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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

Miron Muslić leads his FC Schalke 04 troops to the Merkur Spiel-Arena in the Bundesliga 2 on Friday evening, with Markus Anfang's Fortuna Dusseldorf their challengers. We've got bespoke stats for every major market, from both teams to score to double chance, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are produced from these, and the odds come directly from leading bookmakers.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We don't think there's a clear favourite to to get the win in this one, but what is clear is that the odds are pointing towards it'll have no more than 3 goals. Our statistical analysis draws the same conclusion. Dusseldorf and Schalke have delivered plenty of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance stats point towards those records being extended. We're confidently predicting under 3.5 goals on Friday evening, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.29.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 52% chance of Schalke coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Dusseldorf 22%	9/4	21/10
Draw 26%	12/5	9/4
Schalke 52%	23/20	21/20
Schalke 1-0 14%	15/2	13/2
Draw 1-1 12%	11/2	5/1
Schalke 2-0 10%	10/1	17/2
Schalke 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Draw 0-0 9%	10/1	8/1
Dusseldorf 1-0 8%	10/1	8/1
Dusseldorf 2-1 5%	11/1	9/1
Schalke 3-0 5%	20/1	14/1
Schalke 3-1 5%	16/1	12/1
Draw 2-2 4%	12/1	11/1
Dusseldorf 2-0 4%	16/1	12/1
Schalke 3-2 2%	25/1	16/1
Schalke 4-0 2%	40/1	25/1
Schalke 4-1 2%	33/1	22/1
Dusseldorf 3-1 2%	25/1	18/1
Over 2.5 Goals 43%	17/20	4/5
Under 2.5 Goals 57%	19/20	5/6
Home 1st Goal 40%	6/5	5/4
Away 1st Goal 54%	4/5	4/5
No 1st Goal 6%	10/1	8/1
BTTS - Yes 46%	4/6	7/10
BTTS - No 54%	11/10	1/1
BTTS - Home Win 9%	11/2	19/4
BTTS - Draw 17%	10/3	10/3
BTTS - Away Win 20%	10/3	3/1
Home/draw 48%	4/6	4/6
Away/draw 78%	1/3	1/3
Home/away 74%	3/10	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	1/4	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	11/4	23/10
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	9/4	19/10
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	1/3	3/10
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	5/1	17/4
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1/8	1/9
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	12/1	9/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/25	1/66
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/20	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	10/1	15/2
Home DNB 40%	11/8	13/10
Away DNB 70%	8/15	8/15
Dusseldorf win to nil 13%	5/1	-
Schalke win to nil 32%	11/4	-
Dusseldorf / Dusseldorf 15%	9/2	4/1
Dusseldorf / Schalke 4%	22/1	18/1
Dusseldorf / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1
Draw / Dusseldorf 11%	13/2	6/1
Draw / Schalke 15%	9/2	4/1
Draw / Draw 16%	9/2	19/5
Schalke / Dusseldorf 3%	28/1	22/1
Schalke / Schalke 23%	5/2	12/5
Schalke / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Dusseldorf have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 14th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 2 and won 3. Dusseldorf have conceded 18 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 5 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

