Schalke 04 0-2 Manchester City: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 27 November 2008
Result
Schalke 04 0-2 Manchester City
Europa League · Thursday 27 November 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Schalke 04 0-2 Manchester City: match report
Schalke 04 lost to Manchester City 0-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 27 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Benjamin Mwaruwari opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Schalke 04 did not score. Manchester City scored through Benjamin Mwaruwari (32') and Stephen Ireland (66').
Discipline: Schalke 04 received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Schalke 04 were 34th on 8 points from 4 and Manchester City 1st on 18 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Schalke 04 lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Schalke 04's last five read D-W-D-W and Manchester City's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 58'Yellow card · Micah Richards
- 64'Yellow card · Stephen Ireland
- 66'Goal · Stephen Ireland
- 84'Yellow card · Benjamin Mwaruwari
Team news
Schalke 04 expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Manuel Neuer, Marcelo Bordon, Heiko Westermann, Jermaine Jones, Halil Altıntop, Ivan Rakitić, Kevin Kuranyi, Jefferson Farfán, Tore André Flo
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka