Mertcan Ayhan
Defender
· 
Schalke 04
· 14th in the league
Next fixture
Sat 24 Oct, 13:30 UTC AWAY
FC Cologne
Analysis
Season Performance
Mertcan Ayhan at Schalke 04 this season. Stats will be limited if it's early in the season.
Minutes played: 29 · Starts: 2
| Stat | Value | Season Avg ?Mertcan Ayhan's per-90 rate on each stat, compared to the average for other defenders in Bundesliga. Green is clearly above that average, red is clearly below, orange is close to it. A stat needs enough qualifying players at this position before a comparison is shown. |
|---|---|---|
| Shooting | ||
| Goals | - - | 1.2 0.34 |
| Expected goals (xG) | - - | 0.37 0.09 |
| Shots | - - | 3.7 0.96 |
| Shots on target | - - | 1.7 0.46 |
| Passing | ||
| Assists | - - | 1.4 0.36 |
| Expected assists (xA) | - - | 0.47 0.12 |
| Key passes | - - | 3.9 1.04 |
| Defending | ||
| Clean sheets | 1 3.10 | 1.8 0.47 |
| Tackles | 2 6.21 | 7.6 1.92 |
| Interceptions | - - | 5.8 1.40 |
| Duels won | 2 6.21 | 20.6 5.05 |
| Blocked shots | - - | 3.6 0.84 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fouls committed | - - | 4.4 1.13 |
| Fouls drawn | - - | 4.1 1.02 |
| Yellow cards | - - | 1.2 0.30 |
| Red cards | - - | - - |
Player Traits
Mertcan Ayhan’s statistical strengths and weaknesses, in comparison to similar players. This is based on current season only.
Not enough recorded this season yet to compare traits.
Squad standing
Where Mertcan Ayhan ranks among 27 registered Schalke 04 players this season.
- 20th of 27 for Minutes played
- 14th of 27 for Tackles
- 20th of 27 for Duels won
Match log
Every finished match on file Mertcan Ayhan actually featured in, most recent first, bounded to Sportmonks’ own per-match player-stats coverage, not this player’s full career (see “Season by season” below for that). This is also what the last-10-games Player Bets list on each fixture page’s Odds & Bets tab reads from.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Min | G | A | Shots | SOT | Tackles | Fouls | CS | Cards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Sep 26 | Home |  Bayern Munich |
D | 25’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Y | - |
| 30 Aug 26 | Away |  Augsburg |
L | 4’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
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Season by season
Every season on file for Mertcan Ayhan, most recent first, as far back as the data goes. For the Premier League this can reach further back than the current season’s Sportmonks-sourced columns: Understat’s own cached match history covers up to 6 seasons, so an earlier row may carry goals/assists/xG/xA while its tackles/interceptions/etc. show ‘-’ (Sportmonks itself only carries 3 seasons per league).
| Season | 2026/2027 |
|---|---|
| Team | Schalke 04 |
| Mins | 29 |
| Starts | 2 |
| Goals | - |
| Assists | - |
| xG | - |
| xA | - |
| Shots | - |
| SOT | - |
| Tackles | 2 |
| Int. | - |
| Duels won | 2 |
| Blocked | - |
| Key passes | - |
| Fouls | - |
| Fouls drawn | - |
| Clean sheets | 1 |
| Yel | - |
| Red | - |
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