The visiting Schalke 04 II side should be favourites in this visit to Sportfreunde Lotte, as the away team holds a 3 point advantage from their ten league games this season.
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 Sportfreunde and Schalke 04 II.
Sportfreunde Lotte form and stats
When playing at home in the Regionalliga: West, Sportfreunde Lotte have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Sportfreunde after consecutive victories at their own ground.
In their previous game, the manager I. Wübbenhorst led his Sportfreunde Lotte to a defeat in the Regionalliga: West match away at Rot-Weiß Oberhausen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at FRIMO Stadion. Before that, Sportfreunde had a home game versus Borussia M'gladbach II which ended with a victory 3-2.
Sportfreunde Lotte have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at FRIMO Stadion with 8 goals in 5 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Schalke 04 II form and stats
As the visiting team in Regionalliga: West matches, Schalke 04 II have produced an overall stat of 1-4-0 so far.
The Schalke goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 188 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from A. Kutucu and B. Idrizi (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Köln II in their previous game. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Alemannia Aachen.
It was a convincing performance from Schalke when Köln II were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. A. Kutucu and B. Idrizi (2) scored their goals.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Schalke 04 II are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Sportfreunde Lotte-Schalke 04 II H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sportfreunde Lotte six wins, Schalke 04 II zero wins, four draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Demaj 4 goals | L. Menke 2 goals | S. Ajkic 2 goals |
Sportfreunde Lotte missing players
Schalke 04 II missing players
| Sportfreunde Lotte | Schalke 04 II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 22 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 40% | 70% |
| 89% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 40% | 60% |
| 78% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 20% | 40% |
| 56% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 40% | 40% |
| 11% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 60% | 50% |
| 22% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 60% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | 26 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 18 | 80 |
| 16 | 14 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 6 | 30 |
| 38% | 36% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 33% |
- Schalke 04 II have not yet lost a game away.
- Sportfreunde Lotte has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Regionalliga: West
- Sportfreunde Lotte has the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Regionalliga: West
- Sportfreunde Lotte has the most matches over the total-line (7) in Regionalliga: West
- Sportfreunde Lotte have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Schalke 04 II have scored away.
- Sportfreunde Lotte haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund II | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Fortuna Koln | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Preußen Münster | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf II | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 15 |
| 6 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Schalke 04 II | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Köln II | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Wuppertaler SV | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Alemannia Aachen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Wiedenbruck | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Rödinghausen | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | SV 1919 Straelen | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Lippstadt 08 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Wegberg-Beeck | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Bonner SC | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Bergisch Gladbach | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 6 |
| 20 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -11 | 5 |
| 21 | Homberg | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
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