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

Grundig Stadion, Nürnberg

Miroslav Klose welcomes Miron Muslić to the Grundig Stadion on Saturday evening, as their FC Nurnberg and FC Schalke 04 teams clash in the Bundesliga 2. Stats 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 the UK's biggest bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.

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FC Nurnberg's next match is v Hannover at 14:30 on Sunday 17th May
FC Schalke 04's next match is v E. Braun at 14:30 on Sunday 17th May

The last German Bundesliga 2 meeting between Nurnberg and Schalke was on Saturday 9th May 2026

German Bundesliga 2

May 9th 2026

Nurnberg 3	0 Schalke

R. Schallenberg (OG) 20'
H. Koudossou 45'
M. ZOma 72'

	NUR S04
Shots On	5 2
Shots Off	9 9
Corners	5 5
Possession	49% 51%
Fouls	8 10
Yellow/red cards	2/0 2/0

Nurnberg	Schalke

D. Soares (B. Yilmaz 68') F. Gruber H. Koudossou A. Marhiev J. Justvan (M. Soldic 81') R. Lubach (E. Porstner 68') J. Fernandez Gonzalez C. Mathenia L. Lochoshvili F. Becker (R. Nzingoula 77') M. ZOma (P. Lasse Scobel 81')	F. Sanchez (D. Leonard 77') T. Becker (C. Antwi-Adjej 64') R. Schallenberg (E. Džeko 71') M. Sylla K. Müller (M. Ndiaye 46') V. Becker K. Karaman D. Ljubicic (J. Bachmann 77') S. El-Faouzi A. Aouchiche M. Ayhan

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our top tip on this match, meaning that the teams will score at least two goals between them during 90 minutes. Both Nurnberg and Schalke's recent form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record adds further weight to the argument. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.20.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Nurnberg are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.95.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Nurnberg 43%	6/4	1/1000
Draw 25%	13/5	80/1
Schalke 32%	8/5	1/50
Draw 1-1 12%	6/1	4/1
Nurnberg 1-0 9%	11/1	17/4
Nurnberg 2-1 9%	9/1	18/5
Schalke 1-0 8%	12/1	8/1
Schalke 2-1 8%	9/1	17/2
Nurnberg 2-0 7%	14/1	7/4
Draw 0-0 6%	16/1	9/1
Draw 2-2 6%	10/1	11/1
Schalke 2-0 5%	14/1	11/1
Nurnberg 3-1 5%	18/1	6/1
Nurnberg 3-0 4%	25/1	2/7
Schalke 3-1 3%	18/1	20/1
Nurnberg 3-2 3%	20/1	40/1
Schalke 3-2 2%	22/1	33/1
Schalke 3-0 2%	25/1	18/1
Over 2.5 Goals 53%	8/15	2/5
Under 2.5 Goals 47%	7/5	17/10
Home 1st Goal 50%	10/11	19/20
Away 1st Goal 46%	10/11	1/1
No 1st Goal 4%	16/1	9/1
BTTS - Yes 56%	1/2	5/1
BTTS - No 44%	6/4	1/10
BTTS - Home Win 21%	10/3	5/1
BTTS - Draw 19%	3/1	125/1
BTTS - Away Win 16%	10/3	1/50
Home/draw 68%	1/2	1/50
Away/draw 57%	1/2	125/1
Home/away 75%	2/7	1/1000
Over 1.5 Goals 77%	1/7	1/8
Under 1.5 Goals 23%	9/2	17/4
Over 3.5 Goals 30%	5/4	12/5
Under 3.5 Goals 70%	4/7	1/4
Over 4.5 Goals 15%	3/1	14/1
Under 4.5 Goals 85%	2/9	1/1000
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	7/1	45/1
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/12	1/200
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/40	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	16/1	17/2
Home DNB 61%	5/6	1/50
Away DNB 49%	5/6	1/50
Nurnberg win to nil 22%	9/2	-
Schalke win to nil 16%	9/2	-
Nurnberg / Nurnberg 21%	3/1	3/5
Nurnberg / Schalke 4%	22/1	13/2
Nurnberg / Draw 7%	12/1	16/5
Draw / Nurnberg 13%	11/2	16/1
Draw / Schalke 12%	11/2	14/1
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	14/1
Schalke / Nurnberg 4%	22/1	80/1
Schalke / Schalke 20%	3/1	45/1
Schalke / Draw 7%	12/1	70/1

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Nurnberg have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

14 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 2 and won 4. Nurnberg have conceded 19 goals, scored 17, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Nurnberg have played 16 games at home, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 24 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and failed to score 5 times in home league games.

