Freiburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (6) in Bundesliga
- SC Freiburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- 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 home matches.
- Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Schalke 04 have the most conceded goals (15) at home in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Schalke 04 is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Union Berlin | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | FC Bayern München | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 22 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | FSV Mainz 05 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | TSG Hoffenheim | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | FC Köln | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Wolfsburg | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Bochum | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -17 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 6 |
