The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Schalke 04 are in the 9th position while the guesting Werder Bremen worry at 17th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Schalke 04 form and stats
5 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Schalke 04 have to build on here at VELTINS-Arena in the Bundesliga. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
No payout for Schalke 04 in their previous match, an away game at Fortuna Düsseldorf that ended in defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match, Schalke lost 0-3 at home to Augsburg.
This is expected to be a close game, with Schalke perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Schalke 04 as a small favourite), we find six games. Schalke 04 has won two of these, drawn one and lost three.
Schalke are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. Schalke have conceded 21 from these games.
Werder Bremen form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Werder Bremen playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Werder goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka is eager to challenge this, with his 192 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Werder Bremen played 0-0 against Borussia M'gladbach in their previous match. Prior to that result Werder won their away game at Freiburg. The scoreline was 1-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Werder Bremen playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were six Werder wins, two draws and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Eintracht Frankfurt in just four days.
Werder find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. For Werder, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Werder Bremen - Schalke 1-2, played this season. Schalke-Werder Bremen H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Schalke 04 four wins, Werder Bremen six wins, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Serdar 7 goals |   M. Rashica 7 goals |  A. Harit 6 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
Werder Bremen missing players
| Schalke 04 | Werder Bremen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 34 | 18 | 9 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 29 |
| 45 | 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 29 | 59 |
| 86% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 82% | 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 79% | 81% |
| 61% | 57% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 79% | 70% |
| 29% | 21% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 57% | 48% |
| 18% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 21% | 22% |
| 50% | 50% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 71% | 59% |
| 25% | 29% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| 39% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 14% | 33% |
| 4.8 | 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 321 | 183 | 73 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 145 | 336 |
| 112 | 62 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 48 | 109 |
| 30% | 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 27% |
- Schalke 04 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (11)
- Werder Bremen has the fewest scored goals (29)
- Werder Bremen has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12)
- Werder Bremen has the the worst goal difference (-30)
- Werder Bremen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Werder Bremen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Werder Bremen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Bayern München | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 53 | 64 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 40 | 57 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 70 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 41 | 55 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 53 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | -9 | 39 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -2 | 38 |
| 9 | Schalke 04 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 37 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 11 | Köln | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -8 | 34 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -14 | 31 |
| 13 | Union Berlin | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -15 | 31 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -8 | 29 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 35 | -24 | 28 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -22 | 27 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 29 | -30 | 22 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 19 |