German Bundesliga

Schalke 04 vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth, 2012-13 German Bundesliga, 2012/2013 German Bundesliga

· German Bundesliga
Schalke 04
  • 47': Michel Bastos
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SpVgg Greuther Fürth
  • 52': Felix Klaus
  • 90'+2': Nikola Djurdjic

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Schalke 04 are hosting SpVgg Greuther Fürth at Veltins Arena, , Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German Bundesliga.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Foul by Matthias Zimmermann (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 1': Michel Bastos (Schalke) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 2': Attempt blocked. Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 3': Foul by Christian Fuchs (Schalke).
  • 3': Nikola Djurdjic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Julian Draxler (Schalke) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jefferson Farfán.
  • 5': Offside, SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Gerald Asamoah tries a through ball, but Nikola Djurdjic is caught offside.
  • 7': Attempt blocked. Roman Neustädter (Schalke) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 8': Felix Klaus (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 8': Foul by Christian Fuchs (Schalke).
  • 8': Christian Fuchs (Schalke) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 10': Foul by Felix Klaus (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 10': Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.
  • 11': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by József Varga.
  • 11': Attempt saved. Roman Neustädter (Schalke) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jefferson Farfán with a cross.
  • 11': Foul by Atsuto Uchida (Schalke).
  • 11': Nikola Djurdjic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Gerald Asamoah (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 12': Joel Matip (Schalke) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
  • 14': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by Lasse Sobiech.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Jermaine Jones (Schalke) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 20': Delay in match Julian Draxler (Schalke) because of an injury.
  • 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 22': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by Baba Rahman.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Jermaine Jones (Schalke) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jefferson Farfán with a cross following a corner.
  • 24': Foul by Milorad Pekovic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 24': Jermaine Jones (Schalke) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 25': Attempt missed. József Varga (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nikola Djurdjic.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Michel Bastos (Schalke) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jermaine Jones.
  • 27': Foul by József Varga (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 27': Michel Bastos (Schalke) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 28': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by Mergim Mavraj.
  • 28': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by Zoltan Stieber.
  • 29': Attempt blocked. Roman Neustädter (Schalke) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jefferson Farfán with a cross.
  • 30': Foul by Milorad Pekovic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 30': Roman Neustädter (Schalke) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 31': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by Milorad Pekovic.
  • 32': Delay in match Gerald Asamoah (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) because of an injury.
  • 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 36': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by Lasse Sobiech.
  • 37': Foul by Lasse Sobiech (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 37': Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 37': Lasse Sobiech (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 38': Hand ball by Jermaine Jones (Schalke).
  • 39': Offside, SpVgg Greuther Fürth. József Varga tries a through ball, but Nikola Djurdjic is caught offside.
  • 39': Foul by Nikola Djurdjic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 39': Jermaine Jones (Schalke) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Gerald Asamoah (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 43': Joel Matip (Schalke) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michel Bastos with a headed pass.
  • 43': Foul by Jermaine Jones (Schalke).
  • 45': Mergim Mavraj (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Hand ball by Zoltan Stieber (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 45': Offside, SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Zoltan Stieber tries a through ball, but Nikola Djurdjic is caught offside.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Schalke 0, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Schalke 1, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2.
  • 47': Second Half begins Schalke 0, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0.
  • 48': Goal! Schalke 1, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0. Michel Bastos (Schalke) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roman Neustädter.
  • 48': Foul by Felix Klaus (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 49': Michel Bastos (Schalke) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 49': Foul by Roman Neustädter (Schalke).
  • 49': Gerald Asamoah (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Felix Klaus (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 53': Foul by Roman Neustädter (Schalke).
  • 53': Goal! Schalke 1, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1. Felix Klaus (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nikola Djurdjic.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Nikola Djurdjic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left following a fast break.
  • 54': Atsuto Uchida (Schalke) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 56': Foul by Zoltan Stieber (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 56': Foul by Zoltan Stieber (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 56': Jermaine Jones (Schalke) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Atsuto Uchida (Schalke).
  • 57': József Varga (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Hand ball by Jefferson Farfán (Schalke).
  • 59': Hand ball by József Varga (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 60': József Varga (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 62': Attempt blocked. Michel Bastos (Schalke) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 62': Foul by Michel Bastos (Schalke).
  • 63': Matthias Zimmermann (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Atsuto Uchida (Schalke) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 63': Foul by Milorad Pekovic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 64': Milorad Pekovic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Foul by József Varga (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 65': Joel Matip (Schalke) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Jefferson Farfán (Schalke) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
  • 67': Attempt blocked. Julian Draxler (Schalke) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 67': Attempt missed. Christian Fuchs (Schalke) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Julian Draxler.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Fuchs.
  • 68': Substitution, Schalke. Raffael replaces Julian Draxler.
  • 69': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by Lasse Sobiech.
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Roman Neustädter with a headed pass.
  • 69': Substitution, SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Bernd Nehrig replaces Milorad Pekovic.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Jermaine Jones (Schalke) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jefferson Farfán with a cross.
  • 72': Foul by Bernd Nehrig (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 73': Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 73': Substitution, SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Sercan Sararer replaces Felix Klaus.
  • 73': Attempt blocked. Roman Neustädter (Schalke) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 73': Foul by Christian Fuchs (Schalke).
  • 77': Sercan Sararer (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 77': Attempt missed. Raffael (Schalke) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
  • 82': Hand ball by Jermaine Jones (Schalke).
  • 82': Substitution, Schalke. Teemu Pukki replaces Jermaine Jones.
  • 82': Foul by József Varga (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 83': Jefferson Farfán (Schalke) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Corner, SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Conceded by Joel Matip.
  • 84': Substitution, SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Ilir Azemi replaces Gerald Asamoah.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Lasse Sobiech (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Zoltan Stieber with a cross.
  • 84': Attempt saved. Mergim Mavraj (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 84': Bernd Nehrig (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 85': Foul by Benedikt Höwedes (Schalke).
  • 86': Attempt missed. Zoltan Stieber (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
  • 86': Foul by Nikola Djurdjic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth).
  • 87': Roman Neustädter (Schalke) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Teemu Pukki (Schalke) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 88': Raffael (Schalke) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.
  • 87': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by Lasse Sobiech.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Roman Neustädter (Schalke) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jefferson Farfán with a cross following a corner.
  • 90': Corner, Schalke. Conceded by Baba Rahman.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Raffael (Schalke) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 90': Foul by Christian Fuchs (Schalke).
  • 90': József Varga (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Attempt missed. Ilir Azemi (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by József Varga following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke).
  • 90'+2': Lasse Sobiech (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Ilir Azemi (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Schalke 1, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2. Nikola Djurdjic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+3': Nikola Djurdjic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Schalke 1, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2.

