Match Report
33 points separated the sides: Schalke 04 1st on 70, Fortuna Düsseldorf 17th on 37. Fortuna Düsseldorf ranked 12th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Against a league average of 1.47 goals per team per game, Schalke 04 ran at 1.47 scored and 0.91 conceded, Fortuna Düsseldorf at 0.97 and 1.56.
Schalke 04 had won four straight. The last-five ledger: Schalke 04 12/15, Fortuna Düsseldorf 3/15.
The sides have met 13 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Schalke 04, 4 draws and 5 for Fortuna Düsseldorf, at 3.54 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 62% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 69%.
Veltins-Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 62,271. Schalke 04 led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Schalke 04: Kenan Karaman (15')
Key stats
Possession: Schalke 04 40% · Fortuna Düsseldorf 60% · Total shots: 14-6 · On target: 6-2 · Corners: 4-1