Schalke 04 vs Wolfsburg: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 21.November
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: VELTINS-Arena (62271 seats)

Struggling Schalke 04 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Wolfsburg in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Schalke 04 form and stats

Three Bundesliga home games done for Schalke 04, who are not happy collecting 2 points from these matches. Schalke have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

An away draw last time out for Schalke, facing Mainz 05 in a game that ended 2-2. A strong away win before that one, visiting Schweinfurt and winning 4-1.

Schalke has scored 3 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Wolfsburg form and stats

Wolfsburg are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Bundesliga, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (0 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses). One point away has become something of a habit for Wolfsburg who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Wolfsburg won their last game, 2-1 versus Hoffenheim played at home. A 1-1 draw at Hertha BSC's stadium before that.

The visiting Wolfsburg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. Wolfsburg have conceded 3 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Schalke six wins, two draws and Wolfsburg two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

WolfsburgW. Weghorst
W. Weghorst
3 goals
Schalke 04M. Uth
M. Uth
2 goals
Schalke 04M. Thiaw
M. Thiaw
1 goals

Schalke 04 missing players

Wolfsburg missing players

Schalke 04 Wolfsburg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 3 7
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
4 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 1 Scored S 1 3 7
22 5 1 Conceded C 1 3 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 71%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 71%
71% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 29%
57% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 71%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 29%
43% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
64 32 7 Total Shots T S 8 30 78
16 11 4 Shots on Target S O 3 12 27
31% 27% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 25% 26%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Schalke 04's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Wolfsburg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (22) in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 has the the worst goal difference (-17) in Bundesliga
  • 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 matches.
  • Schalke 04 have yet to win a game.
  • Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wolfsburg has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Bundesliga
  • Wolfsburg have not yet lost a game.
  • Wolfsburg have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Wolfsburg have yet to win a 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 7 6 0 1 27 11 3 3 0 0 17 3 4 3 0 1 10 8 16 18
2 RB Leipzig 7 5 1 1 15 4 4 4 0 0 12 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 11 16
3 Borussia Dortmund 7 5 0 2 15 5 4 3 0 1 12 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 10 15
4 Bayer Leverkusen 7 4 3 0 14 8 3 2 1 0 8 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 6 15
5 Union Berlin 7 3 3 1 16 7 4 2 1 1 11 4 3 1 2 0 5 3 9 12
6 Wolfsburg 7 2 5 0 7 5 4 2 2 0 4 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 11
7 Borussia M'gladbach 7 3 2 2 12 12 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 2 0 2 9 10 0 11
8 Stuttgart 7 2 4 1 13 9 4 0 3 1 6 7 3 2 1 0 7 2 4 10
9 Werder Bremen 7 2 4 1 9 9 4 1 2 1 4 6 3 1 2 0 5 3 0 10
10 Augsburg 7 3 1 3 9 10 4 2 0 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 -1 10
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 7 2 4 1 10 12 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 1 2 1 6 9 -2 10
12 Hertha BSC 7 2 1 4 13 13 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 2 0 2 11 7 0 7
13 Hoffenheim 7 2 1 4 11 12 3 1 0 2 5 5 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 7
14 Freiburg 7 1 3 3 8 16 3 0 2 1 4 6 4 1 1 2 4 10 -8 6
15 Arminia Bielefeld 7 1 1 5 4 15 3 1 0 2 2 6 4 0 1 3 2 9 -11 4
16 Köln 7 0 3 4 7 12 4 0 1 3 5 9 3 0 2 1 2 3 -5 3
17 Schalke 04 7 0 3 4 5 22 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 0 1 3 2 17 -17 3
18 Mainz 05 7 0 1 6 7 20 4 0 1 3 5 10 3 0 0 3 2 10 -13 1

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