Schalke 04 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Wolfsburg.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Schalke and Wolfsburg.
Schalke 04 can neither be promoted or relegated from Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Schalke 04 form and stats
Schalke 04 have collected 22 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 5-7-4. 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 14 attempts.
Schalke lost their last game at Eintracht Frankfurt (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Bayer Leverkusen.
Schalke are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. Schalke's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Wolfsburg form and stats
As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Wolfsburg have produced an overall stat of 8-3-5 so far.
Wolfsburg play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Borussia M'gladbach (placed 5th). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Freiburg.
The travelling fans enjoy Wolfsburg's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 16 league matches away. As opposed to that, Wolfsburg have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Wolfsburg - Schalke 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Schalke won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Wolfsburg has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  W. Weghorst 14 goals |   S. Serdar 7 goals |  A. Harit 6 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
Wolfsburg missing players
| Schalke 04 | Wolfsburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 37 | 19 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 25 | 44 |
| 50 | 23 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 41 |
| 88% | 94% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 81% | 81% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 81% | 81% |
| 56% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | 50% |
| 25% | 19% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 31% | 25% |
| 16% | 12% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 19% | 12% |
| 53% | 50% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 25% | 25% |
| 38% | 31% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.8 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 347 | 200 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 192 | 449 |
| 120 | 66 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 70 | 150 |
| 31% | 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 36% | 29% |
- Schalke 04 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (12)
- Wolfsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Wolfsburg 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 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 93 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 62 | 76 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 82 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 24 | 45 | 66 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 79 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 15 | 45 | 63 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 60 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 18 | 60 |
| 5 | Borussia M'gladbach | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 61 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 23 | 59 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 46 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 53 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | -8 | 46 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 27 | -1 | 45 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 55 | 57 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 32 | -2 | 41 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -13 | 39 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 57 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 25 | -12 | 38 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 34 | -16 | 38 |
| 13 | Köln | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 49 | 62 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 36 | -13 | 35 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 33 | -17 | 35 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 35 | -22 | 34 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 36 | -28 | 29 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 65 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 30 | -30 | 28 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 32 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -34 | 20 |