Schalke 04 3-0 FSV Mainz 05: result and report

Bundesliga · Tuesday 25 September 2012

Result

Schalke 04 3-0 FSV Mainz 05

Bundesliga · Tuesday 25 September 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Schalke 04 · FSV Mainz 05 · Bundesliga predictions

Schalke 04 3-0 FSV Mainz 05: match report

Schalke 04 defeated FSV Mainz 05 3-0 in the Bundesliga on Tuesday 25 September 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jefferson Farfán opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Schalke 04's goals came from Jefferson Farfán (21', penalty), Lewis Holtby (81') and Teemu Pukki (89'). FSV Mainz 05 did not score.

Discipline: Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards; FSV Mainz 05 received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Schalke 04 were 5th on 7 points from 4 and FSV Mainz 05 12th on 4 points from 4. Schalke 04 went on to finish that season 4th with 52 points, and FSV Mainz 05 12th with 42.

Schalke 04 lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FSV Mainz 05 in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Schalke 04 wins, 2 draws and 2 for FSV Mainz 05.

Going into the match Schalke 04's last five read L-W-W-D and FSV Mainz 05's W-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Penalty goal · Jefferson FarfánSchalke 04 · 1-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Roman NeustädterSchalke 04
  • 61'Yellow card · E. PolanskiFSV Mainz 05
  • 64'Yellow card · Christian WetkloFSV Mainz 05
  • 76'Yellow card · Julian DraxlerSchalke 04
  • 81'Goal · Lewis HoltbySchalke 04 · 2-0
  • 89'Goal · Teemu PukkiSchalke 04 · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Schalke 04 6, draws 2, FSV Mainz 05 2.

Team news

Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lars Unnerstall, Benedikt Höwedes, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Atsuto Uchida, Roman Neustädter, Lewis Holtby, Ibrahim Afellay, Marco Höger, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Jefferson Farfán, Christian Fuchs

FSV Mainz 05 line-up (4-3-1-2)

Christian Wetklo, Zdeněk Pospěch, Nikolce Noveski, Junior Diaz, Niko Bungert, Eugen Polanski, Julian Baumgartlinger, Elkin Soto, Andreas Ivanschitz, Nikita Rukavytsya, Ádám Szalai