FC Schalke 04 vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bundesliga 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Bundesliga · 2022-23

FC Schalke 04

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Sat 1 Apr 2023 · 13:30 UTC Veltins-Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 39' Exequiel Palacios

Henning Matriciani 51' Y

Henning Matriciani 52' Y

Eder Balanta 56' Y

Overview

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FC Schalke 04 vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen — Bundesliga at Veltins-Arena.

FC Schalke 04 9 games · 6 pts (2026/27)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Deniz Aytekin
Referee Eduard Beitinger
Referee Arno Blos
Referee Christian Dietz
Referee Robin Braun
Referee Pascal Mueller

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Bayern München	9	21
2	Borussia Dortmund	9	21
3	SC Freiburg	9	19
4	RB Leipzig	9	18
5	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	9	16
6	SV Werder Bremen	9	15
7	SV 07 Elversberg	9	13
8	VfB Stuttgart	9	12
9	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	9	12
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	9	12
11	Hamburger SV	9	12
12	1. FSV Mainz 05	9	10
13	SC Paderborn 07	9	10
14	FC Augsburg	9	9
15	1. FC Köln	9	9
16	1. FC Union Berlin	9	7
17	FC Schalke 04	9	6
18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	9	4

Head-to-Head

FC Schalke 04 8 games · Avg 2.9 goals Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Last 5 meetings

2023-04-01 FC Schalke 04 0–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2022-10-08 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4–0 FC Schalke 04 2021-04-03 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–1 FC Schalke 04 2020-12-06 FC Schalke 04 0–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2020-06-14 FC Schalke 04 1–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Recent Form

FC Schalke 04

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Apr	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	H	0–3	L
18 Mar	FC Augsburg	A	1–1	D
11 Mar	Borussia Dortmund	H	2–2	D
04 Mar	VfL Bochum 1848	A	2–0	W
25 Feb	VfB Stuttgart	H	2–1	W
19 Feb	1. FC Union Berlin	A	0–0	D

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Apr	FC Schalke 04	A	3–0	W
19 Mar	FC Bayern München	H	2–1	W
16 Mar	Ferencvárosi TC	A	2–0	W
12 Mar	SV Werder Bremen	A	3–2	W
09 Mar	Ferencvárosi TC	H	2–0	W
05 Mar	Hertha BSC	H	4–1	W

Season Stats

FC Schalke 04		Bayer 04 Leverkusen
#17	Position	#5
6	Points	16
9	Played	9
1 / 3 / 5	W / D / L	5 / 1 / 3
5	Scored	20
11	Conceded	17
-6	GD	+3
0.67	PPG	1.78
11%	Win %	56%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
FC Schalke 04 this season

22% Clean Sheets
Bayer 04 Leverkusen this season

FC Schalke 04 are 17th (6 pts). Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 5th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Schalke 04

