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FC Koln v FC Schalke 04 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 9th Feb, 12:30 BST, RheinEnergieStadion, Köln

FC Koln and their boss Gerhard Struber will be aiming to beat Kees Van Wonderen and his FC Schalke 04 side on Sunday lunch time, as the pair clash at the RheinEnergieStadion in the Bundesliga 2. We've analysed both sides' last 20 Bundesliga 2 matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside odds from leading bookmakers.

Best Tip: Both teams to score

Both Schalke and Köln supporters should have some reason to cheer as their clubs go head-to-head, with a match prediction of both teams to score looking a far stronger pick than any bet on the outright winner. The two teams are more than capable of finding the net, as is borne out by the statistics and past head-to-head data below. Even the bookies odds are not finding anything to pick between the sides, a sign of the qualities (or lack of) each side possesses. Both teams to score is the way to go here.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Köln are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Köln 49%	7/10 3%	7/10
Draw 23%	31/10 3%	27/10
Schalke 28%	16/5 5%	14/5
Draw 1-1 10%	7/1	6/1
Köln 2-1 9%	15/2	13/2
Köln 1-0 8%	17/2 6%	7/1
Köln 2-0 7%	17/2	15/2
Schalke 2-1 7%	14/1 15%	10/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1 13%	10/1
Köln 3-1 6%	12/1	10/1
Schalke 1-0 6%	14/1	11/1
Köln 3-0 4%	14/1	11/1
Draw 0-0 4%	16/1 13%	11/1
Köln 3-2 4%	20/1	14/1
Schalke 2-0 4%	22/1	16/1
Schalke 3-1 3%	28/1	20/1
Schalke 3-2 3%	33/1	22/1
Köln 4-1 3%	22/1	16/1
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	3/5 1%	4/7
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	13/10 2%	23/20
Home 1st Goal 52%	4/9 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	7/4	-
No 1st Goal 2%	16/1 13%	-
BTTS - Yes 62%	8/13	8/13
BTTS - No 38%	6/5	23/20
BTTS - Home Win 27%	11/5 2%	21/10
BTTS - Draw 19%	4/1	18/5
BTTS - Away Win 16%	6/1	11/2
Home/draw 72%	2/9	2/9
Away/draw 51%	11/10	1/1
Home/away 77%	2/9	1/4
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	2/11	2/11
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	7/2	3/1
Over 3.5 Goals 39%	6/4	7/5
Under 3.5 Goals 61%	1/2	4/9
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	10/3 4%	16/5
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	1/5 2%	1/6
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	8/1 10%	13/2
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	1/14 1%	1/20
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33 1%	1/66
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	14/1 13%	10/1
Home DNB 65%	3/10 2%	1/3
Away DNB 44%	12/5 5%	2/1
Köln win to nil 22%	12/5 5%	-
Schalke win to nil 12%	8/1	-
Köln / Köln 30%	13/8 5%	13/8
Köln / Schalke 3%	28/1	25/1
Köln / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Köln 17%	15/4	18/5
Draw / Schalke 9%	17/2	15/2
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	19/4
Schalke / Köln 4%	18/1	16/1
Schalke / Schalke 12%	13/2 7%	5/1
Schalke / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Köln have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 20 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 4 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. They have been outscored by their opponents by 37 goals to 35 goals.

