Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Wuppertaler SV in 14th and Schalke 04 II in 10th place.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Regionalliga: West match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Fortuna Koln, was also a home game here at Stadion am Zoo. The away team is better rested.
Wuppertaler SV form and stats
Overall Regionalliga: West stats at home this season for Wuppertaler SV are 6-2-3 (wins-draw-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Wuppertaler SV, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
The Wuppertaler SV supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Fortuna Koln in Regionalliga: West and win 2-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
Wuppertaler has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Wuppertaler are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion am Zoo in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Schalke 04 II form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Regionalliga: West travels is 3 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats. Schalke has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
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. Schalke goalkeeper Michael Zadach is eager to challenge this, with his 215 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Schalke's previous game versus Homberg (placed 16th), a Regionalliga: West 2-0 win played at home. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Wegberg-Beeck.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Regionalliga: West trip to Borussia M'gladbach II.
The attacking power of Schalke when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Schalke 04 II - Wuppertaler 1-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wuppertaler five wins, zero draws and Schalke 04 II five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Wuppertaler SV missing players
Schalke 04 II missing players
| Wuppertaler SV | Schalke 04 II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 27 | 13 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 30 |
| 41 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 26 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 75% | 84% |
| 71% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 68% |
| 58% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 36% |
| 25% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 8% | 12% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 18% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 52% |
| 29% | 55% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | 36% |
| 33% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5.2 | 8.4 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.7 | 6.2 | 7.7 |
| 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3 |
| 46% | 32% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | 40% |
| 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 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 64 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 46 | 57 |
| 2 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 33 | 54 |
| 3 | Preußen Münster | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | Fortuna Koln | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 48 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf II | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 42 |
| 6 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 40 |
| 7 | Rodinghausen | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Koln II | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 38 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 38 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 II | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 34 |
| 11 | Wiedenbruck | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Alemannia Aachen | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 34 |
| 13 | SV 1919 Straelen | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 34 |
| 14 | Wuppertaler SV | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -14 | 28 |
| 15 | Wegberg-Beeck | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -15 | 25 |
| 16 | Homberg | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -23 | 23 |
| 17 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 34 | -26 | 23 |
| 18 | Lippstadt 08 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -16 | 22 |
| 19 | Bergisch Gladbach | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -21 | 22 |
| 20 | Bonner SC | 25 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -23 | 19 |
| 21 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 26 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 16 |
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