Match Report
29 points separated the sides: Schalke 04 II 5th on 54, Rot Weiss Ahlen 18th on 25. Against a league average of 1.51 goals per team per game, Schalke 04 II ran at 1.97 scored and 1.38 conceded, Rot Weiss Ahlen at 1.09 and 2.32.
Schalke 04 II carried an 8-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Rot Weiss Ahlen had not won in 7 games. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Schalke 04 II, 1/15 for Rot Weiss Ahlen.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 3 Schalke 04 II wins, 2 for Rot Weiss Ahlen, 0 draws, at 5 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 80% of the meetings won by the home side. 100% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 100%.
D. Stock took charge of the match — our records show 31 games refereed with an average of 2.6 yellow cards per game. The venue was Sportanlage Ernst-Kuzorra-Weg in Gelsenkirchen, with room for 13,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Schalke 04 II led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-0.