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

Fri 5th Dec, 17:30 BST, Merkur Spiel-Arena, Dusseldorf

We’ve Bundesliga 2 action to look forward to on Friday evening, as Markus Anfang and his Fortuna Dusseldorf side host Miron Muslić’s FC Schalke 04 at the Merkur Spiel-Arena. Statistics for our tip of are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Switching the market using the tabs below changes all statistics and the odds from leading bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


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Dusseldorf
24%
--
Draw
26%
--
Schalke
50%
--
Schalke 1-0
13%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Schalke 2-0
10%
--
Schalke 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
Dusseldorf 1-0
8%
--
Dusseldorf 2-1
6%
--
Schalke 3-0
5%
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Schalke 3-1
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Dusseldorf 2-0
4%
--
Schalke 3-2
2%
--
Schalke 4-0
2%
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Dusseldorf 3-1
2%
--
Schalke 4-1
2%
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Over 2.5 Goals
44%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
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Home 1st Goal
41%
--
Away 1st Goal
53%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
47%
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BTTS - No
53%
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BTTS - Home Win
10%
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BTTS - Draw
17%
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BTTS - Away Win
20%
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Home/draw
50%
--
Away/draw
76%
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Home/away
74%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
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Under 1.5 Goals
30%
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Over 3.5 Goals
23%
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Under 3.5 Goals
77%
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Over 4.5 Goals
10%
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Under 4.5 Goals
90%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
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Under 5.5 Goals
96%
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Over 0.5 Goals
91%
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Under 0.5 Goals
9%
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Home DNB
42%
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Away DNB
69%
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Dusseldorf win to nil
14%
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Schalke win to nil
30%
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Dusseldorf have played 13 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Dusseldorf have conceded 18 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Dusseldorf have played 7 games at home, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Schalke lay in 2nd place on 28 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 13 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 16 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Schalke have conceded 7 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Schalke have played 7 away games, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.6 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Dusseldorf
Schalke
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Paderborn13922829 
Feb 1
w
 
1-2F
Nov 28
Apr 26
2
Schalke13913928 
Dec 5
May 3
-
-
3
Elversberg138231426 
May 10
Dec 14
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
4
Darmstadt137421025 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 22
w
 
1-0F
Mar 22
5
Hannover13733624 
l
 
0-2A
Jan 24
Mar 15
w
 
0-3F
6
Kaiserslautern13724923 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 5
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
7
H.Berlin13724623 
Mar 22
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
Jan 17
8
Karlsruher13634021 
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 8
Apr 5
l
 
2-1F
9
Nurnberg13535-118 
l
 
2-3A
Mar 8
Dec 14
May 10
10
Arminia13526517 
Jan 16
l
 
5-1F
Mar 8
w
 
1-2F
11
Holstein13436-215 
Apr 12
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
Feb 15
12
Preussen Munster13436-415 
Feb 15
w
 
1-2A
Apr 19
d
 
0-00-0
13
Dusseldorf13427-914 
-
-
May 3
Dec 5
14
VfL Bochum13418-313 
Mar 1
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
Feb 1
15
Greuther13418-1413 
Dec 20
May 17
w
 
1-0F
Mar 1
16
Dresden13247-710 
Apr 26
Nov 30
Feb 8
w
 
0-1F
17
E. Braun13319-1310 
l
 
1-2A
Mar 15
May 17
Dec 21
18
Magdeburg132110-147 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 19
Feb 22
w
 
