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Hertha BSC v FC Schalke 04 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Jan, 19:30 BST, Olympiastadion Berlin, Berlin

We’ve Bundesliga 2 action to enjoy on Saturday evening, as Stefan Leitl and his Hertha BSC side host Miron Muslić’s FC Schalke 04 at the Olympiastadion Berlin. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every statistics you could ever need to make a well-informed wager is published below. Flip between seventeen betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds for each one.

Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Fans may not be thrilled to read this, but it's all-but impossible to predict a goal-fest here. The stats suggest H.Berlin and Schalke both struggle to score on a consistent basis, and the odds are leaning towards there being fewer than 2 goals in total as they go head-to-head. We think they're probably right and, without an obvious outright winners to back, under 2.5 goals looks like a smart bet.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 40% chance of Schalke coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
H.Berlin 30%	27/20	-
Draw 30%	9/4	-
Schalke 40%	9/5	-
Schalke 1-0 14%	8/1	-
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	-
Draw 0-0 12%	9/1	-
H.Berlin 1-0 12%	7/1	-
Schalke 2-0 8%	14/1	-
Schalke 2-1 8%	10/1	-
H.Berlin 2-1 6%	17/2	-
H.Berlin 2-0 5%	11/1	-
Draw 2-2 4%	14/1	-
Schalke 3-0 3%	28/1	-
Schalke 3-1 3%	22/1	-
H.Berlin 3-1 2%	18/1	-
H.Berlin 3-0 2%	22/1	-
Schalke 3-2 1%	33/1	-
H.Berlin 3-2 1%	28/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 35%	1/1	-
Under 2.5 Goals 65%	4/5	-
Home 1st Goal 43%	10/11	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	11/10	-
No 1st Goal 9%	9/1	-
BTTS - Yes 42%	4/5	-
BTTS - No 58%	10/11	-
BTTS - Home Win 11%	4/1	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 14%	5/1	-
Home/draw 60%	2/5	-
Away/draw 70%	4/7	-
Home/away 70%	1/3	-
Over 1.5 Goals 62%	3/10	-
Under 1.5 Goals 38%	12/5	-
Over 3.5 Goals 16%	5/2	-
Under 3.5 Goals 84%	2/7	-
Over 4.5 Goals 6%	6/1	-
Under 4.5 Goals 94%	1/10	-
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	14/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1/33	-
Over 0.5 Goals 88%	1/16	-
Under 0.5 Goals 12%	9/1	-
Home DNB 51%	8/11	-
Away DNB 61%	1/1	-
H.Berlin win to nil 19%	3/1	-
Schalke win to nil 27%	4/1	-
H.Berlin / H.Berlin 21%	3/1	-
H.Berlin / Schalke 3%	28/1	-
H.Berlin / Draw 6%	12/1	-
Draw / H.Berlin 14%	5/1	-
Draw / Schalke 13%	11/2	-
Draw / Draw 17%	4/1	-
Schalke / H.Berlin 3%	25/1	-
Schalke / Schalke 18%	15/4	-
Schalke / Draw 6%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

H.Berlin have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

5 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 1 and won 1. H.Berlin have conceded 6 goals, scored 4, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

