Match Report
Schalke 04 went into the game 17th in the table on 31 points; VfB Stuttgart sat 16th on 33 — a 2-point gap. Recent form flatters VfB Stuttgart's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 16th. Against a league average of 1.59 goals per team per game, Schalke 04 ran at 1.03 scored and 2.09 conceded, VfB Stuttgart at 1.32 and 1.68.
Schalke 04 arrived off four consecutive draws.
22 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Schalke 04 11, draws 5, VfB Stuttgart 6, at 2.95 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 64% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 64%.
The match was played at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen (capacity 62,271). On the scoreboard, Schalke 04 led 2-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.