Home League Performance

Köln have played 10 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 21 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Schalke are in 13th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 24 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 4 and won 3. Schalke have conceded 33 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept no clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Köln Schalke
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Köln Home	20	11	4	5	10	37	-	-	l 1-3A	Feb 9
2	Hamburg	20	9	8	3	18	35	l 1-2A	l 1-0A	Apr 19	d 2-2A
3	Magdeburg	20	9	8	3	12	35	l 1-2F	Feb 14	l 2-5A	d 2-2F
4	Kaiserslautern	20	10	5	5	7	35	May 18	w 0-1F	l 0-3A	Apr 26
5	Dusseldorf	20	9	6	5	7	33	Feb 23	d 2-2F	d 1-1A	May 10
6	Hannover	20	9	5	6	6	32	d 2-2A	Apr 26	Mar 15	l 1-0A
7	Paderborn	20	8	7	5	4	31	l 1-2F	Mar 29	May 3	w 2-4A
8	Karlsruher	20	8	6	6	1	30	d 4-4F	Mar 1	Feb 16	l 2-0A
9	Elversberg	20	8	5	7	5	29	w 1-0F	d 2-2F	May 18	w 1-4F
10	Nurnberg	20	8	4	8	1	28	w 3-1F	May 10	w 3-1F	l 3-1F
11	Darmstadt	20	6	7	7	5	25	Mar 15	l 5-1A	l 3-5F	Feb 23
12	H.Berlin	20	7	4	9	-2	25	Apr 5	w 0-1F	d 2-2A	Mar 8
13	Schalke Away	20	6	6	8	-2	24	Feb 9	w 1-3F	-	-
14	Greuther	20	6	5	9	-11	23	w 1-0F	Apr 12	l 3-4A	Mar 29
15	Preussen Munster	20	4	8	8	-5	20	Apr 19	w 0-1F	Feb 28	w 1-2A
16	Ulm	20	3	8	9	-2	17	w 2-0F	Mar 8	Apr 5	d 0-00-0
17	E. Braun	20	3	6	11	-21	15	w 5-0F	w 1-2A	w 5-1F	d 0-00-0
18	Regensburg	20	4	2	14	-33	14	May 3	w 0-1F	w 2-0F	Apr 12

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Win / draw / win form

Schalke have not lost in 5 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Köln	1 - 0	Elversberg
Köln	3 - 1	Nurnberg
Köln	2 - 2	Hannover
Köln	1 - 0	Greuther
Köln	1 - 2	Paderborn
Köln	2 - 0	Ulm
Köln	4 - 4	Karlsruher
Köln	1 - 2	Magdeburg
Köln	5 - 0	E. Braun
Köln	1 - 2	Hamburg
Köln	3 - 2	Union Berlin
Köln	0 - 0	Freiburg
Köln	0 - 2	Darmstadt
Köln	2 - 1	VfL Bochum
Köln	1 - 5	RB Leipzig
Köln	0 - 2	Leverkusen
Köln	0 - 1	W.Bremen
Köln	2 - 0	E.Frankfurt
Köln	0 - 4	Dortmund
Köln	1 - 1	Heidenheim

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Köln	2 - 1	E. Braun
H	Köln	1 - 0	Elversberg
A	Köln	0 - 1	Hamburg
A	Köln	1 - 0	Kaiserslautern
H	Köln	3 - 1	Nurnberg
A	Köln	1 - 0	Regensburg
H	Köln	2 - 2	Hannover
A	Köln	1 - 0	Preussen Munster
H	Köln	1 - 0	Greuther
A	Köln	1 - 0	H.Berlin
H	Köln	1 - 2	Paderborn
A	Köln	1 - 5	Darmstadt
H	Köln	2 - 0	Ulm
H	Köln	4 - 4	Karlsruher
A	Köln	2 - 2	Dusseldorf
H	Köln	1 - 2	Magdeburg
A	Köln	3 - 1	Schalke
H	Köln	5 - 0	E. Braun
A	Köln	2 - 2	Elversberg
H	Köln	1 - 2	Hamburg

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
E. Braun	0 - 0	Schalke
Elversberg	1 - 4	Schalke
Paderborn	2 - 4	Schalke
Hamburg	2 - 2	Schalke
Ulm	0 - 0	Schalke
Hannover	1 - 0	Schalke
Preussen Munster	1 - 2	Schalke
Karlsruher	2 - 0	Schalke
Magdeburg	2 - 2	Schalke
Nurnberg	3 - 1	Schalke
Greuther	2 - 0	Schalke
Osnabruck	0 - 4	Schalke
Elversberg	1 - 1	Schalke
Hannover	1 - 1	Schalke
H.Berlin	5 - 2	Schalke
Magdeburg	3 - 0	Schalke
Holstein	1 - 0	Schalke
Kaiserslautern	4 - 1	Schalke
Rostock	0 - 2	Schalke
Dusseldorf	5 - 3	Schalke

