Schalke 04 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 23 April 2016
Result
Schalke 04 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga · Saturday 23 April 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Schalke 04 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report
Schalke 04 were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 23 April 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Schalke 04's goals came from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (14') and Leroy Sané (29'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Julian Brandt (54'), Karim Bellarabi (56') and Chicharito (60').
Discipline: Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Schalke 04 were 5th on 44 points from 30 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3rd on 51 points from 30. Schalke 04 went on to finish that season 5th with 51 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3rd with 60.
Schalke 04 lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leroy Sané of Schalke 04 (7.9), ahead of Max Meyer (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Schalke 04 wins, 2 draws and 4 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Ömer Toprak
- 5'Missed penalty · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 14'Goal · Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
- 27'Yellow card · Júnior Caiçara
- 29'Goal · Leroy Sané
- 33'Yellow card · Lars Bender
- 38'Yellow card · Leroy Sané
- 52'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
- 54'Goal · Julian Brandt
- 56'Goal · Karim Bellarabi
- 60'Goal · Chicharito
- 90+1'Yellow card · Chicharito
Head-to-head
Team news
Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)
R. Fährmann, Júnior Caiçara, Joël Matip, Roman Neustädter, Sead Kolasinac, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Johannes Geis, Leroy Sané, Max Meyer, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Bayer 04 Leverkusen expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bernd Leno, Jonathan Tah, Christoph Kramer, Wendell, Tin Jedvaj, Julian Brandt, Karim Bellarabi, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Vladlen Yurchenko, Javier Hernández Balcázar