Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Schalke 04, 2020-21 German Bundesliga
· German Bundesliga
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4 - 1
4 - 1
Schalke gloom deepens with 4-1 loss at Gladbach
Borussia Moenchengladbach scored twice in each half to crush visitors Schalke 04 4-1 on Saturday and pile more misery on the Royal Blues.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Breel Embolo (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 1': Foul by Suat Serdar (FC Schalke 04).
- 4': Attempt saved. Mark Uth (FC Schalke 04) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Suat Serdar.
- 5': Hand ball by Kilian Ludewig (FC Schalke 04).
- 8': Attempt missed. Denis Zakaria (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Thuram.
- 9': Attempt missed. Matthew Hoppe (FC Schalke 04) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Malick Thiaw.
- 11': Corner, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Conceded by Kilian Ludewig.
- 12': Attempt missed. Steven Skrzybski (FC Schalke 04) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mark Uth with a cross.
- 13': Offside, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Florian Neuhaus tries a through ball, but Patrick Herrmann is caught offside.
- 14': Corner, FC Schalke 04. Conceded by Tony Jantschke.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Omar Mascarell (FC Schalke 04) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mark Uth with a cross.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Benito Raman (FC Schalke 04) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 15': Attempt saved. Breel Embolo (Borussia Mönchengladbach) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alassane Plea with a through ball.
- 15': Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 1, FC Schalke 04 0. Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 17': Offside, FC Schalke 04. Suat Serdar tries a through ball, but Benito Raman is caught offside.
- 20': Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 1, FC Schalke 04 1. Benito Raman (FC Schalke 04) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mark Uth with a through ball.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Benito Raman (FC Schalke 04) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Steven Skrzybski (FC Schalke 04) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 26': Benito Raman (FC Schalke 04) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Foul by Valentino Lazaro (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
- 26': Valentino Lazaro (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 28': Mark Uth (FC Schalke 04) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Matthew Hoppe (FC Schalke 04) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Benito Raman.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Suat Serdar (FC Schalke 04) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mark Uth.
- 34': Foul by Kilian Ludewig (FC Schalke 04).
- 34': Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 34': Kilian Ludewig (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 36': Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 2, FC Schalke 04 1. Oscar Wendt (Borussia Mönchengladbach) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Neuhaus.
- 37': Denis Zakaria (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 37': Foul by Malick Thiaw (FC Schalke 04).
- 39': Attempt blocked. Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Neuhaus.
- 39': Corner, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Conceded by Suat Serdar.
- 39': Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Patrick Herrmann with a cross following a corner.
- 39': Attempt missed. Tony Jantschke (Borussia Mönchengladbach) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 41': Corner, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Conceded by Matija Nastasic.
- 41': Attempt missed. Matthias Ginter (Borussia Mönchengladbach) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Patrick Herrmann with a cross following a corner.
- 42': Foul by Suat Serdar (FC Schalke 04).
- 42': Patrick Herrmann (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 44': Foul by Matija Nastasic (FC Schalke 04).
- 44': Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Breel Embolo (Borussia Mönchengladbach) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Oscar Wendt with a cross.
- 45': Corner, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Conceded by Ozan Kabak.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Alassane Plea (Borussia Mönchengladbach) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Patrick Herrmann with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+1': Foul by Valentino Lazaro (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
- 45'+1': Suat Serdar (FC Schalke 04) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Borussia Mönchengladbach 2, FC Schalke 04 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Borussia Mönchengladbach 2, FC Schalke 04 1.
- 46': Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 48': Foul by Omar Mascarell (FC Schalke 04).
- 48': Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 49': Alassane Plea (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 49': Foul by Ozan Kabak (FC Schalke 04).
- 50': Breel Embolo (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Foul by Malick Thiaw (FC Schalke 04).
- 50': Malick Thiaw (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 51': Attempt saved. Alassane Plea (Borussia Mönchengladbach) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matthias Ginter with a headed pass.
- 52': Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 3, FC Schalke 04 1. Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
- 57': Foul by Breel Embolo (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
- 57': Steven Skrzybski (FC Schalke 04) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 57': Foul by Patrick Herrmann (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
- 57': Ozan Kabak (FC Schalke 04) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Attempt missed. Steven Skrzybski (FC Schalke 04) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matthew Hoppe.
