1. FC Köln vs FC Schalke 04 — Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 68′1. FC Köln, substitution:off
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- 90′1. FC Köln, substitution:off
- 90′1. FC Köln, substitution:off
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1. FC Köln and Schalke 04 share a goalless draw at RheinEnergieStadion
1. FC Köln and FC Schalke 04 drew 0-0 at RheinEnergieStadion on Bundesliga Matchday 7, with neither side able to find a way through over the 90 minutes. The points moved Köln to 8 from seven games, while Schalke finished with 6.
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Köln dominated the ball, holding 62 per cent possession to Schalke's 38, and had 14 shots to nine, five of them on target. Schalke managed only one effort on target all afternoon, and the visitors' defence, with Loris Karius behind it, was rarely stretched beyond that.
The match was a scrappy affair in terms of discipline: Schalke committed 12 fouls to Köln's eight and collected three yellow cards, against two for the hosts. No player was sent off, and the half-time score had also been goalless.
The draw left Köln 11th and Schalke 16th, five places apart. Köln next host Union Berlin in the DFB Pokal on Tuesday, while Schalke travel to Dynamo Dresden in the same competition on Wednesday.
Timo Becker was the highest-rated player on the pitch at 7.87, helping Schalke to a clean sheet in a match they were largely under pressure. Luka Lochoshvili was Köln's best performer with a rating of 7.58.
Köln had 14 shots to Schalke's nine, but only five of them were on target, and none found the net.
1. FC Köln and FC Schalke 04 drew 0–0 (half-time 0–0).
1. FC Köln met FC Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Saturday, 24 October 2026, 13:30 UTC at RheinEnergieStadion. Referee: Harm Osmers. Attendance: 50,000.
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1. FC Köln (4-2-3-1)
FC Schalke 04 (3-4-2-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave 1. FC Köln 41%, the draw 28%, FC Schalke 04 31%. It finished 1. FC Köln 0–0 FC Schalke 04.
Home advantage gives Köln a slight edge — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, the usual home advantage puts 1. FC Köln slightly in front at 41%, though Schalke's recent finishing slump, the kind of cold streak that tends to bounce back, pulls the other way. The draw sits at 28%, close to the usual rate for sides this level, nudged up slightly by that finishing streak.
Why 1. FC Köln in front?
Home ground, and little else. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1542 to 1505. Sides this close won 46.0% of 14,522 home games (draw 27.4%, visitors 26.6%).
Why only 41%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. FC Schalke 04 sit -0.48 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Visitors this cold went on to win 32.0% of 1,642 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally.
Why the draw at 28%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.4%. These teams' recent games average 2.8 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,159. The bounce-back factor adds 1.2 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
1. FC Köln sit -0.33 goals per game under chance-quality. For home sides we could not receipt a bounce-back — the measured cells sit inside each other's noise bands — so this is noted and scores 0. 1. FC Köln come into this after a busy window — 12 arrivals and 9 departures over the summer. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the 1. FC Köln vs FC Schalke 04 final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Bundesliga fixture.
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