FC Schalke 04 vs RB Leipzig 0-2
Antonio Nusa 37' (pen)
RB Leipzig beat FC Schalke 04 2-0 at the VELTINS-Arena, with Antonio Nusa scoring from a 37th-minute penalty and Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz adding a second in the 78th minute. Leipzig dominated the numbers, with 18 shots to Schalke's 6 and 10 shots on target to 1, while holding 60% possession. The result leaves Schalke 16th on 6 points and Leipzig 6th on 12 points.
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- 37'Antonio Nusa · Penalty goal
- 45+4'Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz · VAR check
- Timo Becker · Yellow card51'
- Junior Chukwubuike Adamu for Dejan Ljubičić57'
- 61'Rocco Reitz for Christoph Baumgartner
- Mertcan Ayhan for Edin Džeko68'
- 76'Brajan Gruda for Tidiam Gomis
- 76'Benjamin Henrichs for Ridle Baku
- 78'Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz assist Antonio Nusa
- Timo Becker for Junior Dina Ebimbe83'
- Hwang Hee-Chan for Bryan Lasme83'
- 85'Rômulo José Cardoso da Cruz for Johan Bakayoko
- 85'Ezechiel Banzuzi for Nicolas Seiwald
- Adil Aouchiche · Yellow card86'
Match stats
Line-ups
FC Schalke 04 starting XI
- 1L. Karius
- 5T. Becker
- 25N. Katić
- 4H. Kuruçay
- 33Vitalie Becker
- 13S. Tanaka
- 43M. Ayhan
- 24A. Aouchiche
- 20J. Adamu
- 19K. Karaman
- 7Hwang Hee-Chan
FC Schalke 04 bench · coach M. Muslić
- 29J. Dina Ebimbe
- 10E. Džeko
- 40E. Gashi
- 11B. Lasme
- 21D. Ljubičić
- 22K. Müller
- 35Jean-Paul N'Diaye
- 27F. Porath
- 36Johannes Simon Siebeking
RB Leipzig starting XI
- 26M. Vandevoordt
- 39B. Henrichs
- 4W. Orbán
- 23C. Lukeba
- 22D. Raum
- 10B. Gruda
- 20R. Reitz
- 21N. El Aynaoui
- 6E. Banzuzi
- 7A. Nusa
- 40Rômulo
RB Leipzig bench · coach M. Demichelis
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FC Schalke 04 formlast ten
RB Leipzig formlast ten
Head-to-headlast 10 meetings
2FC Schalke 04 wins
1Draws
7RB Leipzig wins
4 - 2
FC Schalke 04FTFC Schalke 041 - 6RB LeipzigFTFC Schalke 040 - 3RB LeipzigFTRB Leipzig4 - 0FC Schalke 04FTFC Schalke 040 - 5RB LeipzigFTRB Leipzig1 - 3FC Schalke 04FTFC Schalke 040 - 1RB LeipzigFTRB Leipzig0 - 0FC Schalke 04FTRB Leipzig3 - 1FC Schalke 04FTFC Schalke 042 - 0RB LeipzigBundesliga table
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  Borussia Dortmund | 8 | +8 | 18 |
| 3 |  SC Freiburg | 8 | +8 | 16 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 8 | +11 | 15 |
| 5 |  Werder Bremen | 8 | +3 | 15 |
| 6 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | +2 | 13 |
| 7 |  SV Elversberg | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 |  Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 |  FSV Mainz 05 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 |  FC Augsburg | 8 | +3 | 9 |
| 11 |  VfB Stuttgart | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 |  1899 Hoffenheim | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 |  1. FC Köln | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 |  SC Paderborn 07 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 |  Hamburger SV | 8 | -12 | 9 |
| 16 |  Union Berlin | 8 | -12 | 7 |
| 17 | FC Schalke 04 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 |  Borussia Mönchengladbach | 8 | -11 | 4 |