Schalke 04 — RB Leipzig 0:2, 31 October: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 8 Saturday 31 October · 14:30 UTC

Schalke 04 17th · 6 pts LDLLD

0 : 2 1st half 0:1

RB Leipzig 4th · 15 pts WWWLW

Veltins Arena · referee M. Burda

Match predictionValue

RB Leipzig will not reach three goals

90% · RB Leipzig games average 4.1 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “RB Leipzig will not reach three goals”, and the match finished 0:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Schalke 04 37% draw 26% RB Leipzig 37%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Schalke 04 win, and the match finished 0:2. Fans backed Schalke 04 win — they got it wrong.

fans 39 votes

Schalke 04 44% draw 15% RB Leipzig 41%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Nusa penalty 0-1 37'

T. Becker 51'

D. Ljubicic for J. Adamu 57'

C. Baumgartner for R. Reitz 61'

E. Dzeko for M. Ayhan 68'

R. Baku for B. Henrichs 76'

T. Gomis for B. Gruda 76'

Romulo Cardoso assist: A. Nusa 0-2 78'

B. Lasme for Hwang Hee-Chan 83'

J. Dina Ebimbe for V. Becker 83'

J. Bakayoko for Romulo Cardoso 85'

A. Aouchiche 86'

N. Seiwald for E. Banzuzi 86'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Schalke 04 4-3-2-1 4-5-1 RB Leipzig

Loris Karius  
Timo Becker  25 Nikola Katić  4 Hasan Kuruçay  33 Vitalie Becker  
Satoshi Tanaka  43 Mertcan Ayhan  24 Adil Aouchiche  
Junior Adamu  19 Kenan Karaman  
Hwang Hee-chan  

Rômulo  
Brajan Gruda  20 Rocco Reitz  21 Neil El Aynaoui  6 Ezechiel Banzuzi  7 Antonio Nusa  
Benjamin Henrichs  4 Willi Orbán  23 Castello Lukeba  22 David Raum  
Maarten Vandevoordt  

Schalke 04 bench

11Bryan Lasme
21Dejan Ljubičić
10Edin Džeko
40Edion Gashi
29Eric Ebimbe
27Finn Porath
35Jean-Paul Ndiaye
36Johannes Siebeking
22Kevin Müller

RB Leipzig bench

2Abdoul Kone
14Christoph Baumgartner
28Christopher Nkunku
11Johan Bakayoko
35Max Finkgräfe
13Nicolas Seiwald
17Ridle Baku
27Tidiam Gomis
1Ørjan Nyland

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

40%Possession60%

6Shots18

1Shots on target10

2Shots off target4

3Blocked shots4

2Shots inside box13

4Shots outside box5

102Attacks118

24Dangerous attacks54

3Corners7

1Offsides4

16Fouls16

2Yellow cards0

8Saves1

363Passes559

302Accurate passes480

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties1

Schalke 04

RB LeipzigThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Schalke 04 and RB Leipzig met on matchday 8 of the Bundesliga on 31 October at Veltins Arena. Final score — 0:2.

Schalke 04 sit 17th on 6 points after 8 matches (1 win, 3 draws, 4 losses), winless in 5 matches, 3 matches without conceding. RB Leipzig sit 4th on 15 points after 9 matches (6 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), unbeaten in 3 matches, 5 matches without conceding.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Schalke 04 last five RB Leipzig

LDLLD form WWWLW

8 Matches 9

1 — 3 — 4 Wins — draws — defeats 6 — 0 — 3

4 — 9 Scored — conceded 27 — 13

0.75 Points per game 2

0.5 Goals scored per game 3

3 Clean sheets 5

6 Failed to score 1

winless in 5 Current streak unbeaten in 3

Schalke 04 at home: 4 matches, 0 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses, goals 0—3, 0.5 points per match.

RB Leipzig away: 4 matches, 1 win, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 4—11, 0.75 points per match.

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
2	Borussia Dortmund	9	6	3	0	16—7	21
3	RB Leipzig	9	6	0	3	27—13	18
4	Freiburg	8	5	1	2	18—10	16
…
16	Union Berlin	8	1	4	3	7—19	7
17	Schalke 04	8	1	3	4	4—9	6
18	Borussia M'gladbach	9	1	1	7	12—25	4

Full Bundesliga table