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 1st place on 31 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 14 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 18 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Schalke have conceded 8 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.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Dusseldorf Schalke
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Schalke	14	10	1	3	10	31	Dec 5	May 3	-	-
2	Paderborn	14	9	2	3	7	29	Feb 1	w 1-2F	w 2-1A	Apr 26
3	Elversberg	14	8	3	3	14	27	May 10	Dec 14	w 1-0F	Apr 12
4	Hannover	14	8	3	3	9	27	l 0-2A	Jan 24	Mar 15	w 0-3F
5	Darmstadt	14	7	5	2	10	26	l 0-3A	Feb 22	w 1-0F	Mar 22
6	H.Berlin	14	8	2	4	7	26	Mar 22	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	Jan 17
7	Kaiserslautern	14	7	2	5	7	23	d 1-1A	Apr 5	Jan 25	l 1-0A
8	Karlsruher	14	6	3	5	-3	21	d 0-00-0	Feb 8	Apr 5	l 2-1F
9	Preussen Munster	14	5	3	6	-3	18	Feb 15	w 1-2A	Apr 19	d 0-00-0
10	Nurnberg	14	5	3	6	-4	18	l 2-3A	Mar 8	Dec 14	May 10
11	Arminia	14	5	2	7	4	17	Jan 16	l 5-1F	Mar 8	w 1-2F
12	VfL Bochum	14	5	1	8	0	16	Mar 1	w 0-1F	w 2-1A	Feb 1
13	Holstein	14	4	3	7	-3	15	Apr 12	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	Feb 15
14	Dusseldorf	14	4	2	8	-10	14	-	-	May 3	Dec 5
15	Dresden	14	3	4	7	-6	13	Apr 26	l 2-1A	Feb 8	w 0-1F
16	E. Braun	14	4	1	9	-11	13	l 1-2A	Mar 15	May 17	Dec 21
17	Greuther	14	4	1	9	-17	13	Dec 20	May 17	w 1-0F	Mar 1
18	Magdeburg	14	3	1	10	-11	10	w 2-1F	Apr 19	Feb 22	w 0-2F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dusseldorf	2 - 1	Magdeburg
Dusseldorf	1 - 1	Kaiserslautern
Dusseldorf	1 - 2	E. Braun
Dusseldorf	2 - 3	Nurnberg
Dusseldorf	0 - 3	Darmstadt
Dusseldorf	0 - 0	Karlsruher
Dusseldorf	0 - 2	Hannover
Dusseldorf	2 - 0	Schalke
Dusseldorf	3 - 3	Nurnberg
Dusseldorf	1 - 0	Preussen Munster
Dusseldorf	1 - 0	Regensburg
Dusseldorf	1 - 2	Greuther
Dusseldorf	2 - 1	H.Berlin
Dusseldorf	3 - 2	Ulm
Dusseldorf	2 - 2	Darmstadt
Dusseldorf	2 - 5	Magdeburg
Dusseldorf	5 - 0	E. Braun
Dusseldorf	0 - 2	Elversberg
Dusseldorf	1 - 1	Paderborn
Dusseldorf	3 - 4	Kaiserslautern

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Dusseldorf	1 - 2	Dresden
H	Dusseldorf	2 - 1	Magdeburg
A	Dusseldorf	0 - 1	Holstein
H	Dusseldorf	1 - 1	Kaiserslautern
A	Dusseldorf	0 - 1	H.Berlin
H	Dusseldorf	1 - 2	E. Braun
H	Dusseldorf	2 - 3	Nurnberg
A	Dusseldorf	1 - 0	VfL Bochum
H	Dusseldorf	0 - 3	Darmstadt
A	Dusseldorf	2 - 1	Preussen Munster
H	Dusseldorf	0 - 0	Karlsruher
A	Dusseldorf	2 - 1	Paderborn
H	Dusseldorf	0 - 2	Hannover
A	Dusseldorf	1 - 5	Arminia
A	Dusseldorf	2 - 4	Magdeburg
H	Dusseldorf	2 - 0	Schalke
A	Dusseldorf	2 - 2	E. Braun
H	Dusseldorf	3 - 3	Nurnberg
A	Dusseldorf	1 - 1	Elversberg
A	Dusseldorf	2 - 1	Paderborn

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Preussen Munster	0 - 0	Schalke
Karlsruher	2 - 1	Schalke
Hannover	0 - 3	Schalke
Arminia	1 - 2	Schalke
Magdeburg	0 - 2	Schalke
Dresden	0 - 1	Schalke
Kaiserslautern	1 - 0	Schalke
Dusseldorf	2 - 0	Schalke
Kaiserslautern	2 - 1	Schalke
Regensburg	2 - 0	Schalke
Greuther	3 - 3	Schalke
H.Berlin	1 - 2	Schalke
Darmstadt	2 - 0	Schalke
Köln	1 - 0	Schalke
E. Braun	0 - 0	Schalke
Elversberg	1 - 4	Schalke
Paderborn	2 - 4	Schalke
Hamburg	2 - 2	Schalke
Ulm	0 - 0	Schalke
Hannover	1 - 0	Schalke

