Nürnberg 4-1 Schalke 04: result and report
Bundesliga · Wednesday 11 April 2012
Result
Nürnberg 4-1 Schalke 04
Bundesliga · Wednesday 11 April 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Nürnberg 4-1 Schalke 04: match report
Nürnberg beat Schalke 04 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 11 April 2012. The half-time score was 3-0.
Hanno Balitsch opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Nürnberg's goals came from Hanno Balitsch (25'), Timmy Simons (37', penalty), Daniel Didavi (45') and Daniel Didavi (87'). Schalke 04 scored through Lewis Holtby (85').
Discipline: Nürnberg received 1 yellow card; Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nürnberg were 13th on 32 points from 29 and Schalke 04 3rd on 57 points from 29. Nürnberg went on to finish that season 10th with 42 points, and Schalke 04 3rd with 64.
Nürnberg lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Schalke 04 in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nürnberg win, 2 draws and 7 for Schalke 04.
Going into the match Nürnberg's last five read D-L-L-L-L and Schalke 04's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Hanno Balitsch
- 36'Yellow card · Kyriakos Papadopoulos
- 37'Penalty goal · Timmy Simons
- 39'Yellow card · Jermaine Jones
- 45'Goal · Daniel Didavi
- 57'Yellow card · Javier Pinola
- 78'Yellow card · Tim Hoogland
- 85'Goal · Lewis Holtby
- 87'Goal · Daniel Didavi
Head-to-head
Team news
Nürnberg expected line-up (4-1-4-1)
Raphael Schäfer, Andreas Wolf, Dennis Diekmeier, Andreas Ottl, Mike Frantz, İlkay Gündoğan, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Albert Bunjaku, Javier Pinola
Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lars Unnerstall, Sergio Escudero, Tim Hoogland, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Joël Matip, Lewis Holtby, Marco Höger, Jermaine Jones, Julian Draxler, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Raúl