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

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Home advantage is often beneficial in the Bundesliga 2, and Karel Geraerts’s FC Schalke 04 will have the joy of it on Saturday evening. Daniel Thioune’s Fortuna Dusseldorf are their visitors to the Veltins-Arena. Analysing both teams' last 20 Bundesliga 2 matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the stats, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds from leading bookmakers.

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FC Schalke 04's next match is v Osnabruck at 17:30 on Tuesday 7th May

The last German Bundesliga 2 meeting between Schalke and Dusseldorf was on Saturday 27th April 2024

German Bundesliga 2

April 27th 2024

Schalke 1	1 Dusseldorf

K. Karaman 55'	67' A. Tanaka

	S04 F95
Shots On	2 6
Shots Off	7 7
Corners	4 4
Possession	45% 55%
Fouls	14 7
Yellow/red cards	4/0 2/0

Schalke	Dusseldorf

M. Müller T. Ouwejan B. Soppy (Van Der Sloot 68') M. Kamiński T. Kalas R. Schallenberg P. Seguin K. Karaman Y. Kabadayı (B. Lasme 84') S. Terodde (F. Ouedraogo 75') K. Topp (L. Tempelmann 84')	F. Kastenmeier M. Zimmermann T. Oberdorf (N. Gavory 90') E. Iyoha (M. Sobottka 80') J. de Wijs Y. Engelhardt (A. Tanaka 63') Í. Jóhannesson S. Appelkamp (S. Mustapha 80') F. Klaus (J. Quarshie 80') V. Vermeij C. Tzolis

Best Tip: Both teams to score

After surveying all relevant stats, including historical head-to-head (H2H) data, we predict this tie will deliver both joy and despair to both home and away fans. We predict both Schalke and Dusseldorf to find the back of the net during the 90 minutes, but the ultimate winner of the match seems less clear. Bookmaker's odds also point towards a both teams to score bet, and that's what we'd recommend going with.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Dusseldorf coming away with a win.

Predictions	Bet365	Coral	Betfred	888Sport
Schalke 34%	17/10 6%	8/5	-	-
Draw 23%	13/5	23/10 3%	-	-
Dusseldorf 43%	29/20 2%	13/10	-	-
Draw 1-1 10%	6/1 7%	11/2 7%	-	-
Dusseldorf 2-1 9%	9/1	15/2	-	-
Schalke 2-1 8%	9/1	8/1	-	-
Draw 2-2 7%	11/1 9%	9/1 5%	-	-
Dusseldorf 1-0 7%	10/1 8%	17/2 5%	-	-
Schalke 1-0 6%	11/1 8%	9/1 9%	-	-
Dusseldorf 2-0 6%	14/1	11/1	-	-
Dusseldorf 3-1 5%	16/1	12/1	-	-
Schalke 2-0 4%	14/1	12/1	-	-
Schalke 3-1 4%	18/1	14/1	-	-
Dusseldorf 3-2 4%	22/1 10%	16/1 13%	-	-
Draw 0-0 4%	14/1 12%	10/1 8%	-	-
Schalke 3-2 3%	22/1 10%	16/1	-	-
Dusseldorf 3-0 3%	22/1 12%	16/1 11%	-	-
Schalke 3-0 2%	28/1 12%	20/1	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 64%	3/5 2%	-	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 36%	13/10 2%	-	-	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	21/20 3%	-	-	-
Away 1st Goal 50%	4/5	-	-	-
No 1st Goal 2%	14/1 12%	-	-	-
BTTS - Yes 65%	8/15 2%	1/2 1%	-	-
BTTS - No 35%	11/8 5%	7/5 4%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 20%	7/2 4%	16/5 5%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	16/5 5%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 25%	10/3 8%	29/10 4%	-	-
Home/draw 57%	8/15 2%	11/20	-	-
Away/draw 66%	4/9 4%	4/9	-	-
Home/away 77%	2/7	2/7	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	2/11 1%	-	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	7/2 10%	-	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 42%	6/4 11%	-	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 58%	1/2 4%	-	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	10/3 8%	-	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	1/5 2%	-	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 12%	8/1 13%	-	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1/14 1%	-	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1/33 1%	-	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	14/1 12%	-	-	-
Home DNB 50%	10/11 4%	19/20	-	-
Away DNB 59%	4/5 2%	3/4	-	-
Schalke win to nil 14%	9/2	-	-	-
Dusseldorf win to nil 18%	4/1 9%	-	-	-
Schalke / Schalke 19%	10/3 8%	16/5	-	-
Schalke / Dusseldorf 4%	22/1 10%	18/1	-	-
Schalke / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1 9%	-	-
Draw / Schalke 13%	11/2	5/1 8%	-	-
Draw / Dusseldorf 14%	5/1 8%	19/4	-	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1 8%	9/2	-	-
Dusseldorf / Schalke 4%	22/1	18/1	-	-
Dusseldorf / Dusseldorf 20%	3/1	14/5 1%	-	-
Dusseldorf / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1 9%	-	-