0-2F
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Win / draw / win form
Dusseldorf 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dusseldorf2 - 1Magdeburg
Dusseldorf1 - 1Kaiserslautern
Dusseldorf1 - 2E. Braun
Dusseldorf2 - 3Nurnberg
Dusseldorf0 - 3Darmstadt
Dusseldorf0 - 0Karlsruher
Dusseldorf0 - 2Hannover
Dusseldorf2 - 0Schalke
Dusseldorf3 - 3Nurnberg
Dusseldorf1 - 0Preussen Munster
Dusseldorf1 - 0Regensburg
Dusseldorf1 - 2Greuther
Dusseldorf2 - 1H.Berlin
Dusseldorf3 - 2Ulm
Dusseldorf2 - 2Darmstadt
Dusseldorf2 - 5Magdeburg
Dusseldorf5 - 0E. Braun
Dusseldorf0 - 2Elversberg
Dusseldorf1 - 1Paderborn
Dusseldorf3 - 4Kaiserslautern
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDusseldorf2 - 1Magdeburg
ADusseldorf0 - 1Holstein
HDusseldorf1 - 1Kaiserslautern
ADusseldorf0 - 1H.Berlin
HDusseldorf1 - 2E. Braun
HDusseldorf2 - 3Nurnberg
ADusseldorf1 - 0VfL Bochum
HDusseldorf0 - 3Darmstadt
ADusseldorf2 - 1Preussen Munster
HDusseldorf0 - 0Karlsruher
ADusseldorf2 - 1Paderborn
HDusseldorf0 - 2Hannover
ADusseldorf1 - 5Arminia
ADusseldorf2 - 4Magdeburg
HDusseldorf2 - 0Schalke
ADusseldorf2 - 2E. Braun
HDusseldorf3 - 3Nurnberg
ADusseldorf1 - 1Elversberg
ADusseldorf2 - 1Paderborn
HDusseldorf1 - 0Preussen Munster
Schalke 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preussen Munster0 - 0Schalke
Karlsruher2 - 1Schalke
Hannover0 - 3Schalke
Arminia1 - 2Schalke
Magdeburg0 - 2Schalke
Dresden0 - 1Schalke
Kaiserslautern1 - 0Schalke
Dusseldorf2 - 0Schalke
Kaiserslautern2 - 1Schalke
Regensburg2 - 0Schalke
Greuther3 - 3Schalke
H.Berlin1 - 2Schalke
Darmstadt2 - 0Schalke
Köln1 - 0Schalke
E. Braun0 - 0Schalke
Elversberg1 - 4Schalke
Paderborn2 - 4Schalke
Hamburg2 - 2Schalke
Ulm0 - 0Schalke
Hannover1 - 0Schalke
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASchalke0 - 0Preussen Munster
HSchalke1 - 0Elversberg
ASchalke1 - 2Karlsruher
HSchalke1 - 0Darmstadt
ASchalke3 - 0Hannover
ASchalke2 - 1Arminia
HSchalke1 - 0Greuther
ASchalke2 - 0Magdeburg
HSchalke0 - 1Holstein
ASchalke1 - 0Dresden
HSchalke2 - 1VfL Bochum
ASchalke0 - 1Kaiserslautern
HSchalke2 - 1H.Berlin
HSchalke1 - 2Elversberg
ASchalke0 - 2Dusseldorf
HSchalke0 - 2Paderborn
ASchalke1 - 2Kaiserslautern
HSchalke2 - 2Hamburg
ASchalke0 - 2Regensburg
HSchalke2 - 1Ulm
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Dusseldorf have beaten Schalke in 4 consecutive home league meetings
5
Dusseldorf have not lost to Schalke in 5 consecutive league meetings
League games at Dusseldorf since 2012
Dusseldorf
Schalke
Goals: Scored
13
9
Games: Scored
5 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
1 / 6
F95
4
D
1
S04
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Dusseldorf
Dusseldorf2 - 0
Dusseldorf5 - 3
Dusseldorf2 - 1
Dusseldorf2 - 1
0 - 2Schalke
Draw2 - 2Draw
League games at Schalke since 2013
Schalke
Dusseldorf
Goals: Scored
10
11
Games: Scored
5 / 6
6 / 6
Clean sheets
0 / 6
1 / 6
F95
1
D
3
S04
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Schalke3 - 1
Draw3 - 3Draw
0 - 4Dusseldorf
Schalke2 - 1
Goal Statistics

FC Schalke 04 have been reliable in attack of late, scoring in 7 consecutive Bundesliga 2 games. Their PG of 1.5 against Fortuna Dusseldorf on Friday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Dusseldorf 13th Schalke 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.9
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
39%
1
37%
2
17%
3
4+
There is a 76% probability of Dusseldorf scoring 1 goal or less
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Schalke will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-2
Dusseldorf’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-7
Schalke’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season
Dusseldorf
PG (predicted goals)
Schalke
0.9
1.5
Attack rating
F95
S04
24%
better
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Games scored8
10
Failed to score5
3
Scored first4
9
Goals scored12
16
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
10
Avg. shots per goal9
8
Conversion rate for11
12
Avg. XG for1.3
1.4
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
F95
S04
52%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
6
Clean sheets2
7
Conceded first8
3
Goals conceded21
7
Avg. goals conceded1.6
0.5
Avg. shots/game conceded11
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
11
Conversion rate against15%
9%
Avg. XG against1.7
0.9
KickOff rating
+52%

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

Dusseldorf Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13525
F KastenmeierC Itten F MuslijaA Azzouzi
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Kastenmeier GLK13
1
-
A Azzouzi MID1311
5
-
K Schmidt DEF121
2
-
T Oberdorf DEF121
3
1
F Muslija MID1222
1
-
C Itten  FWD1151
3
-
C Rasmussen  FWD1112
3
-
M Zimmermann DEF10
2
-
M Heyer MID10
2
-
E Iyoha FWD10
-
J Daland DEF9
2
-
S Alexandropoulos MID9
2
-
T Breithaupt MID9
3
-
D. Schmidt FWD92
-
K. Suso DEF71
-
S Appelkamp MID71
-
Z Celar FWD7
-
E. Egouli DEF5
-
J Hettwer FWD5
-
J Wijs DEF4
1
-
L. Raimund FWD4
1
-
T Rossmann FWD4
1
-
C Lenz DEF3
-
V Lunddal DEF31
-
Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13435
L KariusK KaramanS El-FaouziN Katic
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Karius GLK13
2
-
S El-Faouzi MID133
2
-
R Schallenberg MID131
1
-
N Katic DEF1211
4
1
A Gantenbein DEF12
5
-
V. Becker DEF121
5
-
K Karaman MID1242
1
-
M Sylla FWD1241
-
H Kurucay DEF113
2
-
F Sánchez DEF11
2
-
F Porath MID1111
2
-
J Bachmann MID10
2
-
M. Ayhan DEF9
3
-
C Antwi-Adjei FWD911
1
-
B Lasme FWD81
-
T Becker DEF7
2
-
C. Louis Gomis FWD51
-
M. Grüger MID4
1
-
E Højlund FWD4
1
-
P. Remmert FWD31
-
A Donkor DEF2
-
H Matriciani DEF1
1
-
M. Zalazar Martínez MID1
-
A Younes FWD1
1
-