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Schalke	2 - 1	Paderborn
A	Schalke	0 - 0	Preussen Munster
H	Schalke	1 - 0	Elversberg
A	Schalke	1 - 2	Karlsruher
H	Schalke	1 - 0	Darmstadt
A	Schalke	3 - 0	Hannover
A	Schalke	2 - 1	Arminia
H	Schalke	1 - 0	Greuther
A	Schalke	2 - 0	Magdeburg
H	Schalke	0 - 1	Holstein
A	Schalke	1 - 0	Dresden
H	Schalke	2 - 1	VfL Bochum
A	Schalke	0 - 1	Kaiserslautern
H	Schalke	2 - 1	H.Berlin
H	Schalke	1 - 2	Elversberg
A	Schalke	0 - 2	Dusseldorf
H	Schalke	0 - 2	Paderborn
A	Schalke	1 - 2	Kaiserslautern
H	Schalke	2 - 2	Hamburg
A	Schalke	0 - 2	Regensburg

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Dusseldorf have beaten Schalke in 4 consecutive home league meetings

Dusseldorf have not lost to Schalke in 5 consecutive league meetings

Dusseldorf

Schalke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

Clean sheets

1 / 6

F95

S04

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Dusseldorf
Dusseldorf	2 - 0
Dusseldorf	5 - 3
Dusseldorf	2 - 1
Dusseldorf	2 - 1
	0 - 2	Schalke
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Schalke

Dusseldorf

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

6 / 6

Clean sheets

0 / 6

1 / 6

F95

S04

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Schalke	3 - 1
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 4	Dusseldorf
Schalke	2 - 1

Goal Statistics

FC Schalke 04's fans will be hoping for goals on Friday evening, not least because Fortuna Dusseldorf have conceded in each of their last 7 Bundesliga 2 games. A PG of 1.5 for M. Muslić's side suggests that run should continue.

	Dusseldorf 14th	Schalke 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.9 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 41% 1 37% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 78% probability of Dusseldorf scoring 1 goal or less	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% 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

F95

S04

25%

better

view stats

Games scored	9		11
Failed to score	5		3
Scored first	4		9
Goals scored	13		18
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.3
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	9		8
Conversion rate for	11		13
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.5
KickOff rating		+25%

F95

S04

48%

better

view stats

Games conceded	12		7
Clean sheets	2		7
Conceded first	9		4
Goals conceded	23		8
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		10
Conversion rate against	14%		10%
Avg. XG against	1.7		0.9
KickOff rating		+48%

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

Dusseldorf Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	5	2	5
F Kastenmeier	C Itten	F Muslija	A Azzouzi

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Kastenmeier GLK	14			2 -
K Schmidt DEF	13	1		2 -
T Oberdorf DEF	13	1		3 1
F Muslija MID	13	2	2	1 -
A Azzouzi MID	13	1	1	5 -
C Itten FWD	12	5	2	3 -
C Rasmussen FWD	12	2	2	3 -
M Heyer MID	11			2 -
E Iyoha FWD	11			-
J Daland DEF	10			3 -
M Zimmermann DEF	10			2 -
T Breithaupt MID	10			3 -
D. Schmidt FWD	10		2	-
S Alexandropoulos MID	9			2 -
K. Suso DEF	8	1		-
S Appelkamp MID	8		1	-
Z Celar FWD	8			-
E. Egouli DEF	5			-
L. Raimund FWD	5			1 -
J Hettwer FWD	5			-
J Wijs DEF	4			1 -
T Rossmann FWD	4			1 -
C Lenz DEF	3			-
V Lunddal DEF	3		1	-
H. Anhari MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	11	2	7
C Itten	C Itten	F Muslija	F Muslija

