Schalke 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen
Goals: 0-1 Thiaw (o.g. 10'), 0-2 Baumgartlinger (67'), 0-3 Schick (78')

With the Royal Blues on an unwanted 25-game winless streak in the league prior to kick-off, Leverkusen began briskly, eager to further shake their hosts' fragile confidence. It was not long before they edged ahead, with Malick Thiaw heading into his own net under pressure from Aleksandar Dragovic following a corner. Leverkusen should have been out of sight by half-time, but Leon Bailey couldn't beat Michael Langer in a one-on-one, while Patrik Schick flicked wide from close range after connecting with Moussa Diaby's pinpoint delivery. There was precious little to see from Schalke in the final third, and although they did have the ball in the net at one point - Mark Uth teeing up Nassim Boujellab to score - but it was chalked off for offside. The visitors looked comfortable otherwise and had 70 per cent of possession and 12 shots on goal by the time the interval arrived.

The match followed a similar pattern in the second half, with Leverkusen superior all over the pitch. Schick went close to adding to the scoreline but just couldn't get his head on Bailey's floated cross. It mattered little though, as the away side extended their lead anyway through Julian Baumgartlinger, whose glancing header from another Bailey corner flashed beyond the reach of Langer. Schalke were thrown a lifeline midway through the half when Daley Sinkgraven brought down Suat Serdar inside the penalty area, but Steven Skrzybski's spot-kick was saved by Lukas Hradecky, who also kept out Benito Raman’s follow-up. Schick killed the game off in the closing stages, mercilessly rifling home from Nadiem Amiri's through-ball to lift Peter Bosz's side into second place, just a point behind leaders Bayern Munich.

S04 Schalke Schalke - B04 Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen

Leverkusen go second with win at Schalke