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Schalke have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

22 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Schalke have conceded 50 goals, scored 33, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Schalke have played 15 games at home, winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 28 goals, conceded 19 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Dusseldorf lay in 3rd place on 55 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 27 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 6 and losing 5 games. They have scored 63 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Dusseldorf have conceded 32 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Dusseldorf have played 15 away games, winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 2.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

Schalke

Won

Draw

Lost

Scores

Dusseldorf

HOME	AWAY	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY
w 3-1F	l 3-1A	St. Pauli	32	18	9	5	23	63	l 1-2A	d 0-00-0
l 0-2A	l 1-0A	Holstein	31	19	4	8	24	61	l 0-1A	May 11
d 1-1F	l 5-3A	Dusseldorf Away	32	17	8	7	31	59	-	-
l 0-2A	l 5-3A	Hamburg	32	16	7	9	18	55	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
d 0-00-0	l 3-0A	Karlsruher	31	13	10	8	17	49	w 3-1A	d 2-2F
w 3-2F	d 1-1F	Hannover	31	11	13	7	14	46	d 1-1A	d 2-2F
d 3-3F	l 3-1A	Paderborn	31	13	7	11	-1	46	l 1-2A	l 4-3A
l 1-2A	l 5-2A	H.Berlin	31	12	9	10	11	45	w 1-0F	d 2-2A
d 2-2F	May 19	Greuther	31	13	6	12	-1	45	w 1-0F	l 1-0A
l 1-2A	d 1-1A	Elversberg	31	11	7	13	-10	40	d 1-1F	w 0-5F
w 4-3A	l 3-0A	Magdeburg	31	9	10	12	-4	37	May 19	w 2-3A
-	-	Schalke Home	31	10	7	14	-10	37	w 5-3F	d 1-1A
w 2-0F	w 1-2F	Nurnberg	32	10	7	15	-21	37	w 3-1F	w 0-5F
w 1-0F	l 1-0A	E. Braun	31	10	4	17	-12	34	w 2-0F	w 1-4F
w 3-0F	l 4-1A	Kaiserslautern	31	9	6	16	-11	33	w 4-3A	w 1-3A
w 1-0F	d 1-1F	Wiesbaden	31	8	8	15	-11	32	l 1-3A	w 0-2F
May 11	w 0-2F	Rostock	31	9	4	18	-24	31	w 2-0F	w 1-3F
w 4-0F	May 7	Osnabruck	31	5	10	16	-33	25	d 1-1F	w 0-4F

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM
Schalke	2 - 0	Nurnberg
Schalke	0 - 0	Karlsruher
Schalke	3 - 3	Paderborn
Schalke	3 - 1	St. Pauli
Schalke	1 - 0	Wiesbaden
Schalke	1 - 0	E. Braun
Schalke	0 - 2	Hamburg
Schalke	2 - 2	Greuther
Schalke	4 - 0	Osnabruck
Schalke	1 - 2	Elversberg
Schalke	3 - 2	Hannover
Schalke	1 - 2	H.Berlin
Schalke	4 - 3	Magdeburg
Schalke	0 - 2	Holstein
Schalke	3 - 0	Kaiserslautern
Schalke	2 - 2	E.Frankfurt
Schalke	2 - 1	W.Bremen
Schalke	5 - 2	H.Berlin
Schalke	0 - 3	Leverkusen
Schalke	2 - 2	Dortmund

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM
A	Schalke	1 - 1	Elversberg
H	Schalke	2 - 0	Nurnberg
A	Schalke	1 - 1	Hannover
H	Schalke	0 - 0	Karlsruher
A	Schalke	2 - 5	H.Berlin
H	Schalke	3 - 3	Paderborn
H	Schalke	3 - 1	St. Pauli
A	Schalke	0 - 3	Magdeburg
H	Schalke	1 - 0	Wiesbaden
A	Schalke	0 - 1	Holstein
H	Schalke	1 - 0	E. Braun
A	Schalke	1 - 4	Kaiserslautern
H	Schalke	0 - 2	Hamburg
H	Schalke	2 - 2	Greuther
A	Schalke	2 - 0	Rostock
H	Schalke	4 - 0	Osnabruck
A	Schalke	3 - 5	Dusseldorf
H	Schalke	1 - 2	Elversberg
A	Schalke	2 - 1	Nurnberg
H	Schalke	3 - 2	Hannover

