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

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Elversberg are away on Sunday afternoon, as manager Horst Steffen takes his team to visit FC Schalke 04 and Kees Van Wonderen at the Veltins-Arena in the Bundesliga 2. Stats for our tip of are shown below, including head to head (H2H) history. Flipping the market with the tabs changes all stats and the odds from leading bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.

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The last German Bundesliga 2 meeting between Schalke and Elversberg was on Sunday 18th May 2025

German Bundesliga 2

May 18th 2025

Schalke 1	2 Elversberg

Y. Ben Balla 85'	20' L. Petkov
	47' M. Neubauer

	S04
Shots On	2 2
Shots Off	8 1
Corners	7 1
Possession	46% 54%
Fouls	14 8
Yellow/red cards	2/0 2/0

Schalke	Elversberg

J. Heekeren D. Murkin (A. Donkor 78') M. Kamiński T. Bulut A. Gantenbein (Y. Ben Balla 58') T. Mohr (A. Younes 78') M. Aydin (C. Antwi-Adjej 58') M. Grüger (Lasogga 70') R. Schallenberg M. Sylla K. Karaman	N. Kristof E. Baum L. Pinckert F. Le Joncour M. Neubauer (C. Sickinger 86') S. Sahin M. Damar R. Fellhauer (J. Schmahl 86') F. Asllani (M. Rohr 79') L. Petkov (L. Schnellbacher 79') T. Zimmerschied

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score at least two goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Schalke and Elversberg's latest form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.12.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 57% chance of Elversberg coming away with a win.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Schalke 21%	15/4	-
Draw 22%	10/3	-
Elversberg 57%	3/5	-
Draw 1-1 10%	17/2 6%	-
Elversberg 2-1 10%	8/1	-
Elversberg 1-0 10%	12/1 9%	-
Elversberg 2-0 9%	10/1	-
Elversberg 3-1 6%	10/1	-
Elversberg 3-0 6%	14/1	-
Schalke 2-1 6%	16/1	-
Schalke 1-0 5%	22/1	-
Draw 2-2 5%	11/1 8%	-
Draw 0-0 5%	22/1	-
Elversberg 3-2 3%	16/1 11%	-
Elversberg 4-1 3%	18/1 10%	-
Schalke 2-0 3%	33/1	-
Elversberg 4-0 3%	22/1	-
Schalke 3-1 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 58%	4/11	-
Under 2.5 Goals 42%	21/10	-
Home 1st Goal 43%	7/4	-
Away 1st Goal 55%	2/5 3%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	22/1	-
BTTS - Yes 56%	4/9	-
BTTS - No 44%	13/8	-
BTTS - Home Win 11%	11/2	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	15/4	-
BTTS - Away Win 28%	8/5	-
Home/draw 43%	13/10	-
Away/draw 79%	2/11	-
Home/away 78%	1/5	-
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	1/10 1%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	6/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 35%	5/6 5%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 65%	5/6 4%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	2/1 3%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	4/11 1%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	9/2 8%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/7 2%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/80 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	22/1 10%	-
Home DNB 37%	11/4 7%	-
Away DNB 72%	1/4 3%	-
Schalke win to nil 10%	10/1	-
Elversberg win to nil 29%	11/4	-
Schalke / Schalke 11%	13/2	-
Schalke / Elversberg 5%	16/1	-
Schalke / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Schalke 8%	10/1	-
Draw / Elversberg 17%	4/1	-
Draw / Draw 10%	7/1	-
Elversberg / Schalke 3%	28/1	-
Elversberg / Elversberg 35%	11/8 4%	-
Elversberg / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Schalke have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 13 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Schalke have conceded 48 goals, scored 33, failed to score in 7 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Schalke have played 16 games at home, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 33 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Elversberg lay in 3rd place on 55 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 33 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 29 games against teams below them in the table, winning 14, drawing 8 and losing 7 games. They have scored 56 goals and kept 12 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Elversberg have conceded 31 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Elversberg have played 16 away games, winning 6, drawing 7 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 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	Schalke Elversberg
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Köln	34	18	7	9	15	61	l 1-3A	l 1-0A	d 2-2A	l 1-0A
2	Hamburg	34	16	12	6	35	60	d 2-2F	d 2-2A	w 4-2A	d 0-00-0
3	Elversberg Away	34	16	10	8	27	58	l 1-2A	w 1-4F	-	-
4	Paderborn	34	15	10	9	10	55	l 0-2A	w 2-4A	l 1-3F	d 1-1A
5	Magdeburg	34	14	11	9	12	53	l 2-5A	d 2-2F	l 2-5F	d 0-00-0
6	Dusseldorf	34	14	11	9	5	53	d 1-1A	l 2-0A	d 1-1A	w 0-2F
7	Kaiserslautern	34	15	8	11	1	53	l 0-3A	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
8	Karlsruher	34	14	10	10	2	52	w 2-1F	l 2-0A	d 2-2F	l 3-2A
9	Hannover	34	13	12	9	5	51	l 1-2F	l 1-0A	w 3-1F	w 1-3A
10	Nurnberg	34	14	6	14	3	48	w 3-1F	l 3-1F	w 2-1A	w 1-3A
11	H.Berlin	34	12	8	14	-2	44	d 2-2A	w 1-2F	w 4-0F	w 1-4F
12	Darmstadt	34	11	9	14	1	42	l 3-5F	l 2-0A	w 4-0F	w 0-3F
13	Schalke Home	34	10	8	16	-10	38	-	-	l 1-4A	w 1-2F
14	Greuther	34	9	10	15	-15	37	l 3-4A	d 3-3F	w 2-0F	d 0-00-0
15	Preussen Munster	34	8	12	14	-3	36	w 1-0F	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	d 1-1A
16	E. Braun	34	8	11	15	-26	35	w 5-1F	d 0-00-0	w 3-0F	w 0-3F
17	Ulm	34	6	12	16	-12	30	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	l 1-3A	d 0-00-0
18	Regensburg	34	6	7	21	-48	25	w 2-0F	l 2-0A	w 6-0F	l 1-0A