- 60': Corner, FC Schalke 04. Conceded by Oscar Wendt.
- 61': Foul by Patrick Herrmann (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
- 61': Suat Serdar (FC Schalke 04) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Attempt saved. Alassane Plea (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 63': Corner, FC Schalke 04. Conceded by Oscar Wendt.
- 63': Substitution, FC Schalke 04. Alessandro Schöpf replaces Benito Raman.
- 64': Attempt missed. Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alassane Plea following a fast break.
- 65': Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Christoph Kramer replaces Denis Zakaria.
- 65': Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Stefan Lainer replaces Valentino Lazaro.
- 66': Attempt saved. Florian Neuhaus (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 66': Corner, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Conceded by Frederik Rönnow.
- 66': Foul by Oscar Wendt (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
- 66': Steven Skrzybski (FC Schalke 04) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Attempt saved. Alassane Plea (Borussia Mönchengladbach) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 70': Foul by Omar Mascarell (FC Schalke 04).
- 70': Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Hannes Wolf replaces Marcus Thuram.
- 71': Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Lars Stindl replaces Breel Embolo.
- 76': Foul by Patrick Herrmann (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
- 76': Mark Uth (FC Schalke 04) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 76': Patrick Herrmann (Borussia Mönchengladbach) hits the left post with a left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Hannes Wolf.
- 80': Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 4, FC Schalke 04 1. Hannes Wolf (Borussia Mönchengladbach) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alassane Plea.
- 81': Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. László Bénes replaces Florian Neuhaus.
- 81': Substitution, FC Schalke 04. Jan-Luca Schuler replaces Matthew Hoppe.
- 81': Substitution, FC Schalke 04. Nassim Boujellab replaces Steven Skrzybski.
- 81': Foul by Jan-Luca Schuler (FC Schalke 04).
- 81': Matthias Ginter (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Mark Uth (FC Schalke 04).
- 84': Tony Jantschke (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Mark Uth (FC Schalke 04) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 85': Foul by Nassim Boujellab (FC Schalke 04).
- 85': László Bénes (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Alassane Plea (Borussia Mönchengladbach) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 86': Foul by Omar Mascarell (FC Schalke 04).
- 87': Foul by Patrick Herrmann (Borussia Mönchengladbach).
- 87': Omar Mascarell (FC Schalke 04) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Attempt missed. Jan-Luca Schuler (FC Schalke 04) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kilian Ludewig with a cross.
- 90'+1': Corner, FC Schalke 04. Conceded by Tony Jantschke.
- 90'+1': Second Half ends, Borussia Mönchengladbach 4, FC Schalke 04 1.
- 0': Match ends, Borussia Mönchengladbach 4, FC Schalke 04 1.
Statistics
 S04 |
BMG |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 8 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 5 | Saves | 1 |
| 43.3 | Possession | 56.7 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 18 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 9 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 322 | Accurate Passes | 464 |
| 407 | Passes | 553 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 23 | Crosses | 14 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 24 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 11 | Tackles | 21 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 19 |
| 14 | Clearances | 19 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: BORUSSIA-PARK
Location: Mönchengladbach, Germany
Venue: BORUSSIA-PARK
Location: Mönchengladbach, Germany
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 28 | +73 | 73 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 28 | +32 | 64 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 28 | +19 | 53 |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 28 | +18 | 53 |
Line-Ups
Borussia Mönchengladbach (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yann Sommer (GK) |
| 24 | Tony Jantschke |
| 28 | Matthias Ginter |
| 17 | Oscar Wendt |
| 19 | Valentino Lazaro  |
| 36 | Breel Embolo |
| 32 | Florian Neuhaus |
| 8 | Denis Zakaria |
| 14 | Alassane Pléa |
| 10 | Marcus Thuram |
| 7 | Patrick Herrmann |
Schalke 04 (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 23 | Frederik Ronnow (GK) |
| 5 | Matija Nastasic |
| 4 | Ozan Kabak |
| 33 | Malick Thiaw |
| 2 | Kilian Ludewig |
| 7 | Mark Uth |
| 8 | Suat Serdar |
| 6 | Omar Mascarell |
| 43 | Matthew Hoppe |
| 9 | Benito Raman |
| 22 | Steven Skrzybski |
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