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM
Wiesbaden	0 - 2	Dusseldorf
Kaiserslautern	1 - 3	Dusseldorf
Osnabruck	0 - 4	Dusseldorf
Hannover	2 - 2	Dusseldorf
Karlsruher	2 - 2	Dusseldorf
Paderborn	4 - 3	Dusseldorf
H.Berlin	2 - 2	Dusseldorf
Magdeburg	2 - 3	Dusseldorf
Nurnberg	0 - 5	Dusseldorf
Greuther	1 - 0	Dusseldorf
E. Braun	1 - 4	Dusseldorf
Hamburg	1 - 0	Dusseldorf
Rostock	1 - 3	Dusseldorf
Elversberg	0 - 5	Dusseldorf
St. Pauli	0 - 0	Dusseldorf
Kaiserslautern	0 - 3	Dusseldorf
St. Pauli	0 - 0	Dusseldorf
Nurnberg	2 - 0	Dusseldorf
Arminia	2 - 2	Dusseldorf
Rostock	2 - 5	Dusseldorf

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM
H	Dusseldorf	1 - 0	Greuther
A	Dusseldorf	2 - 0	Wiesbaden
H	Dusseldorf	2 - 0	E. Braun
A	Dusseldorf	3 - 1	Kaiserslautern
A	Dusseldorf	4 - 0	Osnabruck
H	Dusseldorf	2 - 0	Hamburg
A	Dusseldorf	2 - 2	Hannover
H	Dusseldorf	2 - 0	Rostock
A	Dusseldorf	2 - 2	Karlsruher
H	Dusseldorf	1 - 1	Elversberg
A	Dusseldorf	3 - 4	Paderborn
H	Dusseldorf	1 - 2	St. Pauli
A	Dusseldorf	2 - 2	H.Berlin
A	Dusseldorf	3 - 2	Magdeburg
H	Dusseldorf	0 - 1	Holstein
A	Dusseldorf	5 - 0	Nurnberg
H	Dusseldorf	5 - 3	Schalke
A	Dusseldorf	0 - 1	Greuther
H	Dusseldorf	1 - 3	Wiesbaden
A	Dusseldorf	4 - 1	E. Braun

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Schalke

Dusseldorf

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 4

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

1 / 4

S04

F95

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

Schalke

Dusseldorf

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

Clean sheets

1 / 9

S04

F95

FIXTURE HISTORY
Dusseldorf	5 - 3
Dusseldorf	2 - 1
Schalke	3 - 1
Dusseldorf	2 - 1
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
	0 - 4	Dusseldorf
	0 - 2	Schalke
Schalke	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Fortuna Dusseldorf have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 14 consecutive Bundesliga 2 games. Their PG of 1.7 against FC Schalke 04 on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Schalke 12th	Dusseldorf 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ 7% There is a 78% probability that Schalke will score 1 or more goals	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that Dusseldorf will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+15 Schalke have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted	+58 Dusseldorf have scored 58% more goals when away than predicted
	2.0 average goals scored	2.4 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.2 conceded

Statistics Bundesliga 2 - 2023/2024 Season

S04

F95

24%

better

view stats

Games scored	24		28
Failed to score	7		4
Scored first	14		17
Goals scored	47		68
Avg. goals scored	1.5		2.1
Avg. shots per game	11		12
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate	14%		18%
KickOff rating		+24%

S04

F95

21%

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Games conceded	24		22
Clean sheets	7		10
Conceded first	16		14
Goals conceded	57		37
Avg. goals conceded	1.8		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate	17%		14%
KickOff rating		+21%

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

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	10	6	8
M Kaminski	K Karaman	K Karaman	P Seguin

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Müller GLK	16			-
B Soppy DEF	3			1 -
T Kalas DEF	22	1		1 -
M Kaminski DEF	26	2		5 -
T Ouwejan DEF	24	2	5	2 -
P Seguin MID	25	2	2	8 -
R Schallenberg MID	21		1	6 1
Y. Kabadayı MID	18	4		4 -
K Karaman MID	24	10	6	3 -
K Topp FWD	20	2	2	2 -
S Terodde FWD	24	5	3	1 -
Subs
M Langer GLK	3			-
I Cissé DEF	1			1 1
H Matriciani DEF	22			2 -
S Sloot DEF	2			-
L Tempelmann MID	19	1	1	1 -
B Idrizi MID	15	1	2	2 -
T Mohr MID	16	1	1	1 -
A Ouédraogo MID	14	2	1	2 -
B Lasme FWD	23	4	1	1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	24	6	12
K Karaman	K Karaman	K Karaman	T Ouwejan