H.Berlin have played 9 games at home, winning 4, drawing 2 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 7 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Schalke lay in 1st place on 37 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 1 and losing 4 games. They have scored 22 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Schalke have conceded 10 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Schalke have played 9 away games, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.7 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	H.Berlin Schalke
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Schalke	17	12	1	4	12	37	Jan 17	l 2-1A	-	-
2	Elversberg	17	10	4	3	16	34	l 0-2A	Feb 7	w 1-0F	Apr 11
3	Darmstadt	17	9	6	2	12	33	Feb 1	d 0-00-0	w 1-0F	Mar 21
4	Paderborn	17	10	3	4	10	33	l 0-2A	Feb 22	w 2-1A	Apr 25
5	Hannover	17	8	5	4	8	29	Feb 14	w 0-3F	Mar 14	w 0-3F
6	H.Berlin	17	8	4	5	5	28	-	-	w 2-1F	Jan 17
7	Kaiserslautern	17	8	3	6	8	27	Apr 11	w 0-1F	Jan 25	l 1-0A
8	Nurnberg	17	6	4	7	-4	22	Mar 1	w 0-3F	w 1-0F	May 9
9	Karlsruher	17	6	4	7	-8	22	d 0-00-0	Jan 24	Apr 4	l 2-1F
10	VfL Bochum	17	6	3	8	1	21	Mar 14	l 3-2A	w 2-1A	Jan 31
11	Holstein	17	5	5	7	-2	20	Apr 25	w 0-1F	l 0-1A	Feb 15
12	Preussen Munster	17	5	5	7	-4	20	w 2-1F	Mar 7	Apr 18	d 0-00-0
13	E. Braun	17	6	2	9	-9	20	w 1-0F	Apr 18	May 17	l 2-1A
14	Arminia	17	5	4	8	3	19	d 1-1F	May 17	Mar 7	w 1-2F
15	Magdeburg	17	5	2	10	-8	17	l 0-2A	May 2	Feb 21	w 0-2F
16	Dusseldorf	17	5	2	10	-12	17	w 1-0F	Mar 21	May 2	w 0-2F
17	Greuther	17	4	3	10	-18	15	May 9	d 3-3F	w 1-0F	Feb 28
18	Dresden	17	3	4	10	-10	13	w 2-0F	Apr 4	Feb 7	w 0-1F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
E. Braun	2 - 1	Schalke
Dusseldorf	0 - 2	Schalke
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Schalke	1 - 2	E. Braun
H	Schalke	1 - 0	Nurnberg
A	Schalke	2 - 0	Dusseldorf
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

H.Berlin

Schalke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

6 / 10

Clean sheets

4 / 10

3 / 10

BSC

S04

FIXTURE HISTORY AT H.Berlin
	1 - 2	Schalke
H.Berlin	5 - 2
H.Berlin	2 - 1
H.Berlin	3 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 2	Schalke
H.Berlin	2 - 0
H.Berlin	2 - 0
	0 - 2	Schalke

Schalke

H.Berlin

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 12

7 / 12

Clean sheets

5 / 12

1 / 12

BSC

S04

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
Schalke	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	H.Berlin
Schalke	5 - 2
	1 - 2	H.Berlin
Schalke	3 - 0
	0 - 2	H.Berlin
Schalke	1 - 0
Schalke	2 - 0
Schalke	2 - 1
Schalke	2 - 0
Schalke	2 - 0

Goal Statistics

	H.Berlin 6th	Schalke 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.9 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 39% 1 37% 2 17% 3 4+ There is a 76% probability of H.Berlin scoring 1 goal or less	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 4+ There is a 67% probability that Schalke will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-37 H.Berlin have scored 37% fewer goals at home than predicted	+1 Schalke’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.0 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season

BSC

S04

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Games scored	12		14
Failed to score	5		3
Scored first	10		11
Goals scored	21		22
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots per game	9		10
Avg. shots per goal	8		8
Conversion rate for	13		13
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.5
KickOff rating		+11%

BSC

S04

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Games conceded	8		8
Clean sheets	9		9
Conceded first	5		5
Goals conceded	16		10
Avg. goals conceded	0.9		0.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	12		10
Conversion rate against	9%		10%
Avg. XG against	1.5		0.9
KickOff rating		+8%

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

H.Berlin Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	5	7	6
T Ernst	L Schuler	F Reese	K. Eichhorn

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Ernst GLK	17			2 -
F Reese FWD	17	3	7	3 -
T Leistner DEF	16			2 1
M. Krattenmacher MID	16	1		-
M Winkler MID	16	3	4	4 -
M Cuisance MID	16	2	4	2 -
M Dárdai DEF	15			2 -
D Zeefuik DEF	14			4 -
L Gechter DEF	14			2 1
S Grönning FWD	13	3		1 -
N. Kolbe DEF	12			-
L Schuler FWD	12	5		2 -
K. Eichhorn MID	11			6 -
J Eitschberger MID	10			3 -
M Karbownik MID	10		1	-
D Kownacki FWD	10	3	1	1 -
J Thorsteinsson FWD	10			1 -
P Seguin MID	9	1		1 -
D Demme MID	9			3 -
L Jensen MID	7			2 -
K Sessa MID	7			2 -
B. Lumbana MID	3			-
T. Hoffmann DEF	1			-
A Rogel DEF	1			-
P Klemens MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	12	7	12
L Schuler	F Reese	F Reese	F Reese