Schalke lay in 1st place on 67 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 32 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 32 games against teams below them in the table, winning 20, drawing 7 and losing 5 games. They have scored 49 goals and kept 13 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Schalke have conceded 28 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Schalke have played 16 away games, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 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	Nurnberg Schalke
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Schalke	33	20	7	6	18	67	w 3-0F	l 1-0A	-	-
2	Elversberg	33	17	8	8	22	59	w 3-2A	l 1-0A	w 1-0F	w 1-2A
3	Hannover	33	16	11	6	16	59	w 2-1A	May 17	d 2-2F	w 0-3F
4	Paderborn	33	17	8	8	12	59	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	w 2-1A	w 2-3A
5	Darmstadt	33	13	13	7	14	52	l 0-1A	l 2-0A	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
6	H.Berlin	33	14	9	10	8	51	l 0-3A	l 2-1A	w 2-1F	d 0-00-0
7	Kaiserslautern	33	15	4	14	4	49	w 3-0F	d 1-1A	d 2-2A	l 1-0A
8	Nurnberg	33	12	9	12	2	45	-	-	w 1-0F	l 3-0A
9	Karlsruher	33	12	8	13	-10	44	w 5-1F	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	l 2-1F
10	VfL Bochum	33	10	11	12	1	41	w 2-1F	d 1-1F	w 2-1A	l 2-0A
11	Holstein	33	11	8	14	-3	41	d 1-1F	w 2-3F	l 0-1A	w 1-2F
12	Magdeburg	33	12	3	18	-5	39	w 1-0F	l 3-0A	w 5-3F	w 0-2F
13	Dresden	33	10	8	15	0	38	l 0-2A	w 1-2F	d 2-2F	w 0-1F
14	E. Braun	33	10	7	16	-17	37	w 2-1F	d 1-1F	May 17	l 2-1A
15	Dusseldorf	33	11	4	18	-17	37	l 0-1A	w 2-3F	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
16	Arminia	33	9	9	15	-3	36	w 2-0F	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	w 1-2F
17	Greuther	33	9	7	17	-22	34	d 2-2F	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
18	Preussen Munster	33	6	12	15	-20	30	d 1-1F	l 2-1A	w 4-1F	d 0-00-0

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Schalke have won 5 consecutive league games

Schalke have not lost in 12 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nurnberg	1 - 0	Magdeburg
Nurnberg	0 - 2	Dresden
Nurnberg	3 - 0	Kaiserslautern
Nurnberg	0 - 1	Dusseldorf
Nurnberg	5 - 1	Karlsruher
Nurnberg	1 - 1	Preussen Munster
Nurnberg	3 - 2	Elversberg
Nurnberg	2 - 1	Hannover
Nurnberg	2 - 2	Greuther
Nurnberg	2 - 0	Arminia
Nurnberg	2 - 1	E. Braun
Nurnberg	1 - 1	Holstein
Nurnberg	0 - 3	H.Berlin
Nurnberg	2 - 1	VfL Bochum
Nurnberg	0 - 0	Paderborn
Nurnberg	0 - 1	Darmstadt
Nurnberg	1 - 2	Köln
Nurnberg	1 - 3	Elversberg
Nurnberg	2 - 3	Paderborn
Nurnberg	0 - 3	Hamburg

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Paderborn	2 - 3	Schalke
Elversberg	1 - 2	Schalke
Darmstadt	1 - 1	Schalke
Greuther	1 - 1	Schalke
Holstein	1 - 2	Schalke
VfL Bochum	2 - 0	Schalke
H.Berlin	0 - 0	Schalke
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Nurnberg

Schalke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 5

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

0 / 5

NUR

S04

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nurnberg
Nurnberg	3 - 1
	1 - 2	Schalke
	1 - 2	Schalke
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Nurnberg	3 - 0

Schalke

Nurnberg

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

0 / 7

S04

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
Schalke		1 - 0
Schalke		3 - 1
Schalke		2 - 0
Schalke		4 - 1
Schalke		5 - 2
Schalke		4 - 1
Schalke		1 - 0

Goal Statistics

	Nurnberg 8th	Schalke 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Nurnberg will score 1 or more goals	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Schalke will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-9 Nurnberg’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-10 Schalke’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.4 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.4 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season

NUR

S04

17%

better

view stats

Games scored	23		27
Failed to score	9		5
Scored first	15		20
Goals scored	41		49
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.5
Avg. shots per game	9		11
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	14		14
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.7
KickOff rating		+17%

NUR

S04

31%

better

view stats

Games conceded	28		19
Clean sheets	4		13
Conceded first	16		10
Goals conceded	42		28
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		7
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		8
Conversion rate against	14%		13%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1
KickOff rating		+31%

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

Nurnberg Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	12	7	12
L Lochoshvili	M. ZOma	J Justvan	A Markhiyev