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Schalke have lost 3 consecutive league games

Schalke have not won in 5 consecutive league games

Elversberg have not lost in 7 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Elversberg	3 - 0	E. Braun
A	Elversberg	3 - 1	Nurnberg
A	Elversberg	1 - 1	Paderborn
H	Elversberg	1 - 1	Dusseldorf
A	Elversberg	3 - 1	Hannover
H	Elversberg	6 - 0	Regensburg
A	Elversberg	0 - 0	Hamburg
H	Elversberg	0 - 1	Preussen Munster
A	Elversberg	1 - 1	Kaiserslautern
H	Elversberg	4 - 0	H.Berlin
A	Elversberg	0 - 0	Ulm
H	Elversberg	2 - 0	Greuther
A	Elversberg	3 - 0	Darmstadt
H	Elversberg	2 - 2	Karlsruher
A	Elversberg	0 - 1	Köln
H	Elversberg	2 - 5	Magdeburg
H	Elversberg	1 - 4	Schalke
A	Elversberg	3 - 0	E. Braun
H	Elversberg	2 - 1	Nurnberg
H	Elversberg	1 - 3	Paderborn

Goal Statistics

Elversberg's defensive record is to be admired, H. Steffen's men having conceded 1 or less in 13 consecutive Bundesliga 2 outings. An average PG rating of 1.1 for FC Schalke 04 makes sense in this context.

Elversberg have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive Bundesliga 2 games. Their PG of 1.9 against FC Schalke 04 on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Schalke 13th	Elversberg 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Schalke will score no more than 1 goal	0 15% 1 28% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 13% There is a 85% probability that Elversberg will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-3 Schalke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-3 Elversberg’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.8 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2024/2025 season

S04

14%

better

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Games scored	23		26
Failed to score	10		7
Scored first	13		14
Goals scored	51		62
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.9
Avg. shots per game	10		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		5
Conversion rate for	16		19
Avg. XG for	1.5		1.5
KickOff rating		+14%

S04

33%

better

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Games conceded	29		20
Clean sheets	4		13
Conceded first	18		15
Goals conceded	60		36
Avg. goals conceded	1.8		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	17%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.3
KickOff rating		+33%

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

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	16	5	7
R Schallenberg	M Sylla	T Mohr	K Karaman

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Heekeren GLK	28		1	1 -
A Gantenbein DEF	19	1	2	4 1
R Schallenberg DEF	30	3	1	5 1
M Kaminski DEF	26	1	1	5 -
D Murkin DEF	30		3	6 -
T. Bulut MID	23	1	1	4 -
M. Grüger MID	22	1		5 1
M Aydın MID	29		3	4 -
K Karaman MID	28	13	4	6 1
T Mohr MID	25	3	5	4 -
M Sylla FWD	26	16	1	3 -
Subs
M Langer GLK				-
A Donkor DEF	25		1	3 -
F Sánchez DEF	5			2 1
M. Zalazar Martínez MID				-
Y Balla MID				-
P Lasogga FWD				-
A Younes FWD	24	2	1	2 -
P Ba FWD	13	2	1	2 -
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	19	1	2	2 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	32	5	27
M Sylla	M Sylla	T Mohr	K Karaman

