This league season has been hard for Schalke 04 up to now, while FC Bayern München have taken lots of points. Will the guests chalk up another victory at VELTINS-Arena?
- Schalke 04 have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (47) in Bundesliga
It's no vacation for neither Schalke nor FC Bayern München as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Schalke 04 form and stats
Schalke 04's struggle is real here at VELTINS-Arena with only 7 points collected from 7 Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
The Schalke 04 club members enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Mainz 05 and win 1-0. What a relief, as that was the first three points in the league after failing to win seven consecutive fixtures. The forward Terodde was announced as "man of the match" for Schalke with a rating of 7.63/10. Terodde scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Werder Bremen.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Schalke 04 had similar winning odds as today, and found 6 games. In these, the hosts won 1, drew 0 and lost 5. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Schalke 04 lost 5 similar games by at least two goals.
Schalke 04 has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Schalke are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 7 played).
FC Bayern München form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Bundesliga. FC Bayern München have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
The supporters enjoyed FC Bayern München's previous fixture versus Werder Bremen (placed 7th), a 6-1 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, München was very dominant against Werder Bremen, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-1 (!) with Goretzka, Musiala, Tel and Gnabry providing the goals. Gnabry certainly enjoyed FC Bayern München's last game versus Werder Bremen, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-1 victory. Midfield player Gnabry was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.84/10. Gnabry scored three goals, hit two key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hertha BSC at their stadium, the result 3-2.As mentioned earlier, FC Bayern München will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 14 wins (11 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 3 surprising defeats.
FC Bayern München have the goal stats of 21-7 (for/against) from 7 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
The 10 latest games featuring these opponents have all finished as FC Bayern München victories. Are we destined for another one?Top Goalscorers
  J. Musiala 9 goals |  S. Gnabry 7 goals |  S. Mané 6 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
FC Bayern München missing players
| Schalke 04 | FC Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 21 | 47 |
| 30 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 93% |
| 64% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 64% |
| 43% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 57% | 64% |
| 14% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 43% | 43% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 57% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 36% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 14% | 7% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 6 | 6.7 |
| 6.3 | 5.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.1 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 15.1 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.7 | 18.9 | 20.6 |
| 3.4 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.7 | 7.7 | 9.2 |
| 27% | 27% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | 36% |
| 14.9 | 14.1 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 9.6 | 9 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
- FC Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Bayern München have scored more than double the goals of Schalke 04.
- FC Bayern München have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (21) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (47) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+34) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Bayern München is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 home than away.
- Schalke 04 have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 34 | 31 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 21 |
| 8 | VfL Wolfsburg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | TSG Hoffenheim | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | FC Köln | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 13 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 15 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 17 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 22 | -23 | 10 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 9 |
