Bundesliga: Köln expected to win home game against Schalke 04

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: RheinEnergieStadion (50000 seats)

It's been rough for Köln so far, and I guess you could say the same about Schalke 04. The strugglers have a chance for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Köln have the fewest points (11) at home in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have the most conceded goals (85) in Bundesliga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Köln are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Schalke are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Köln form and stats

With 2 Bundesliga wins, 5 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Köln, who have the fewest points (11) at home in Bundesliga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Köln manager F. Funkel and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Hertha BSC (placed 14th) in the Bundesliga. Rafael Czichos, defender, was given a rating of 8.04/10 in that game, top of the team. Czichos won 8 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match, Köln lost 1-4 at home to Freiburg.

Köln are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew zero and lost two.

Köln are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 31 goals have been conceded.

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Schalke 04 form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Schalke 04, who have the most conceded goals (85) in Bundesliga, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-12 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 16 away games in a row.

Schalke are travelling after their nice 4-3 home win in the Bundesliga against Eintracht Frankfurt (placed 5th). The attacker Matthew Hoppe got a match rating of 8.14 in that game. Hoppe scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Schalke 04, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann was absolutely vital in the Schalke victory against Eintracht Frankfurt, making six saves. Matthew Hoppe came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Eintracht Frankfurt last time out, making the manager D. Grammozis feel like a tactical genius.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Hertha BSC.

You'll want to know how Schalke managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and five home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Schalke as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. There are big problems for the Schalke defense as they have conceded 51 goals in 16 away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Schalke 04 - Köln 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Köln wins - draws - Schalke 04 wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KölnO. Duda
O. Duda
7 goals
Schalke 04M. Hoppe
M. Hoppe
6 goals
KölnE. Rexhbecaj
E. Rexhbecaj
5 goals

Köln missing players

Schalke 04 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Köln Schalke 04
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
7 2 1 Won W 0 0 3
9 5 2 Drew D 2 4 7
17 9 1 Lost L 2 12 23
33 19 6 Scored S 3 11 25
60 31 5 Conceded C 7 51 85
91% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
76% 81% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 88% 85%
61% 69% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 81% 70%
33% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 62% 45%
18% 19% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 31% 18%
61% 75% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 42%
12% 6% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 12%
36% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 52%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
10 10.8 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 7.8 8.8
2.8 2.7 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 1.9 2.5
36% 44% 46% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 37% 31%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Köln have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Bundesliga
  • Köln have the fewest points (11) at home in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Schalke 04 have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have the fewest matches under the total-line (11) in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have the fewest points (4) away in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have the most conceded goals (51) away in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have the most conceded goals (85) in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have the most conceded goals in the second half (52) in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have the the worst goal difference (-40) away in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have the the worst goal difference (-60) in Bundesliga
  • Schalke 04 have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 33 23 6 4 94 42 16 12 4 0 59 19 17 11 2 4 35 23 52 75
2 RB Leipzig 33 19 8 6 59 30 17 11 4 2 29 13 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 33 19 4 10 72 45 16 10 2 4 37 19 17 9 2 6 35 26 27 61
4 Wolfsburg 33 17 10 6 59 34 16 10 4 2 30 13 17 7 6 4 29 21 25 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 15 12 6 66 52 16 9 7 0 34 19 17 6 5 6 32 33 14 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 33 14 10 9 52 36 17 8 5 4 34 22 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 52
7 Union Berlin 33 11 14 8 48 42 16 7 8 1 30 17 17 4 6 7 18 25 6 47
8 Borussia M'gladbach 33 12 10 11 60 54 17 8 4 5 32 19 16 4 6 6 28 35 6 46
9 Stuttgart 33 12 9 12 56 53 16 5 6 5 27 24 17 7 3 7 29 29 3 45
10 Freiburg 33 12 9 12 51 49 17 7 6 4 33 23 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 45
11 Hoffenheim 33 10 10 13 50 53 16 7 3 6 30 23 17 3 7 7 20 30 -3 40
12 Augsburg 33 10 6 17 34 49 17 6 4 7 21 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -15 36
13 Mainz 05 33 9 9 15 36 54 17 4 4 9 16 26 16 5 5 6 20 28 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 33 8 11 14 40 50 17 5 5 7 21 26 16 3 6 7 19 24 -10 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 33 8 8 17 24 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 32
16 Werder Bremen 33 7 10 16 34 53 16 3 5 8 14 24 17 4 5 8 20 29 -19 31
17 Köln 33 7 9 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -27 30
18 Schalke 04 33 3 7 23 25 85 17 3 3 11 14 34 16 0 4 12 11 51 -60 16

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 33 23 6 4 94 42 16 12 4 0 59 19 17 11 2 4 35 23 52 75
2 RB Leipzig 33 19 8 6 59 30 17 11 4 2 29 13 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 33 19 4 10 72 45 16 10 2 4 37 19 17 9 2 6 35 26 27 61
4 Wolfsburg 33 17 10 6 59 34 16 10 4 2 30 13 17 7 6 4 29 21 25 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 15 12 6 66 52 16 9 7 0 34 19 17 6 5 6 32 33 14 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 33 14 10 9 52 36 17 8 5 4 34 22 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 52
7 Union Berlin 33 11 14 8 48 42 16 7 8 1 30 17 17 4 6 7 18 25 6 47
8 Borussia M'gladbach 33 12 10 11 60 54 17 8 4 5 32 19 16 4 6 6 28 35 6 46
9 Stuttgart 33 12 9 12 56 53 16 5 6 5 27 24 17 7 3 7 29 29 3 45
10 Freiburg 33 12 9 12 51 49 17 7 6 4 33 23 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 45
11 Hoffenheim 33 10 10 13 50 53 16 7 3 6 30 23 17 3 7 7 20 30 -3 40
12 Augsburg 33 10 6 17 34 49 17 6 4 7 21 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -15 36
13 Mainz 05 33 9 9 15 36 54 17 4 4 9 16 26 16 5 5 6 20 28 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 33 8 11 14 40 50 17 5 5 7 21 26 16 3 6 7 19 24 -10 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 33 8 8 17 24 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 32
16 Werder Bremen 33 7 10 16 34 53 16 3 5 8 14 24 17 4 5 8 20 29 -19 31
17 Köln 33 7 9 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -27 30
18 Schalke 04 33 3 7 23 25 85 17 3 3 11 14 34 16 0 4 12 11 51 -60 16

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