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Sylla FWD	16	32	1	10
K Karaman MID	13	28	4	27
R Schallenberg DEF	3	8	1	9
T Mohr MID	3	5	5	22
A Gantenbein DEF	1	2	2	6
M Kaminski DEF	1	3	1	2
T. Bulut MID	1	8	1	8
M. Grüger MID	1	4		7
J Heekeren GLK			1	3
D Murkin DEF		4	3	19
M Aydın MID		10	3	9
Subs
A Younes FWD	2	7	1	11
P Ba FWD	2	4	1	1
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	1	5	2	9
A Donkor DEF		4	1	6

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1547	61	154
R Schallenberg	R Schallenberg	R Schallenberg

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
R Schallenberg DEF	1547	61	154
M Kaminski DEF	1539	11	69
J Heekeren GLK	1200	2	15
D Murkin DEF	1141	54	136
T. Bulut MID	788	29	74
M. Grüger MID	752	22	36
K Karaman MID	746	16	149
T Mohr MID	609	25	62
M Aydın MID	607	56	122
A Gantenbein DEF	374	28	60
M Sylla FWD	364	10	75
Subs
A Younes FWD	630	20	85
A Donkor DEF	377	15	48
F Sánchez DEF	283	8	29
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	246	8	40
P Ba FWD	123	5	34

Elversberg Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	18	7	9
N Kristof	F Asllani	M Neubauer	L Pinckert

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Kristof GLK	33			3 -
E. Baum DEF	32	3	5	5 1
L Pinckert DEF	32		2	9 -
F Joncour DEF	16	1	1	1 -
M Neubauer DEF	33	2	7	4 -
R Fellhauer MID	24	5	3	5 -
S Sahin MID	21	4	3	5 -
L Petkov MID	29	3	2	6 1
M Damar MID	30	9	4	4 -
T Zimmerschied MID	23	4	5	-
F Asllani FWD	32	18	7	5 -
Subs
T Boss GLK				2 -
M Rohr DEF	24			5 -
M Feil MID	26		3	2 -
J. Schmahl MID	29	1		2 1
C Sickinger MID	31	5		4 -
L Schnellbacher MID	28	6	1	1 -
F. Gerezgiher FWD	19	1	1	2 -
P Stock FWD	20		3	1 -
Y Ebnoutalib FWD	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
18	41	7	34
F Asllani	F Asllani	M Neubauer	M Neubauer

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Asllani FWD	18	41	7	20
M Damar MID	9	23	4	18
R Fellhauer MID	5	9	3	10
S Sahin MID	4	6	3	10
T Zimmerschied MID	4	15	5	8
E. Baum DEF	3	6	5	17
L Petkov MID	3	15	2	10
M Neubauer DEF	2	8	7	34
F Joncour DEF	1	1	1	1
L Pinckert DEF		2	2	7
Subs
L Schnellbacher MID	6	14	1	9
C Sickinger MID	5	9		6
J. Schmahl MID	1	5		3
F. Gerezgiher FWD	1	2	1	4
M Rohr DEF				3
M Feil MID		6	3	5
P Stock FWD			3	5
Y Ebnoutalib FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1892	77	181
L Pinckert	E. Baum	E. Baum

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L Pinckert DEF	1892	60	147
M Neubauer DEF	1468	53	99
N Kristof GLK	1307	1	10
E. Baum DEF	1111	77	181
R Fellhauer MID	936	46	121
S Sahin MID	805	37	65
F Joncour DEF	805	8	33
M Damar MID	745	29	101
F Asllani FWD	651	16	134
L Petkov MID	548	44	159
T Zimmerschied MID	510	24	77
Subs
M Rohr DEF	1294	55	112
C Sickinger MID	1047	44	129
J. Schmahl MID	561	19	52
L Schnellbacher MID	276	9	67
M Feil MID	198	22	35
P Stock FWD	118	11	20
F. Gerezgiher FWD	116	9	24
Y Ebnoutalib FWD	8		1

German Bundesliga 2 match betting previews, predictions and odds

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

Schalke have played 33 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Elversberg lay in 3rd place on 55 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 33 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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