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Karaman MID	10	24	6	10
S Terodde FWD	5	18	3	2
Y. Kabadayı MID	4	11		1
M Kaminski DEF	2	9		2
T Ouwejan DEF	2	10	5	12
P Seguin MID	2	5	2	3
K Topp FWD	2	6	2	2
T Kalas DEF	1	2		1
R Schallenberg MID		3	1	4
Subs
B Lasme FWD	4	11	1	3
A Ouédraogo MID	2	6	1	1
L Tempelmann MID	1	4	1	1
B Idrizi MID	1	2	2	3
T Mohr MID	1	7	1	4
H Matriciani DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1545	54	121
M Kaminski	R Schallenberg	T Kalas

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M Kaminski DEF	1545	24	91
T Kalas DEF	1059	19	121
P Seguin MID	1045	32	93
R Schallenberg MID	849	54	111
K Karaman MID	579	14	118
M Müller GLK	555		7
T Ouwejan DEF	537	32	53
S Terodde FWD	312	13	118
Y. Kabadayı MID	166	16	45
K Topp FWD	149	10	39
B Soppy DEF	49	5	11
Subs
H Matriciani DEF	429	40	76
L Tempelmann MID	373	24	61
T Mohr MID	359	13	31
B Idrizi MID	248	13	45
B Lasme FWD	165	12	69
A Ouédraogo MID	145	9	55
M Langer GLK	89
I Cissé DEF	38	1	2
S Sloot DEF	4	1	1

Dusseldorf Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	18	9	8
F Kastenmeier	C Tzolis	S Appelkamp	Y Engelhardt

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
F Kastenmeier GLK	29			2 -
M Zimmermann DEF	20	1	5	2 -
T Oberdorf DEF	18		1	1 -
J Wijs DEF	25	2	2	5 -
E Iyoha DEF	20	1		4 -
F Klaus MID	26	6	2	4 -
S Appelkamp MID	20	3	9	1 -
Y Engelhardt MID	26	3	2	8 -
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson MID	24	3	5	5 -
C Tzolis MID	26	18	6	5 -
V Vermeij FWD	26	9	3	4 -
Subs
K Niemczycki GLK				-
N Gavory DEF	21		4	3 -
A Hoffmann DEF	11	1		1 -
J Quarshie DEF	6			1 -
M Sobottka MID	9			2 -
A Tanaka MID	26	6	3	2 -
J Niemiec FWD	24	3	2	2 -
C Daferner FWD	10		1	-
M Mustapha FWD	7	2		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
18	28	9	14
C Tzolis	C Tzolis	S Appelkamp	C Tzolis

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Tzolis MID	18	28	6	14
V Vermeij FWD	9	15	3	3
F Klaus MID	6	18	2	2
S Appelkamp MID	3	7	9	7
Y Engelhardt MID	3	3	2	2
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson MID	3	5	5	8
J Wijs DEF	2	6	2	3
M Zimmermann DEF	1	4	5	3
E Iyoha DEF	1	8		1
T Oberdorf DEF		3	1	1
Subs
A Tanaka MID	6	12	3	6
J Niemiec FWD	3	5	2	5
M Mustapha FWD	2	5		1
A Hoffmann DEF	1	1
N Gavory DEF		2	4	6
M Sobottka MID		1
C Daferner FWD		1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1617	60	135
F Kastenmeier	Y Engelhardt	Y Engelhardt

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
F Kastenmeier GLK	1617		13
Y Engelhardt MID	1349	60	135
J Wijs DEF	1268	20	78
M Zimmermann DEF	1041	45	84
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson MID	826	24	51
T Oberdorf DEF	663	8	37
E Iyoha DEF	661	25	84
C Tzolis MID	591	24	102
F Klaus MID	566	36	106
S Appelkamp MID	566	15	47
V Vermeij FWD	368	6	91
Subs
A Tanaka MID	1149	29	91
A Hoffmann DEF	701	11	32
N Gavory DEF	556	15	54
J Quarshie DEF	274	5	21
M Sobottka MID	274	7	24
J Niemiec FWD	127	17	53
C Daferner FWD	86	4	28
M Mustapha FWD	45	3	12