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Mathenia GLK	1			-
H Koudossou DEF	13	2	1	1 -
F. Gruber DEF	31	1	1	7 -
L Lochoshvili DEF	32	4	1	7 -
D Soares DEF	3			1 -
A Markhiyev MID	26	1	1	12 -
J. Fernandez Gonzalez MID	7			2 -
J Justvan MID	32	7	7	3 -
F Becker MID	29	3	3	8 -
R. Lubach MID	28	6	1	7 2
M. ZOma FWD	28	12	4	3 -
Subs
J Reichert GLK	32			1 -
B. Yilmaz DEF	32		6	7 -
T. Janisch DEF	19	1		4 -
K. Mandic DEF				-
E. Porstner DEF	4			-
M. Soldic MID	6			-
R. Nzingoula MID	14	1	2	2 -
A Grimaldi FWD	26	1	3	-
P. Lasse Scobel FWD	20	2	1	1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	23	7	16
M. ZOma	J Justvan	J Justvan	J Justvan

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M. ZOma FWD	12	22	4	8
J Justvan MID	7	23	7	16
R. Lubach MID	6	16	1	4
L Lochoshvili DEF	4	15	1	1
F Becker MID	3	11	3	3
H Koudossou DEF	2	5	1	5
Subs
P. Lasse Scobel FWD	2	7	1	2
F. Gruber DEF	1	4	1	1
A Markhiyev MID	1	4	1	2
Subs
T. Janisch DEF	1	2
R. Nzingoula MID	1	5	2	5
A Grimaldi FWD	1	8	3
D Soares DEF		1
J. Fernandez Gonzalez MID		1
Subs
B. Yilmaz DEF		8	6	9
E. Porstner DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1570	73	218
F. Gruber	L Lochoshvili	F. Gruber

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
F. Gruber DEF	1570	53	218
L Lochoshvili DEF	1454	73	201
Subs
B. Yilmaz DEF	1262	66	189
A Markhiyev MID	1239	66	190
Subs
J Reichert GLK	1118	1	18
F Becker MID	1064	27	86
R. Lubach MID	833	30	113
J Justvan MID	827	28	99
M. ZOma FWD	444	16	151
H Koudossou DEF	442	20	45
Subs
T. Janisch DEF	397	14	37
P. Lasse Scobel FWD	179	3	56
R. Nzingoula MID	162	15	38
A Grimaldi FWD	151	5	67
J. Fernandez Gonzalez MID	143	8	23
D Soares DEF	85	4	14
Subs
E. Porstner DEF	45		2
C Mathenia GLK	34		1
Subs
M. Soldic MID	14	2	2

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	14	6	6
S El-Faouzi	K Karaman	K Karaman	M. Ayhan

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
K Müller GLK	4			-
T Becker DEF	25		1	4 -
M. Ayhan DEF	26			6 -
F Sánchez DEF	25			2 -
V. Becker DEF	20	2	1	6 -
S El-Faouzi MID	33	2	5	4 -
R Schallenberg MID	32		1	4 -
D Ljubicic MID	14	4	3	2 -
K Karaman MID	31	14	6	5 -
A Aouchiche MID	13	2	2	2 -
M Sylla FWD	29	7	2	1 -
Subs
J. Siebeking GLK				-
D. Leonard DEF	2			-
M N'Diaye DEF	13		2	2 1
A Gantenbein DEF	18			5 -
F Porath MID	18	1	1	3 -
J Bachmann MID	23			2 -
C. Louis Gomis FWD	19	1	1	2 -
E Dzeko FWD	10	6	3	1
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	13	1	1	1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
14	40	6	12
K Karaman	M Sylla	K Karaman	S El-Faouzi

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Karaman MID	14	30	6	6
M Sylla FWD	7	40	2	4
Subs
E Dzeko FWD	6	16	3	4
D Ljubicic MID	4	13	3	2
V. Becker DEF	2	9	1	3
S El-Faouzi MID	2	6	5	12
A Aouchiche MID	2	13	2	10
Subs
F Porath MID	1	4	1
C. Louis Gomis FWD	1	8	1	1
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	1	6	1	3
T Becker DEF		5	1	1
M. Ayhan DEF		1
F Sánchez DEF		2
R Schallenberg MID		2	1	5
Subs
M N'Diaye DEF			2	3
A Gantenbein DEF				1
J Bachmann MID		1		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1050	98	200
R Schallenberg	S El-Faouzi	S El-Faouzi

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
R Schallenberg MID	1050	71	153
S El-Faouzi MID	1047	98	200
M. Ayhan DEF	852	42	99
K Karaman MID	707	32	166
T Becker DEF	686	65	140
Subs
M N'Diaye DEF	519	32	74
A Aouchiche MID	409	17	61
V. Becker DEF	402	56	88
F Sánchez DEF	370	22	62
M Sylla FWD	369	7	92
D Ljubicic MID	308	19	42
Subs
A Gantenbein DEF	291	36	74
E Dzeko FWD	179	3	65
F Porath MID	179	13	45
C. Louis Gomis FWD	162	7	36
J Bachmann MID	157	8	46
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	143	6	38
K Müller GLK	133		2
Subs
D. Leonard DEF	18	2	2

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

Nurnberg have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Schalke lay in 1st place on 67 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 32 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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