Bundesliga (Week 5) : Schalke 04 defeats Stuttgart 1-0
GERMANY, Sep. 20, 2015 (AMP) — Bundesliga / Match day 5: Two wins in a row for Schalke 04. After their 2-1 win against Mainz on September 13, the Royal Blues continued their sensational form in the Bundesliga with a 1-0 victory over Stuttgart this Sunday.
45 minutes of play and neither Schalke 04 nor Stuttgart have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Schalke 04 midfielder Leroy Sané in the 53rd minute.
FC Schalke 04 climbed to fourth place with 10 points from 5 games, only one point behind VfL Wolfsburg.
View : Full Bundesliga table (as of September 20, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | FC Köln | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | FC Ingolstadt | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Mainz | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Hamburger SV | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| 11 | Hertha Berlin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Hannover 96 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
| 15 | Hoffenheim | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Mönchengladbach | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 0 |
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Overview
VfB Stuttgart
- Position: 17
- Previous game:Hertha Berlin 2-1 Stuttgart (12 Sep.)
- Next game:Hannover 96 - Stuttgart (23 Sep.)
FC Schalke 04
- Position: 4 +1
- Best performance of the season:Werder Bremen 0-3 Schalke 04 (15 Aug.)
- Previous game:Schalke 04 2-1 Mainz (13 Sep.)
- Next game:Schalke 04 - Eintracht Frankfurt (23 Sep.)
Stuttgart
0:1
Schalke 04
0:1 (0:0)
- 20 September 2015
- 15:30
- Stuttgart
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bayern Munich | 15 |
| 2 |  Borussia Dortmund | 12 |
| 3 |  Wolfsburg | 11 |
| 4 | Schalke 04 | 10 |
| 5 |  FC Köln | 10 |
Week 5 Results
| Friday 18 September 2015 | ||||
 | Mainz | 3-1 | Hoffenheim |  |
| Saturday 19 September 2015 | ||||
| Wolfsburg | 2-0 | Hertha Berlin |  |
 | Werder Bremen | 0-1 | FC Ingolstadt |  |
 | Hamburger SV | 0-0 | Eintracht Frankfurt |  |
| FC Köln | 1-0 | Mönchengladbach |  |
 | Darmstadt 98 | 0-3 | Bayern Munich | |
| Sunday 20 September 2015 | ||||
| Stuttgart | 0-1 | Schalke 04 | |
 | Augsburg | 17:30 | Hannover 96 |  |
| Borussia Dortmund | 17:30 | Bayer Leverkusen |  |