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Itten FWD	5	11	2	3
F Muslija MID	2	5	2	7
C Rasmussen FWD	2	7	2	4
K Schmidt DEF	1	2
T Oberdorf DEF	1	4
A Azzouzi MID	1	8	1	1
K. Suso DEF	1	1
E Iyoha FWD		1
M Zimmermann DEF		1		1
T Breithaupt MID		1		2
D. Schmidt FWD		4	2	3
S Alexandropoulos MID		1		1
S Appelkamp MID		1	1	1
Z Celar FWD		2
T Rossmann FWD		1
C Lenz DEF		1
V Lunddal DEF			1	2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
670	35	75
T Oberdorf	A Azzouzi	C Itten

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Oberdorf DEF	670	22	73
F Kastenmeier GLK	598		12
A Azzouzi MID	545	35	72
J Daland DEF	462	9	40
F Muslija MID	461	9	47
K Schmidt DEF	422	19	45
T Breithaupt MID	386	17	48
M Zimmermann DEF	314	15	41
M Heyer MID	233	25	53
E Iyoha FWD	228	8	33
S Appelkamp MID	212	5	15
C Itten FWD	180	8	75
S Alexandropoulos MID	176	12	23
C Rasmussen FWD	170	8	37
K. Suso DEF	134	13	23
E. Egouli DEF	100	4	13
T Rossmann FWD	94	6	18
V Lunddal DEF	89	6	16
D. Schmidt FWD	78		8
Z Celar FWD	60	2	14
L. Raimund FWD	60	3	10
J Hettwer FWD	24	1	5
C Lenz DEF	18	4	5
J Wijs DEF	13
H. Anhari MID	7		2

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	5	3	5
L Karius	K Karaman	S El-Faouzi	N Katic

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Karius GLK	14			3 -
R Schallenberg MID	14		1	1 -
S El-Faouzi MID	14		3	2 -
N Katic DEF	13	1	1	4 1
V. Becker DEF	13		1	5 -
K Karaman MID	13	5	3	2 -
M Sylla FWD	13	4	2	-
H Kurucay DEF	12	3		2 -
A Gantenbein DEF	12			5 -
F Sánchez DEF	12			2 -
F Porath MID	12	1	1	2 -
J Bachmann MID	11			2 -
M. Ayhan DEF	10			3 -
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	10	1	1	1 -
B Lasme FWD	9	2		-
T Becker DEF	7			2 -
C. Louis Gomis FWD	5	1		-
M. Grüger MID	4			1 -
E Højlund FWD	4			1 -
P. Remmert FWD	3		1	-
A Donkor DEF	2			-
H Matriciani DEF	1			1 -
M. Zalazar Martínez MID	1			-
A Younes FWD	1			1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	24	3	4
K Karaman	M Sylla	S El-Faouzi	S El-Faouzi

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Karaman MID	5	12	3	2
M Sylla FWD	4	24	2	3
H Kurucay DEF	3	3
B Lasme FWD	2	3		1
N Katic DEF	1	3	1	1
F Porath MID	1	2	1
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	1	5	1	3
C. Louis Gomis FWD	1	4
R Schallenberg MID		1	1	3
S El-Faouzi MID		1	3	4
V. Becker DEF		5	1	3
A Gantenbein DEF				1
F Sánchez DEF		1
J Bachmann MID		1		1
M. Ayhan DEF		1
T Becker DEF				1
E Højlund FWD		1
P. Remmert FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
498	44	104
N Katic	S El-Faouzi	N Katic

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Katic DEF	498	18	104
H Kurucay DEF	439	22	62
S El-Faouzi MID	430	44	93
L Karius GLK	394		12
R Schallenberg MID	389	32	73
V. Becker DEF	284	36	59
K Karaman MID	281	18	75
A Gantenbein DEF	251	30	62
T Becker DEF	241	14	33
M. Ayhan DEF	234	17	33
M Sylla FWD	180	2	42
F Sánchez DEF	152	13	31
F Porath MID	125	6	26
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	106	3	27
J Bachmann MID	99	5	24
C. Louis Gomis FWD	60	1	8
B Lasme FWD	35	2	11
E Højlund FWD	20		4
M. Grüger MID	16		2
P. Remmert FWD	12	2	10
A Younes FWD	8		1
A Donkor DEF	3		1
M. Zalazar Martínez MID	1