Bundesliga · Matchday 7 Match report

1. FC Köln 0-0 Schalke 04: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

1. FC Köln

0-0Full time

Schalke 04

Saturday 24 October 2026, 13:30 UTC RheinEnergieSTADION, Köln

Our picks against the result

6 of 12 right

Result 1. FC Köln win52% 0-0
Double chance 1. FC Köln or draw (1X)79% 0-0
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.551% 0 goals
More corners 1. FC Köln67% 1. FC Köln (6-5)
Yellow cards Around average 5 yellow cards · league 3.4
Yellow cards 5 yellow cards 3.5 Under52% 4.5 Under71% 5.5 Under85%
Corners Around average 11 corners · league 10.7
Corners 11 corners 8.5 Over70% 9.5 Over59% 10.5 Under51%

Match stats

1. FC Köln Schalke 04

0 Goals 0
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
6 Corners 5

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

1. FC Köln vs Schalke 04 in Bundesliga Matchday 7 at the RheinEnergieSTADION on Saturday 24 October 2026 is our home win, with a Köln win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model lands on a 1. FC Köln win, mainly because its strength ratings place Köln slightly ahead of Schalke 04, who sit clearly below the Bundesliga average. The point that works the other way is a small one: the altitude of the ground and Schalke's journey. What offsets it is the visitors' attacking output across their last five games, with shots and big chances well below the league average and possession and touches in the box below it too, so their route to goal looks limited; Köln, meanwhile, have home advantage and eleven wins from 22 meetings. The call is moderate rather than clear-cut.

Form guide

1. FC Köln

L 0-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt (A) Bundesliga · 16 Oct
W 2-1 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) Bundesliga · 11 Oct
L 1-2 at Hamburger SV (A) Bundesliga · 19 Sep
D 1-1 vs Werder Bremen (H) Bundesliga · 12 Sep
L 1-4 at VfB Stuttgart (A) Bundesliga · 4 Sep

Schalke 04

L 0-1 vs Mainz 05 (H) Bundesliga · 17 Oct
L 1-2 at Freiburg (A) Bundesliga · 11 Oct
D 0-0 vs Elversberg (H) Bundesliga · 20 Sep
W 3-1 at Union Berlin (A) Bundesliga · 11 Sep
D 0-0 vs Bayern München (H) Bundesliga · 5 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

1. FC KölnSchalke 04

Attack 18 0 1.3 goals per match this season0.7 goals per match this season

Defence 29 41 1.8 conceded per match this season1.2 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Bundesliga clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.