Arsenal 0-2 Schalke 04: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 24 October 2012

Result

Arsenal 0-2 Schalke 04

Champions League · Wednesday 24 October 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 0-2 Schalke 04: match report

Arsenal were beaten by Schalke 04 0-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 24 October 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Arsenal did not score. Schalke 04 scored through Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (76') and Ibrahim Afellay (86').

Discipline: Arsenal received 4 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 25th on 6 points from 2 and Schalke 04 34th on 4 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Schalke 04 in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 0 draws and 1 for Schalke 04.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Ibrahim AfellaySchalke 04
  • 15'Yellow card · Thomas VermaelenArsenal
  • 39'Yellow card · Marco HögerSchalke 04
  • 48'Yellow card · Mikel ArtetaArsenal
  • 70'Yellow card · Aaron RamseyArsenal
  • 71'Yellow card · GervinhoArsenal
  • 76'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSchalke 04 · 0-1
  • 86'Goal · Ibrahim AfellaySchalke 04 · 0-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 0, Schalke 04 1.

Team news

Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, C. Jenkinson, Alex Song, Tomáš Rosický, Robin van Persie, Gervinho, Thomas Vermaelen

Schalke 04 line-up (4-4-2)

Lars Unnerstall, Benedikt Höwedes, Atsuto Uchida, Joël Matip, Roman Neustädter, Lewis Holtby, Ibrahim Afellay, Marco Höger, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Jefferson Farfán, Christian Fuchs