VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Schalke 04: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 25 August 2018
Result
VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Schalke 04
Bundesliga · Saturday 25 August 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Schalke 04: match report
VfL Wolfsburg won against Schalke 04 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 25 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
John Anthony Brooks opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. VfL Wolfsburg's goals came from John Anthony Brooks (33') and Daniel Ginczek (90+4'). Schalke 04 scored through Nabil Bentaleb (85', penalty).
Discipline: VfL Wolfsburg received 5 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
VfL Wolfsburg went on to finish that season 6th with 55 points, and Schalke 04 14th with 33.
VfL Wolfsburg lined up in a 4-3-3 and Schalke 04 in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ignacio Camacho of VfL Wolfsburg (8.0), ahead of Daniel Caligiuri (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 VfL Wolfsburg wins, 3 draws and 5 for Schalke 04.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · William
- 28'Yellow card · Salif Sané
- 33'Goal · John Anthony Brooks
- 41'Yellow card · Josuha Guilavogui
- 47'Yellow card · Weston McKennie
- 65'Red card · Matija Nastasić
- 68'Yellow card · Guido Burgstaller
- 70'Yellow card · Wout Weghorst
- 79'Yellow card · Yannick Gerhardt
- 85'Penalty goal · Nabil Bentaleb
- 85'Yellow card · John Anthony Brooks
- 90+4'Goal · Daniel Ginczek
Head-to-head
Team news
VfL Wolfsburg line-up (4-3-3)
Koen Casteels, William, Robin Knoche, John Brooks, Jérôme Roussillon, Josuha Guilavogui, Ignacio Camacho, Maximilian Arnold, Josip Brekalo, Wout Weghorst, Renato Steffen
Schalke 04 line-up (3-4-2-1)
R. Fährmann, Salif Sané, Naldo, Matija Nastasić, Daniel Caligiuri, Suat Serdar, Weston McKennie, Abdul Rahman Baba, Mark Uth, Amine Harit, Guido Burgstaller