Nürnberg 4-1 Schalke 04: result and report

Bundesliga · Wednesday 11 April 2012

Result

Nürnberg 4-1 Schalke 04

Bundesliga · Wednesday 11 April 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Nürnberg 4-1 Schalke 04: match report

Nürnberg beat Schalke 04 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 11 April 2012. The half-time score was 3-0.

Hanno Balitsch opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Nürnberg's goals came from Hanno Balitsch (25'), Timmy Simons (37', penalty), Daniel Didavi (45') and Daniel Didavi (87'). Schalke 04 scored through Lewis Holtby (85').

Discipline: Nürnberg received 1 yellow card; Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nürnberg were 13th on 32 points from 29 and Schalke 04 3rd on 57 points from 29. Nürnberg went on to finish that season 10th with 42 points, and Schalke 04 3rd with 64.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nürnberg win, 2 draws and 7 for Schalke 04.

Going into the match Nürnberg's last five read D-L-L-L-L and Schalke 04's W-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Hanno BalitschNürnberg · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Kyriakos PapadopoulosSchalke 04
  • 37'Penalty goal · Timmy SimonsNürnberg · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Jermaine JonesSchalke 04
  • 45'Goal · Daniel DidaviNürnberg · 3-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Javier PinolaNürnberg
  • 78'Yellow card · Tim HooglandSchalke 04
  • 85'Goal · Lewis HoltbySchalke 04 · 3-1
  • 87'Goal · Daniel DidaviNürnberg · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Nürnberg 1, draws 2, Schalke 04 7.

Team news

Nürnberg expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Raphael Schäfer, Andreas Wolf, Dennis Diekmeier, Andreas Ottl, Mike Frantz, İlkay Gündoğan, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Albert Bunjaku, Javier Pinola

Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lars Unnerstall, Sergio Escudero, Tim Hoogland, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Joël Matip, Lewis Holtby, Marco Höger, Jermaine Jones, Julian Draxler, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Raúl