Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Eintracht Frankfurt (7th, 50 pts) held a 19-point advantage over Schalke 04 (17th, 31 pts). Schalke 04 ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Per game in the league, Schalke 04 were scoring 1.03 and conceding 2.09, Eintracht Frankfurt 1.71 and 1.53, against a competition average of 1.59 goals per team per game.
Across 23 recorded meetings, Schalke 04 have 8 wins to Eintracht Frankfurt's 9, with 6 draws, at 2.57 goals per meeting. Goals have risen lately: 3.6 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.57 across the full history.
Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, capacity 62,271, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-2.