0-15

–/2

16-30

2/3

31-45

–/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/–

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

0-15

4/4

16-30

4/1

31-45

1/2

46-60

3/4

61-75

2/1

76+

6/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Patrik Schick	8 G	2 A
Ibrahim Maza	3 G	3 A
Christian Kofane	2 G
Facundo Medina	1 G
Nicolas Ezequiel Fernandez	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! FC Schalke 04 vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen — let the football do the talking.
5' Sardar Azmoun needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 27 Yellow cards this season.
10' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Schalke 04 needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' FC Schalke 04 started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
35' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
39' Bayer 04 Leverkusen player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
44' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Schalke 04 side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
46' A tactical swap from FC Schalke 04 — Eder Balanta on, Dominick Drexler off on 46 minutes.
50' The deadlock is broken! Jeremie Frimpong gets on the scoresheet on 50 minutes.
51' Henning Matriciani catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 51.
51' What a moment for Jeremie Frimpong! That strike on 51 puts his side firmly in control.
52' Henning Matriciani was booked on 52.
56' FC Schalke 04 player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
61' Simon Terodde gets the nod from FC Schalke 04. He replaces Michael Frey and will look to change the dynamic.
61' The Germany Florian Wirtz breaks the deadlock on 61 minutes. 0-3!
62' The FC Schalke 04 bench stirs into life. Michael Frey is withdrawn and Simon Terodde gets his opportunity.
65' Kerem Demirbay is replacing Exequiel Palacios for the Bayer 04 Leverkusen side.
66' A tactical swap from Bayer 04 Leverkusen — Sardar Azmoun on, Amine Adli off on 66 minutes.
71' The whistle greets Tom Krauss as he departs to be replaced by Tim Skarke.
76' FC Schalke 04 are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Bayer 04 Leverkusen's shape.
81' Amine Adli, a Morocco forward, has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
82' The FC Schalke 04 bench stirs into life. Rodrigo Zalazar is withdrawn and Tobias Mohr gets his opportunity.
83' Daley Sinkgraven gets the nod from Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He replaces Kerem Demirbay and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Another substitution for Bayer 04 Leverkusen to replace Piero Hincapie by Mitchel Bakker on 84 minute.
89' It’s high time Xabi Alonso made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — FC Schalke 04 0-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Lineups

FC Schalke 04 Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Thomas Reis

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups

Starting XI

19
Moussa Diaby
4
Jonathan Tah
1
Lukas Hradecky
8
Robert Andrich
25
Exequiel Palacios ↓ Kerem Demirbay 66'
12
Edmond Tapsoba
30
Jeremie Frimpong ↓ Callum Hudson-Odoi 82'
21
Amine Adli ↓ Sardar Azmoun 66'
27
Florian Wirtz
3
Piero Hincapie ↓ Mitchel Bakker 83'
6
Odilon Kossounou

Bench

Coach Xabi Alonso

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Lucas Alario	4
Jeremie Frimpong	4
Paulinho	2
Patrik Schick	2
Benito Raman	1
Florian Wirtz	1
Daniel Caligiuri	1
Juan Miranda	1

Head to Head

FC Schalke 04 Form

2023-04-01 FC Schalke 04 0–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2023-03-18 FC Augsburg 1–1 FC Schalke 04 D 2023-03-11 FC Schalke 04 2–2 Borussia Dortmund D 2023-03-04 VfL Bochum 1848 0–2 FC Schalke 04 W 2023-02-25 FC Schalke 04 2–1 VfB Stuttgart W 2023-02-19 1. FC Union Berlin 0–0 FC Schalke 04 D

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form

2023-04-01 FC Schalke 04 0–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2023-03-19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–1 FC Bayern München W 2023-03-16 Ferencvárosi TC 0–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2023-03-12 SV Werder Bremen 2–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2023-03-09 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–0 Ferencvárosi TC W 2023-03-05 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4–1 Hertha BSC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.69 FC Schalke 04 xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.05 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xG

I would bet for: Bayer 04 Leverkusen to win 61% + Under — clean sheet likely 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Schalke 0416% Draw23% Bayer 04 Leverkusen61%

Actual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes44% 0% No56%

Avg goals/match: 2.74

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

FC Schalke 04 or Draw

39%

Draw or Bayer 04 Leverkusen

84%

FC Schalke 04 or Bayer 04 Leverkusen

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Schalke 0410% Draw43% Bayer 04 Leverkusen47%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

13.3%

0 – 1

12.7%

1 – 1

9.8%

1 – 2

0 – 3

Actual

0 – 0

8.2%

1 – 3

6.2%

0 – 4

4.5%

1 – 0

3.7%

1 – 4

3.3%

2 – 2

3.1%

2 – 1

Asian Handicap — FC Schalke 04

Handicap	FC Schalke 04 covers	Push	Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	2%	97%
-1.5	3%	—	97%
-1	3%	8%	89%
-0.5	11%	—	89%
+0.5	32%	—	68%
+1	32%	24%	43%
+1.5	57%	—	43%
+2	57%	21%	23%
+2.5	77%	—	23%

Clean Sheet

FC Schalke 04 keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet

50% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.