Match Report
10 points for FC Bocholt (8th), 9 for Schalke 04 II (11th): a 1-point gap. The last five rounds placed Schalke 04 II no better than 16th for form, against 11th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: FC Bocholt 2.13 scored and 2.13 conceded per game, Schalke 04 II 2.13 and 2.5, with the league averaging 1.66.
FC Bocholt carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. Defeat had followed defeat for Schalke 04 II — three in succession.
The sides have met 6 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for FC Bocholt, 2 draws and 2 for Schalke 04 II, at 2.83 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. Recent meetings have been cagier — 2 goals per game across the last five against 2.83 historically.
Stadion am Hünting staged the fixture, a ground that holds 18,000. FC Bocholt led 4-1 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-5 full-time score.
Goal scorers
FC Bocholt: Malek Fakhro (4'), Malek Fakhro (8'), Lennart Garlipp (10'), Kilian Zaruba (14') · Schalke 04 II: Jean-Paul Ndiaye (40'), Jean-Paul Ndiaye (57'), Yassin Ben Balla (80'), Anas Bouda (84'), Malik Tubic (90')