Werder Bremen vs Schalke 04

8 March 2019 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Martin Petersen

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Milot Rashica 31’, 73’
Max Kruse 51’ (pen)
Martin Harnik 90+4’

Breel Embolo 26’, 85’

Match summary

Werder Bremen came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Schalke 04. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Breel Embolo put Schalke 04 ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Weston McKennie and Milot Rashica equalised in the 31st minute, set up by Max Kruse. In the second half, Max Kruse put Werder Bremen in front from the penalty spot in the 51st minute, Rashica made it 3-1 in the 73rd minute, set up by Maximilian Eggestein, Embolo pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Bastian Oczipka, and Martin Harnik made it 4-2 in stoppage time, set up by Kevin Möhwald.

The chances backed that up: Werder Bremen created 2.45 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Schalke 04's 1.54 from 14.

Match stats

20 Shots 14

7 Shots on Target 8

4 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.45 xG 1.54

1.69 Non-penalty xG 1.54

9 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Werder Bremen Schalke 04

Kick-off

26’

Breel Embolo
Assist: Weston McKennie

0-1

Milot Rashica
Assist: Max Kruse

1-1

31’

Half-time1-1

Max Kruse
Penalty

2-1

51’

Milot Rashica
Assist: Maximilian Eggestein

3-1

73’

85’

Breel Embolo
Assist: Bastian Oczipka

3-2

Martin Harnik
Assist: Kevin Möhwald

4-2

90+4’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen

Milos Veljkovic
Maximilian Eggestein

Schalke 04

Nabil Bentaleb

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.

Werder Bremen 2.45 xGSchalke 04 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Schalke 04 attacking Werder Bremen 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
Jiri Pavlenka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Theodor Gebre Selassie	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Niklas Moisander	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Milos Veljkovic	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Ludwig Augustinsson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Philipp Bargfrede	MID	90			1	0.01	0.05	2
Maximilian Eggestein	MID	90		1	3	0.11	0.90	4
Davy Klaassen	MID	90			1	0.04	0.04	2
Max Kruse	MID	90	1	1	5	1.30	0.46	4
Milot Rashica	FWD	85	2		6	0.57	0.00	0
Claudio Pizarro	FWD	68			0	0.00	0.04	2
Martin Harnik	Sub	22	1		2	0.39	0.00	0
Fin Bartels	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Möhwald	Sub	1		1	0	0.00	0.07	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alexander Nübel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Stambouli	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.15	1
Jeffrey Bruma	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matija Nastasic	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.03	1
Daniel Caligiuri	MID	88			1	0.04	0.00	0
Bastian Oczipka	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.65	5
Weston McKennie	MID	90		1	2	0.10	0.09	1
Nabil Bentaleb	MID	74			0	0.00	0.00	0
Breel Embolo	MID	90	2		4	0.70	0.50	3
Steven Skrzybski	MID	80			3	0.19	0.00	0
Guido Burgstaller	FWD	90			1	0.41	0.08	1
Ahmed Kutucu	Sub	16			1	0.02	0.00	0
Rabbi Matondo	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Salif Sané	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 46% Bet365 odds 2.05

Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.50

Schalke 04 win 27% Bet365 odds 3.60

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

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen D W D D D

Schalke 04 L L D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Schalke 04 0-2 Werder Bremen, 20 Oct 18 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 1-2 Schalke 04, 23 Nov 19 All Werder Bremen vs Schalke 04 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.