Bundesliga · Regular Season - 7

1. FC KölnvFC Schalke 04

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1Headline

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We don't have a model forecast for this match yet. Forecasts publish once a fixture is in the model's fitting window — usually a few days before kick-off. Here's what we do have right now:

  • • Market prices and price movement
  • • Head-to-head record and recent form
  • • Lineups and injuries where available
  • • Venue, kickoff time, and context

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2Market

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Match result

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Goals over 2.5

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Goals over 1.5

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Goals over 3.5

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Both teams to score

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3Availability

1. FC Köln

Lineup not yet confirmed

  • P. Okon-Engstler — out (Injury)
  • S. El Mala — out (Illness)
  • L. Waldschmidt — out (Muscle Injury)
  • S. Sebulonsen — out (Muscle Injury)
  • T. Dallinga — out (Illness)
  • T. Hubers — out (Knee Injury)

FC Schalke 04

Lineup not yet confirmed

  • D. Ljubicic — out (Knee Injury)
  • B. Lasme — out (Calf Injury)
  • A. Gantenbein — out (Ankle Injury)
  • K. Karaman — out (Hip Injury)
  • R. Schallenberg — out (Red Card)
  • T. Kalas — out (Lacking Match Fitness)
  • E. Hojlund — out (Heel Injury)

4Form

The five matches each side played before this one, with expected goals where we have them. xG is shown as absent rather than zero when it was never measured — matches played before we began collecting statistics have none.

1. FC KölnLDLWL

  • Sat 19 Sep · A v Hamburger SV 1–2
  • Sat 12 Sep · H v Werder Bremen 1–1
  • Fri 4 Sep · A v VfB Stuttgart 1–4
  • Sat 29 Aug · H v 1899 Hoffenheim 3–2(xG 1.7–1.8)
  • Sat 16 May · A v Bayern München 1–5

FC Schalke 04DWDLL

  • Sun 20 Sep · H v SV Elversberg 0–0
  • Fri 11 Sep · A v Union Berlin 3–1
  • Sat 5 Sep · H v Bayern München 0–0
  • Sun 30 Aug · A v FC Augsburg 0–3(xG 1.5–3.5)
  • Sat 27 May · A v RB Leipzig 2–4

5Trends

How each side has been going — every figure is out of the games actually played, not a run chosen to flatter. How the two have met is in the head-to-head below.

1. FC Köln
  • 1. FC Köln have won 1 of their last 5.
  • 1. FC Köln have scored in 5 of their last 5.
  • 4 of 1. FC Köln's last 5 went over 2.5 goals.
  • Both teams scored in 5 of 1. FC Köln's last 5.
  • 1. FC Köln kept a clean sheet in 0 of their last 5.
FC Schalke 04
  • FC Schalke 04 have won 1 of their last 5.
  • FC Schalke 04 have scored in 2 of their last 5.
  • 3 of FC Schalke 04's last 5 went over 2.5 goals.
  • Both teams scored in 2 of FC Schalke 04's last 5.
  • FC Schalke 04 kept a clean sheet in 2 of their last 5.

6Head-to-head

Only 2 prior meetings on record — thin sample.

In their last 2 meetings, 1. FC Köln have won 1, FC Schalke 04 0, with 1 drawn.

1. FC Köln W–D–L
1–1–0
Over 2.5
1 of 2
Both scored
1 of 2
  • FC Schalke 04 0–0 1. FC Köln
  • 1. FC Köln 3–1 FC Schalke 04

7Context

1. FC Köln

Rest: 35 days · 0 matches in 14d

FC Schalke 04

Rest: 34 days · 0 matches in 14d

Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

8Red flags

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Common questions

What is the team news for 1. FC Köln vs FC Schalke 04?
1. FC Köln's reported absences and doubts include P. Okon-Engstler, S. El Mala, L. Waldschmidt, S. Sebulonsen and 2 others. FC Schalke 04's include D. Ljubicic, B. Lasme, A. Gantenbein, K. Karaman and 3 others. Each player's status is in the availability section above.
What is the head-to-head record between 1. FC Köln and FC Schalke 04?
In their last 2 meetings, 1. FC Köln have won 1, FC Schalke 04 0, with 1 drawn. Over 2.5 goals landed in 1 of those 2 meetings, and both teams scored in 1.