Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Schalke 04: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 8 November 2015

Result

Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Schalke 04

Bundesliga · Sunday 8 November 2015, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Schalke 04: match report

Borussia Dortmund beat Schalke 04 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 8 November 2015. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Shinji Kagawa opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Shinji Kagawa (30'), Matthias Ginter (43') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (47'). Schalke 04 scored through Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (33') and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (71').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 2nd on 28 points from 11 and Schalke 04 6th on 18 points from 11. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Schalke 04 5th with 51.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-3-3 and Schalke 04 in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthias Ginter of Borussia Dortmund (8.7), ahead of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Borussia Dortmund wins, 2 draws and 3 for Schalke 04.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Shinji KagawaBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSchalke 04 · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Leon GoretzkaSchalke 04
  • 43'Goal · Matthias GinterBorussia Dortmund · 2-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Júnior CaiçaraSchalke 04
  • 47'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangBorussia Dortmund · 3-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangBorussia Dortmund
  • 60'Yellow card · Franco Di SantoSchalke 04
  • 71'Goal · Klaas-Jan HuntelaarSchalke 04 · 3-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Marcel SchmelzerBorussia Dortmund
  • 89'Yellow card · Julian WeiglBorussia Dortmund
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Felix PlatteSchalke 04

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 5, draws 2, Schalke 04 3.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-3-3)

Roman Bürki, Mats Hummels, Sokratis, Matthias Ginter, Marcel Schmelzer, İlkay Gündoğan, S. Kagawa, Julian Weigl, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Gonzalo Castro

Schalke 04 line-up (4-4-2)

R. Fährmann, Júnior Caiçara, Dennis Aogo, Joël Matip, Roman Neustädter, Sead Kolasinac, Max Meyer, Leon Goretzka, Franco Di Santo, Leroy Sané, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar