BUNDESLIGA Matchweek 7

FC Köln vs FC Schalke 04

Match data 2026-10-24 14:30 UK · RheinEnergieStadion Updated 2026.10.23

Full time

Köln0–0Schalke

Kicked off 2026.10.24. The data below is as it stood before kick-off and has not been edited to match the result. See the full head-to-head record

FC Köln host FC Schalke 04 in Bundesliga matchweek 7: Sat 24 Oct, 15:30 CEST (24 Oct 22:30 KST) at RheinEnergieStadion. Referee not yet appointed at time of writing.

The last 8 league meetings: Köln 4 wins, 4 draws, Schalke 0 wins; the most recent was Schalke 0–0 Köln in 2023/01. Last five games in all competitions: Köln W1 D1 L3, Schalke W1 D2 L2.

Last 8 meetings4 · 4 · 0Köln W · D · Schalke WLast meeting Schalke 0–0 Köln (2023.01)

H2H 8 games, average2.62 goals3+ goals 62.5% · red cards 2x · league average 3.13 goals

Win rate this season33.3% / 16.7%Köln / Schalke2W 1D 3L / 1W 2D 3Llast season 20.6% / 61.8% (2nd tier)

Bundesliga table

Bundesliga table as of 2026-10-23
Pos	Team	Pl	W–D–L	GD	Pts
1	Bayern	6	4–2–0	+17	14
2	Dortmund	6	4–2–0	+7	14
3	Freiburg	6	4–1–1	+9	13
4	Leverkusen	6	4–1–1	+7	13
5	Mainz	6	3–1–2	+4	10
6	Elversberg	6	3–1–2	+1	10
7	Leipzig	6	3–0–3	+5	9
8	Bremen	6	2–3–1	+0	9
9	Hamburg	6	3–0–3	-9	9
10	Augsburg	6	2–2–2	+4	8
11	Frankfurt	6	2–2–2	-6	8
12	Köln	6	2–1–3	-3	7
13	Stuttgart	6	2–0–4	-2	6
14	Hoffenheim	6	2–0–4	-3	6
15	Schalke	6	1–2–3	-3	5
16	Paderborn	6	1–2–3	-4	5
17	Union Berlin	6	1–2–3	-12	5
18	Gladbach	6	0–0–6	-12	0

Key numbers

Key numbers, both teams
Metric / unit	Köln	Schalke
Positionpoints	12th · 7	15th · 5
W–D–L6 games	2–1–3	1–2–3
Goals for / againstper game	1.33 / 1.83	0.67 / 1.17
xG / xGAper game	1.72 / 1.90	1.10 / 2.06
Possession%	46.2	39.7
Shots / on targetper game	16.2 / 5.3	10.2 / 3.5
2025-26 win rateW–D–L · promoted sides show second-tier record	20.6% 7–11–16	61.8% 2.BL 21–7–6
Head-to-headW–D–L · since 2017-18	4–4–0	0–4–4

xG = expected goals · xGA = expected goals against · conceded minus xGA: Köln -0.07, Schalke -0.89 (per game)

ManagersRene Wagner — league 6 games · 2W 1D 3L · win rate 33.3% · Miron Muslic — league 6 games · 1W 2D 3L · win rate 16.7% · first league meeting between the two managers
Last matchKöln 8 days ago BL away Frankfurt 0–1 · Schalke 7 days ago BL home Mainz 0–1

Last five games

FC Köln

1W 1D 3L

Scored 5Conceded 9Clean sheets 0

Last five games
Opponent	Venue	Result	xG
Frankfurt	away	0–1L	0.82
Gladbach	home	2–1W	1.32
Hamburg	away	1–2L	—
Bremen	home	1–1D	1.65
Stuttgart	away	1–4L	2.86

FC Schalke 04

1W 2D 2L

Scored 4Conceded 4Clean sheets 2

Last five games
Opponent	Venue	Result	xG
Mainz	home	0–1L	0.33
Freiburg	away	1–2L	0.32
Elversberg	home	0–0D	—
Union Berlin	away	3–1W	2.52
Bayern	home	0–0D	0.21

all competitions

Head-to-head

2023.01.29Schalke0–0Köln
2022.08.07Köln3–1Schalke
2021.05.22Köln1–0Schalke
2021.01.20Schalke1–2Köln
2020.02.29Köln3–0Schalke
2019.10.05Schalke1–1Köln
2018.04.22Köln2–2Schalke
2017.12.02Schalke2–2Köln

Full head-to-head record and fixture profile →

RheinEnergieStadion H2H 4 games Köln 3W 1D 0L · since 2017-18 · green home win / red away win

H2H 8-game profile
H2H 8 games (since 2017-18)	Value
Goals per game	2.62
Games with 3+ goalsshare %	62.5
Both teams scoredshare %	62.5
Average time of first goalmin	40.9
Goalless at half-timeshare %	50.0
Goals from 76th minute21 goals, %	33.3
Yellow cards per game	3.38
Red cards / penalties8 games total	2 / 1

Conditional data

A. Timing and context win rate · sample · gap vs usual in percentage points

Timing and context
Condition	Köln	Schalke
After a match Köln 8 days · Schalke 7 days earlierwin rate · rest counts all competitions · 8–14 and 15+ days grouped	-6.7p54 games · 10W 14D 30L · usual 25.2%	-4.1p41 games · 9W 14D 18L · usual 26.1%
Saturday 15:30 kick-offwin rate · since 2017-18	-2.0p99 games · 23W 32D 44L · usual 25.2%	+2.3p67 games · 19W 19D 29L · usual 26.1%
After last resultKöln L / Schalke L · since 2022-23	+4.9p48 games · 13W 18D 17L · usual 22.2%	-5.0p20 games · 3W 5D 12L · usual 20.0%
Forecast: mostly clearWin rate · Köln home / Schalke away	+10.5p14 games · 5W 3D 6L · usual 25.2%	sample too small9 games · 1W 3D 5L · usual 26.1%
Temperature 20°C or morewin rate · forecast 11.6°C	-0.2p40 games · 10W 11D 19L · usual 25.2%	-4.4p23 games · 5W 6D 12L · usual 26.1%
Humidity 80% or morewin rate · forecast 54%	-2.5p88 games · 20W 21D 47L · usual 25.2%	+0.4p49 games · 13W 15D 21L · usual 26.1%
Rain or drizzleWin rate	+0.2p59 games · 15W 16D 28L · usual 25.2%	+4.7p39 games · 12W 7D 20L · usual 26.1%
October gamesWin rate	-0.2p28 games · 7W 7D 14L · usual 25.2%	-11.1p20 games · 3W 6D 11L · usual 26.1%

B. Game management since 2022-23 · usual win rate Köln 22.2% (24W 36D 48L) / Schalke 20.0% (8W 12D 20L)

Game management
items	Köln	Schalke
After scoring firstWin rate	44.7%38 games · 17W 14D 7L	77.8%9 games · 7W 2D 0L
After conceding firstWin rate	11.1% -11.1p63 games · 7W 15D 41L · usual 22.2%	4.2% -15.8p24 games · 1W 3D 20L · usual 20.0%
Leading at 75 minutesWin rate	81.0%21 games · 17W 4D 0L	100.0%6 games · 6W 0D 0L
Led but failed to win / won from behindgames	22 / 8	2 / 1
Goals by substitutes% of team goals	22.5 29/129	25.0 9/36
Games with 3+ yellow cardsWin rate	-2.7p40 games · 9W 17D 14L · usual 25.2%	-7.9p11 games · 2W 6D 3L · usual 26.1%
Penalties won / concededper game	0.12 / 0.12	0.10 / 0.12
Goals for / against from 76th minute% of all goals	32.1 / 19.7	38.5 / 30.8
Failed to score / clean sheets%	29.6 / 12.0	47.5 / 22.5

C. Shots and defensive shape 2026-27 6 games this season, averages · last season shown as totals

Shots and defensive shape
items	Köln	Schalke
Shots inside / outside the boxper game	11.3 / 4.8	7.3 / 2.8
Shots blockedper game	4.7	3
Shots faced / on target / inside boxper game	15.7 / 6.3 / 9.8	15 / 6.2 / 11
Keeper saves / goals preventedper game · goals prevented	4.5 / -0.39	5.2 / 0.50
Corners won / concededper game	6 / 6.3	3 / 6.3
Offsides / fouls wonper game	0.6 / 11.3	2.5 / 11.5
Passes / accuracyper game / %	417 / 82.5	350 / 63

Order is always home team (Köln) then away team (Schalke) · usual = the team's overall league win rate over the same window · ±p = percentage-point gap · fewer than 10 games shown faded and marked sample too small · the small W D L figures are the raw record behind each win rate (draws do not count as wins)

D. Win rate by player involvement League games only (cups and European games excluded) · all games since the player's first appearance for the club (from 2017-18 at the earliest) · pick a player to see the team's win rate when they started, came off the bench, or did not play, plus their record against this opponent · did not play = unused sub or not in the squad · fewer than 10 games shown faded

FC Köln

League games only · cups and Europe excluded · win rate = wins ÷ games

Started9.5%21 games
2W 10D 9L

Off the bench18.5%27 games
5W 6D 16L

Did not play26.9%26 games
7W 8D 11L

vs Schalke · when playing — no record

Games: · · ·

J. Thielmann Started 27.0% (74 games 20W 24D 30L) · Off the bench 31.1% (61 games 19W 20D 22L) · Did not play 25.4% (63 games 16W 15D 32L) · vs Schalke 75.0% (4 games 3W 1D 0L · small sample)
M. Schwäbe Started 26.4% (129 games 34W 40D 55L) · Off the bench no record · Did not play 100.0% (1 games 1W 0D 0L · small sample) · vs Schalke 50.0% (2 games 1W 1D 0L · small sample)
E. Skhiri Started 32.5% (120 games 39W 28D 53L) · Off the bench 20.0% (5 games 1W 2D 2L · small sample) · Did not play 19.5% (87 games 17W 31D 39L) · vs Schalke 60.0% (5 games 3W 2D 0L · small sample)
L. Mania Started 24.2% (62 games 15W 17D 30L) · Off the bench 21.9% (32 games 7W 14D 11L) · Did not play 14.3% (14 games 2W 5D 7L) · vs Schalke 50.0% (2 games 1W 1D 0L · small sample)
L. Waldschmidt Started 9.5% (21 games 2W 10D 9L) · Off the bench 18.5% (27 games 5W 6D 16L) · Did not play 26.9% (26 games 7W 8D 11L) · vs Schalke no record
S. El Mala Started 20.8% (24 games 5W 8D 11L) · Off the bench 26.7% (15 games 4W 4D 7L) · Did not play 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
M. Bülter Started 23.8% (21 games 5W 5D 11L) · Off the bench 12.5% (16 games 2W 7D 7L) · Did not play 66.7% (3 games 2W 0D 1L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
Í. Bergmann Jóhannesson Started 32.0% (25 games 8W 5D 12L) · Off the bench 9.1% (11 games 1W 4D 6L) · Did not play 0.0% (4 games 0W 3D 1L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
S. Sebulonsen Started 23.3% (30 games 7W 9D 14L) · Off the bench 25.0% (4 games 1W 2D 1L · small sample) · Did not play 16.7% (6 games 1W 1D 4L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
R. Ache Started 20.0% (20 games 4W 6D 10L) · Off the bench 30.8% (13 games 4W 4D 5L) · Did not play 14.3% (7 games 1W 2D 4L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
T. Krauß Started 12.5% (24 games 3W 7D 14L) · Off the bench 75.0% (8 games 6W 1D 1L · small sample) · Did not play 0.0% (8 games 0W 4D 4L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
A. Castro-Montes Started 27.3% (11 games 3W 4D 4L) · Off the bench 12.5% (8 games 1W 2D 5L · small sample) · Did not play 15.8% (19 games 3W 6D 10L) · vs Schalke no record
J. Schmied Started 21.4% (14 games 3W 3D 8L) · Off the bench 50.0% (4 games 2W 1D 1L · small sample) · Did not play 18.2% (22 games 4W 8D 10L) · vs Schalke no record
J. Simpson-Pusey Started 25.0% (16 games 4W 4D 8L) · Off the bench 0.0% (1 games 0W 1D 0L · small sample) · Did not play 12.5% (8 games 1W 3D 4L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
L. Lochoshvili Started 33.3% (6 games 2W 1D 3L · small sample) · Off the bench no record · Did not play no record · vs Schalke no record
M. Moore Started 33.3% (3 games 1W 1D 1L · small sample) · Off the bench 0.0% (2 games 0W 0D 2L · small sample) · Did not play no record · vs Schalke no record
G. Mensah Started 25.0% (4 games 1W 1D 2L · small sample) · Off the bench no record · Did not play 50.0% (2 games 1W 0D 1L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
B. Sosa Started 50.0% (2 games 1W 0D 1L · small sample) · Off the bench 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · Did not play no record · vs Schalke no record
P. Okon-Engstler Started 50.0% (2 games 1W 0D 1L · small sample) · Off the bench 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · Did not play 33.3% (3 games 1W 1D 1L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
T. Dallinga Started 0.0% (2 games 0W 1D 1L · small sample) · Off the bench 100.0% (1 games 1W 0D 0L · small sample) · Did not play 33.3% (3 games 1W 0D 2L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
R. Heskey Started no record · Off the bench 0.0% (2 games 0W 0D 2L · small sample) · Did not play 33.3% (3 games 1W 1D 1L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record
I. Rondic Started no record · Off the bench 100.0% (1 games 1W 0D 0L · small sample) · Did not play 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · vs Schalke no record

FC Schalke 04

League games only · cups and Europe excluded · win rate = wins ÷ games

Started14.8%27 games
4W 7D 16L

Off the bench0.0%3 games · small sample
0W 0D 3L

Did not play12.1%58 games
7W 17D 34L

vs Köln · when playing 0.0% 2 games · 0W 0D 2L · small sample

Games: · · ·

T. Becker Started 14.8% (27 games 4W 7D 16L) · Off the bench 0.0% (3 games 0W 0D 3L · small sample) · Did not play 12.1% (58 games 7W 17D 34L) · vs Köln 0.0% (2 games 0W 0D 2L · small sample)
K. Karaman Started 28.6% (14 games 4W 3D 7L) · Off the bench 25.0% (12 games 3W 3D 6L) · Did not play 11.1% (9 games 1W 3D 5L · small sample) · vs Köln no record
A. Aouchiche Started 20.0% (5 games 1W 2D 2L · small sample) · Off the bench 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
H. Kurucay Started 16.7% (6 games 1W 2D 3L · small sample) · Off the bench no record · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
L. Karius Started 16.7% (6 games 1W 2D 3L · small sample) · Off the bench no record · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
M. Wöber Started 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · Off the bench 20.0% (5 games 1W 2D 2L · small sample) · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
N. Katic Started 16.7% (6 games 1W 2D 3L · small sample) · Off the bench no record · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
R. Gosens Started 20.0% (5 games 1W 2D 2L · small sample) · Off the bench 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
S. El-Faouzi Started 16.7% (6 games 1W 2D 3L · small sample) · Off the bench no record · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
E. Dzeko Started 0.0% (2 games 0W 1D 1L · small sample) · Off the bench 33.3% (3 games 1W 0D 2L · small sample) · Did not play 0.0% (1 games 0W 1D 0L · small sample) · vs Köln no record
E. Ebimbe Started 0.0% (2 games 0W 2D 0L · small sample) · Off the bench 33.3% (3 games 1W 0D 2L · small sample) · Did not play 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · vs Köln no record
S. Tanaka Started 20.0% (5 games 1W 2D 2L · small sample) · Off the bench no record · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
Hwang Hee-Chan Started no record · Off the bench 25.0% (4 games 1W 1D 2L · small sample) · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
J. Adamu Started 33.3% (3 games 1W 0D 2L · small sample) · Off the bench 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · Did not play 0.0% (2 games 0W 2D 0L · small sample) · vs Köln no record
M. Sylla Started 0.0% (3 games 0W 1D 2L · small sample) · Off the bench 0.0% (1 games 0W 1D 0L · small sample) · Did not play 50.0% (2 games 1W 0D 1L · small sample) · vs Köln no record
V. Becker Started 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · Off the bench 0.0% (3 games 0W 2D 1L · small sample) · Did not play 50.0% (2 games 1W 0D 1L · small sample) · vs Köln no record
D. Ljubičić Started 33.3% (3 games 1W 1D 1L · small sample) · Off the bench no record · Did not play 0.0% (3 games 0W 1D 2L · small sample) · vs Köln no record
R. Schallenberg Started 0.0% (1 games 0W 0D 1L · small sample) · Off the bench 0.0% (2 games 0W 1D 1L · small sample) · Did not play 33.3% (3 games 1W 1D 1L · small sample) · vs Köln no record
A. Gantenbein Started 0.0% (2 games 0W 0D 2L · small sample) · Off the bench no record · Did not play no record · vs Köln no record
M. Ayhan Started no record · Off the bench 0.0% (2 games 0W 1D 1L · small sample) · Did not play 25.0% (4 games 1W 1D 2L · small sample) · vs Köln no record
L. Vozar Started no record · Off the bench 0.0% (1 games 0W 1D 0L · small sample) · Did not play 25.0% (4 games 1W 1D 2L · small sample) · vs Köln no record

06How the numbers are compiled

Source: API-Football (fixtures, line-ups, events, stats) · Open-Meteo (weather, forecast) · Wikimedia (crests)
Sample: Bundesliga 2017-18 to 2026-27 · some conditions since 2022-23 · minimum 10 games (faded and marked below that)
Match scope: Conditional stats use league games only · last five games, streaks and rest days use all competitions · win rate = wins ÷ games · usual = league win rate over the same window · home team first
Updated: 2026.10.23 11:48 UK

This article summarises historical match data. It does not predict, guarantee or recommend any outcome.

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