Stuttgart vs Schalke 04

22 December 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Felix Brych

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Nicolás González 76’

Steven Skrzybski 10’
Salif Sané 70’
Ahmed Kutucu 78’

Match summary

Schalke 04 won 3-1 away at Stuttgart. Schalke 04 led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Steven Skrzybski put Schalke 04 ahead in the 10th minute, set up by Bastian Oczipka. In the second half, Salif Sané made it 0-2 with a header in the 70th minute, set up by Bastian Oczipka, Nicolás González pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Chadrac Akolo, and Ahmed Kutucu made it 1-3 in the 78th minute, set up by Steven Skrzybski.

The chances backed that up: Schalke 04 created 2.47 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Stuttgart's 1.22 from 17.

Match stats

17 Shots 15

5 Shots on Target 6

2 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

1.22 xG 2.43

1.22 Non-penalty xG 2.43

1 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Stuttgart Schalke 04

Kick-off

10’

Steven Skrzybski
Assist: Bastian Oczipka

0-1

Half-time0-1

70’

Salif Sané
Assist: Bastian Oczipka

0-2

Nicolás González
Assist: Chadrac Akolo

1-2

76’

78’

Ahmed Kutucu
Assist: Steven Skrzybski

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Stuttgart

Ron-Robert Zieler
Santiago Ascacibar
Christian Gentner

Schalke 04

Daniel Caligiuri
Bastian Oczipka
Nabil Bentaleb
Alessandro Schöpf
Weston McKennie

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.

Stuttgart 1.22 xGSchalke 04 2.47 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Schalke 04 attacking Stuttgart attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ron-Robert Zieler	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andreas Beck	DEF	82			1	0.02	0.00	0
Timo Baumgartl	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Marc-Oliver Kempf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emiliano Insúa	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.12	2
Santiago Ascacibar	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Christian Gentner	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Erik Thommy	MID	70			6	0.35	0.11	2
Daniel Didavi	MID	60			1	0.08	0.06	2
Nicolás González	MID	90	1		2	0.44	0.05	1
Mario Gomez	FWD	90			1	0.03	0.02	1
Chadrac Akolo	Sub	30		1	1	0.08	0.26	1
Gonzalo Castro	Sub	20			2	0.04	0.00	0
Anastasios Donis	Sub	8			1	0.04	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ralf Fährmann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Caligiuri	DEF	89			0	0.00	0.06	1
Salif Sané	DEF	90	1		1	0.14	0.00	0
Matija Nastasic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bastian Oczipka	DEF	90		2	0	0.00	0.62	3
Nabil Bentaleb	MID	90			1	0.61	0.09	2
Benjamin Stambouli	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alessandro Schöpf	MID	90			3	0.25	0.61	1
Suat Serdar	MID	61			0	0.00	0.11	2
Yevhen Konoplyanka	MID	75			1	0.05	0.00	0
Steven Skrzybski	FWD	90	1	1	4	0.93	0.44	2
Weston McKennie	Sub	29			3	0.13	0.00	0
Ahmed Kutucu	Sub	15	1		1	0.37	0.00	0
Haji Wright	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Stuttgart win 30% Bet365 odds 3.20

Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30

Schalke 04 win 41% Bet365 odds 2.30

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Stuttgart L W L W L

Schalke 04 W D L D L

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Previous and next meeting

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