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Schalke	2 - 5	Magdeburg
H	Schalke	3 - 1	Nurnberg
A	Schalke	0 - 0	E. Braun
A	Schalke	4 - 1	Elversberg
H	Schalke	1 - 1	Dusseldorf
A	Schalke	4 - 2	Paderborn
H	Schalke	0 - 3	Kaiserslautern
A	Schalke	2 - 2	Hamburg
H	Schalke	2 - 0	Regensburg
A	Schalke	0 - 0	Ulm
H	Schalke	3 - 4	Greuther
A	Schalke	0 - 1	Hannover
H	Schalke	2 - 2	H.Berlin
A	Schalke	2 - 1	Preussen Munster
H	Schalke	3 - 5	Darmstadt
A	Schalke	0 - 2	Karlsruher
H	Schalke	1 - 3	Köln
A	Schalke	2 - 2	Magdeburg
A	Schalke	1 - 3	Nurnberg
H	Schalke	5 - 1	E. Braun

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Köln have beaten Schalke in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Köln have not lost to Schalke in 14 consecutive league meetings

Köln

Schalke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 6

3 / 6

Clean sheets

3 / 6

0 / 6

KOE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Köln
Köln	3 - 1
Köln	1 - 0
Köln	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Köln	2 - 0

Schalke

Köln

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 8

7 / 8

Clean sheets

1 / 8

2 / 8

KOE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
	1 - 3	Köln
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	Köln
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 3	Köln
	0 - 3	Köln
	1 - 2	Köln

Goal Statistics

FC Koln's defensive record is to be admired, Gerhard Struber's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Bundesliga 2 matches. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.3 for FC Schalke 04 makes sense in this context.

	Köln 1st	Schalke 13th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.8 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 16% 1 29% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 11% There is a 84% probability that Köln will score 1 or more goals	0 26% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 74% probability that Schalke will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-14 Köln have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted	+5 Schalke’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.5 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.6 conceded	1.8 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2024/2025 season

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KOE

S04

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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KOE

S04

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Köln v Schalke Bundesliga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Köln Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	8	8	5
L Paqarada	D Downs	L Maina	T Hübers

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Paqarada DEF	20		6	4 -
E Martel MID	20	2		4 -
L Maina FWD	20	3	8	2 -
T Hübers DEF	19	3	1	5 -
D Huseinbašić MID	19	2	1	1 -
D Downs FWD	19	8	3	1 -
J Thielmann DEF	18	1	1	4 -
L Waldschmidt FWD	17	3		4 -
D Heintz DEF	16		2	5 -
D Ljubicic MID	16	4	3	4 -
T Lemperle MID	16	8	4	2 -
J. Pauli DEF	14			2 -
F Kainz MID	13	1	2	1 -
S Tigges FWD	12			-
M Schwäbe GLK	10			2 -
M Olesen MID	8			-
M Finkgräfe DEF	5			2 -
M Obuz FWD	5			-
M Uth FWD	5			-
J Gazibegovic DEF	3			2 -
J Schmied DEF	2			-
J. Potočnik FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	22	8	32
D Downs	T Lemperle	L Maina	L Maina

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
T Lemperle MID	8	22	4	18
D Downs FWD	8	19	3	5
D Ljubicic MID	4	10	3	12
L Maina FWD	3	13	8	32
T Hübers DEF	3	7	1	8
L Waldschmidt FWD	3	12		9
D Huseinbašić MID	2	5	1	10
E Martel MID	2	8		10
J Thielmann DEF	1	2	1	11
F Kainz MID	1	3	2	6
L Paqarada DEF		1	6	30
M Obuz FWD		1
J Schmied DEF				1
J Gazibegovic DEF		1		1
J. Pauli DEF				1
M Olesen MID		1		1
S Tigges FWD		4		3
D Heintz DEF		1	2	5
J. Potočnik FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1171	54	139
T Hübers	E Martel	E Martel

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Hübers DEF	1171	29	120
D Huseinbašić MID	1037	38	82
L Paqarada DEF	1027	38	77
E Martel MID	994	54	139
J. Pauli DEF	728	22	47
D Heintz DEF	711	21	56
L Maina FWD	673	6	38
D Ljubicic MID	522	31	56
J Thielmann DEF	447	15	41
M Schwäbe GLK	324		3
T Lemperle MID	322	15	53
L Waldschmidt FWD	263	8	30
F Kainz MID	231	3	19
D Downs FWD	135	7	38
M Olesen MID	101	4	11
M Finkgräfe DEF	76	5	10
S Tigges FWD	66	4	31
J Schmied DEF	57	6	10
J Gazibegovic DEF	55	1	6
M Obuz FWD	27	4	6
M Uth FWD	14	2	4
J. Potočnik FWD	5

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
19	13	3	5
M Sylla	M Sylla	D Murkin	K Karaman

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Schallenberg MID	19	2	1	3 1
M Sylla FWD	19	13	1	1 -
K Karaman FWD	19	11	2	5 -
J Heekeren GLK	18		1	-
D Murkin DEF	18		3	3 -
M Aydın MID	18		2	3 -
A Donkor DEF	16		1	2 -
T. Bulut DEF	15	1	1	2 -
P Seguin MID	15	1	3	5 -
T Mohr MID	15	3	3	4 -
J Bachmann MID	15	2	1	4 -
M Kaminski DEF	14			4 -
T Kalas DEF	13		1	1 -
M. Grüger MID	13	1		4 -
A Younes FWD	13	1	1	2 -
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	11		2	1 -
I Hamache FWD	9			-
A Gantenbein DEF	8	1	1	1 -
E Højlund FWD	6			-
F Sánchez DEF	4			2 1
I Cissé DEF	4	1		1 -
P Ba FWD	1		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	27	3	26
M Sylla	M Sylla	D Murkin	K Karaman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Sylla FWD	13	27	1	10
K Karaman FWD	11	22	2	26
T Mohr MID	3	5	3	20
R Schallenberg MID	2	6	1	8
J Bachmann MID	2	4	1	4
A Younes FWD	1	5	1	11
I Cissé DEF	1	1
A Gantenbein DEF	1	2	1	4
T. Bulut DEF	1	5	1	8
P Seguin MID	1	2	3	20
M. Grüger MID	1	2		7
I Hamache FWD				3
M Kaminski DEF		1		1
C Antwi-Adjei FWD		4	2	7
T Kalas DEF			1	2
A Donkor DEF		1	1	4
M Aydın MID		7	2	9
D Murkin DEF		2	3	18
J Heekeren GLK			1	3
P Ba FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
965	36	96
R Schallenberg	M Aydın	K Karaman

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Schallenberg MID	965	27	85
P Seguin MID	913	23	47
J Heekeren GLK	837	1	12
M Kaminski DEF	796	4	38
D Murkin DEF	753	31	88
T. Bulut DEF	591	21	48
M. Grüger MID	532	13	23
K Karaman FWD	513	12	96
T Kalas DEF	461	13	60
T Mohr MID	395	17	37
A Younes FWD	378	12	53
J Bachmann MID	346	23	70
M Aydın MID	337	36	74
M Sylla FWD	288	7	58
F Sánchez DEF	231	6	26
A Donkor DEF	203	9	25
I Cissé DEF	154	5	12
A Gantenbein DEF	149	5	20
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	130	5	26
I Hamache FWD	64	3	16
E Højlund FWD	51	3	17
P Ba FWD	9

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FC Koln v FC Schalke 04 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Köln have played 20 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Schalke are in 13th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 24 points having played 20 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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