Werder Bremen 2-3 Schalke 04: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 May 2012

Result

Werder Bremen 2-3 Schalke 04

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 May 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Werder Bremen 2-3 Schalke 04: match report

Werder Bremen were beaten by Schalke 04 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 5 May 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Julian Draxler opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Claudio Pizarro (41', penalty) and Claudio Pizarro (82'). Schalke 04 scored through Julian Draxler (30'), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (65') and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (74').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 9th on 42 points from 33 and Schalke 04 3rd on 61 points from 33. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 9th with 42 points, and Schalke 04 3rd with 64.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Werder Bremen wins, 3 draws and 5 for Schalke 04.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Sokratis PapastathopoulosWerder Bremen
  • 30'Goal · Julian DraxlerSchalke 04 · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Christoph MoritzSchalke 04
  • 41'Penalty goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSchalke 04 · 1-2
  • 74'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSchalke 04 · 1-3
  • 82'Goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 2-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Clemens FritzWerder Bremen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 2, draws 3, Schalke 04 5.

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up (4-3-1-2)

Tim Wiese, Lukas Schmitz, Sebastian Prödl, Sokratis, Tim Borowski, Clemens Fritz, Aaron Hunt, Tom Trybull, Markus Rosenberg, Claudio Pizarro, Zlatko Junuzović

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

Lars Unnerstall, Sergio Escudero, Atsuto Uchida, Joël Matip, Marco Höger, Jermaine Jones, José Jurado, Julian Draxler, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Jefferson Farfán, Christoph Moritz