Statistics

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19 Fouls 15
4 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 0
1 Corner Kicks 10
3 Saves 3
31.1 Possession 68.9
9 SHOTS 25
5 ON GOAL 4
0.6 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
160 Accurate Passes 430
231 Passes 525
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 9
10 Crosses 33
0.2 Cross % 0.3
30 Long Balls 48
19 Accurate Long Balls 30
0.6 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 11
17 Effective Tackles 16
26 Tackles 24
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
0 Interceptions 0
17 Effective Clearances 5
30 Clearances 10

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: Veltins Arena
Location: , Germany
Attendance: 60,693

Line-Ups

S04 Schalke 04 (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
34 Timo Hildebrand (GK)
33 Roman Neustädter
23 Christian Fuchs Yellow Card
4 Benedikt Höwedes
22 Atsuto Uchida
17 Jefferson Farfán
32 Joël Matip
9 Michel Bastos
25 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
31 Julian Draxler
13 Jermaine Jones
Schalke 04 Substitutes:
Lars Unnerstall, Christoph Metzelder, Teemu Pukki, Tranquillo Barnetta, Marco Höger, Sead Kolasinac, Raffael.

SGF SpVgg Greuther Fürth (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Wolfgang Hesl (GK)
34 Jozsef Varga Yellow Card
18 Abdul Rahman Baba
2 Lasse Sobiech Yellow Card
38 Matthias Zimmermann
13 Milorad Pekovic Yellow Card
36 Felix Klaus
40 Nikola Djurdjic
5 Mërgim Mavraj
16 Zoltan Stieber
11 Gerald Asamoah
SpVgg Greuther Fürth Substitutes:
Sercan Sararer, Bernd Nehrig, Max Grün, Thomas Kleine, Jung-Bin Park, Robert Zilner, Ilir Azemi.

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