Schalke 04 vs Union Berlin

18 October 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Patrick Ittrich

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Gonçalo Paciência 69’
  • Marvin Friedrich 55’

Match summary

The points were shared as Schalke 04 and Union Berlin drew 1-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Marvin Friedrich put Union Berlin ahead with a header in the 55th minute, set up by Christopher Trimmel and Gonçalo Paciência equalised with a header in the 69th minute, set up by Omar Mascarell.

Union Berlin had the better of the chances, with 0.83 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Schalke 04's 0.25 from 8.

Match stats

Schalke 04 Union Berlin
8 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 7
5 Corners 7
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.25 xG 0.83
0.25 Non-penalty xG 0.83
1 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Schalke 04 Union Berlin
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
55’
Marvin Friedrich
Assist: Christopher Trimmel0-1 (Union Berlin)
Gonçalo Paciência
Assist: Omar Mascarell1-1 (Schalke 04)
69’
Full-time1-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Schalke 04
  • Steven Skrzybski
  • Amine Harit
  • Gonçalo Paciência
Union Berlin
  • Grischa Prömel

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.25 0.83 55’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), 0-1 55’ 69’ Gonçalo Paciência (Schalke 04), 1-1 69’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.25 0.83 55’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), 0-1 Friedrich 55’ 69’ Gonçalo Paciência (Schalke 04), 1-1 Paciência 69’
Schalke 04 0.25 xGUnion Berlin 0.83 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Union Berlin attacking Schalke 04 attacking 
47’ Christopher Lenz (Union Berlin), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 21’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 80’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+1’ Salif Sané (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 6’ Can Bozdogan (Schalke 04), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Christopher Lenz (Union Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Matija Nastasic (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 22’ Robert Andrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 68’ Steven Skrzybski (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ Marius Bülter (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Gonçalo Paciência (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 82’ Omar Mascarell (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Robert Andrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 81’ Marius Bülter (Union Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Bastian Oczipka (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Christopher Lenz (Union Berlin), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 21’ Grischa Prömel (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.12 xG, saved 80’ Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 90+1’ Salif Sané (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 6’ Can Bozdogan (Schalke 04), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 22’ Robert Andrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 31’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Christopher Lenz (Union Berlin), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 89’ Matija Nastasic (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 68’ Steven Skrzybski (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 23’ Marius Bülter (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Gonçalo Paciência (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 81’ Marius Bülter (Union Berlin), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Omar Mascarell (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 55’ Marvin Friedrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 17’ Robert Andrich (Union Berlin), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 31’ Bastian Oczipka (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 63’ Sheraldo Becker (Union Berlin), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Frederik Rönnow GK900 0.000.000
Kilian Ludewig DEF900 0.000.000
Salif Sané DEF901 0.050.031
Matija Nastasic DEF901 0.040.000
Bastian Oczipka DEF901 0.010.051
Nabil Bentaleb MID900 0.000.041
Omar Mascarell MID9011 0.020.062
Can Bozdogan MID621 0.040.000
Steven Skrzybski FWD901 0.030.000
Vedad Ibisevic FWD580 0.000.000
Benito Raman FWD831 0.040.041
Gonçalo Paciência Sub3211 0.020.000
Amine Harit Sub280 0.000.021
Alessandro Schöpf Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Schalke 04 win 31% Avg odds 3.11
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.31
Union Berlin win 40% Avg odds 2.36

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Schalke 04 LLLLL
Union Berlin LWLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Union Berlin 1-1 Schalke 04, 07 Jun 20 Next meeting: Union Berlin 0-0 Schalke 04, 13 Feb 21  All Schalke 04 vs Union Berlin meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.