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Schuler FWD	5	8
F Reese FWD	3	12	7	12
M Winkler MID	3	8	4	5
S Grönning FWD	3	6
D Kownacki FWD	3	4	1	1
M Cuisance MID	2	6	4	5
M. Krattenmacher MID	1	7		3
P Seguin MID	1	2
M Dárdai DEF		1		1
D Zeefuik DEF		2
L Gechter DEF		3		1
N. Kolbe DEF		1
K. Eichhorn MID		1		1
M Karbownik MID			1
J Thorsteinsson FWD		5
D Demme MID				1
K Sessa MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
769	33	88
T Leistner	M Cuisance	M Cuisance

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Leistner DEF	769	16	70
L Gechter DEF	651	16	53
M Dárdai DEF	643	11	52
T Ernst GLK	599		6
P Seguin MID	461	10	44
M Cuisance MID	458	33	88
F Reese FWD	386	14	50
D Zeefuik DEF	371	26	76
D Demme MID	351	8	16
M Karbownik MID	311	19	39
M Winkler MID	275	13	54
K. Eichhorn MID	236	16	35
N. Kolbe DEF	196	4	18
J Eitschberger MID	196	26	44
L Jensen MID	173	10	18
M. Krattenmacher MID	161	4	47
J Thorsteinsson FWD	123	14	30
L Schuler FWD	102	2	31
S Grönning FWD	101	5	32
D Kownacki FWD	86	3	41
K Sessa MID	66	5	11
B. Lumbana MID	8	1	1
T. Hoffmann DEF	6
P Klemens MID	1

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	6	4	5
L Karius	K Karaman	K Karaman	N Katic

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Karius GLK	17			3 -
S El-Faouzi MID	17	1	3	3 -
N Katic DEF	16	1	1	4 1
V. Becker DEF	16	2	1	5 -
R Schallenberg MID	16		1	2 -
K Karaman MID	16	6	4	2 -
M Sylla FWD	16	4	2	-
H Kurucay DEF	15	3		3 -
F Sánchez DEF	15			2 -
F Porath MID	15	1	1	3 -
M. Ayhan DEF	13			3 -
A Gantenbein DEF	12			5 -
J Bachmann MID	12			2 -
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	12	1	1	1 -
B Lasme FWD	10	2		-
T Becker DEF	9			2 -
C. Louis Gomis FWD	8	1	1	1 -
M. Grüger MID	4			1 -
E Højlund FWD	4			1 -
P. Remmert FWD	3		1	-
A Donkor DEF	2			-
A Younes FWD	2			1 -
H Matriciani DEF	1			1 -
M. Zalazar Martínez MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	26	4	6
K Karaman	M Sylla	K Karaman	S El-Faouzi

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Karaman MID	6	15	4	2
M Sylla FWD	4	26	2	3
H Kurucay DEF	3	4
V. Becker DEF	2	8	1	3
B Lasme FWD	2	3		1
S El-Faouzi MID	1	2	3	6
N Katic DEF	1	3	1	2
F Porath MID	1	2	1
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	1	6	1	3
C. Louis Gomis FWD	1	6	1	1
R Schallenberg MID		1	1	3
F Sánchez DEF		1
M. Ayhan DEF		1
A Gantenbein DEF				1
J Bachmann MID		1		1
T Becker DEF				1
E Højlund FWD		1
P. Remmert FWD		1	1
A Younes FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
619	57	138
N Katic	S El-Faouzi	N Katic

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Katic DEF	619	20	138
H Kurucay DEF	596	27	79
S El-Faouzi MID	526	57	115
L Karius GLK	482		13
R Schallenberg MID	449	37	82
V. Becker DEF	357	46	75
K Karaman MID	341	22	92
M. Ayhan DEF	323	24	50
T Becker DEF	259	17	36
A Gantenbein DEF	251	30	62
M Sylla FWD	229	3	52
F Sánchez DEF	188	14	37
F Porath MID	151	11	39
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	133	6	36
J Bachmann MID	106	5	27
C. Louis Gomis FWD	91	3	17
B Lasme FWD	48	2	15
A Younes FWD	24		2
E Højlund FWD	20		4
M. Grüger MID	16		2
P. Remmert FWD	12	2	10
A Donkor DEF	3		1
M. Zalazar Martínez MID	1

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Hertha BSC v FC Schalke 04 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

H.Berlin have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 6th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Schalke lay in 1st place on 37 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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