FC Schalke 04

15th · Bundesliga · 5 points · Matches played: 6

9 points behind Bayern München · Table & Fixtures →

L90 Strength L90 Strength is LOAD90’s own club strength rating on a fixed 0–100 scale, built from its Elo rating. League Strength uses the mean Elo of a league's clubs and a separate league calibration, so the two scores are not directly comparable.

-4.4 is current form. We look at the goals the team scores and concedes and at the quality of its chances (expected goals, xG) over recent matches. If attack and defence are playing above what the Elo rating predicts, L90 Strength goes up for the forecast; if below, it goes down.

Base L90 Strength changed +0.5 over the last 5 matches; that is already inside the number. 45.7-4.4
World Rank 101st Global, by Elo
Bundesliga Rank 11th L90 Strength
Last FSV Mainz 05H xG 0.3–1.5 0–1 Next 1.FC KölnA 33%

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Our take

A solid mid-table side.

FC Schalke 04 rely on a mid-table defence, but their attack is among the league's weakest and costs them. Across the 6 league matches with forecasts, their points total is close to our pre-match expectations. D. Ljubičić and M. Sylla are out, and The toughest of the next 3 matches is the visit of RB Leipzig.

Bundesliga · 6 games. Their scorelines look better than their chance balance. Scoring fewer goals than their chances suggest is offset by conceding fewer than expected; good goalkeeping or poor finishing by opponents may explain the defensive gap.

They are comfortable without the ball, with only 40% possession, and look to hurt teams on the break. They are wasteful in front of goal (7% of shots scored). Their results hold up much the same at home and away.

  • Relegation 10%Likely 13th · 39 projected points
  • Next 3: about 4 of 9 points Toughest vs RB Leipzig · , 30% to win
  • 2 key players outD. Ljubičić, M. Sylla · 11% of squad weight missing · Last match: 17 Oct
  • 5 pts vs 6.6 expected-1.6 vs pre-match expectations · 6 matches with forecasts

Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for FC Schalke 04. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals for this club in each category.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses observed Playing style averages; window size is not xG coverage and the two metrics can have different denominators. Points minus xPts uses the same covered current-league matches and stored forecasts as Club strength, including labelled historical reconstructions.

Headlines

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Defence

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

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Season

League position and season results.

Overview

2026-2027
BundesligaView table →
Position
15th/ 18
Points
50.83 PPG
Played
6
League gap
9pts behind leader
16.7%Win %
Wins1
Draws2
Losses3

Expected metrics · 6 of 6 matches covered

Goals For
40.67 / game
xG 6.49 2.49 fewer goals than expected. vs 4 goals
Goals Against
71.17 / game
xGA 11.22 4.22 fewer conceded than expected. vs 7 conceded
Goal Difference
-3-0.50 / game
xGD -4.73 Goal difference is 1.73 higher than expected. vs -3 GD
Clean Sheets
233% of games

League standings

Bundesliga · 2026-2027

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Full Bundesliga table, FC Schalke 04 highlighted
#ClubRatingPWDLGDPtsForm
1▲ Bayern München 94 6420 +17 14
2– Borussia Dortmund 81 6420 +7 14
3▼ SC Freiburg 64 6411 +9 13
4– Bayer Leverkusen 79 6411 +7 13
5▲ FSV Mainz 05 55 6312 +4 10
6▲ SV Elversberg 42 6312 +1 10
7▼ RB Leipzig 68 6303 +5 9
8▼ Werder Bremen 43 6231 +0 9
9▲ Hamburger SV 40 6303 -9 9
10▼ FC Augsburg 50 6222 +4 8
11▲ Eintracht Frankfurt 48 6222 -6 8
12▼ 1.FC Köln 34 6213 -3 7
13▼ VfB Stuttgart 68 6204 -2 6
14▲ 1899 Hoffenheim 49 6204 -3 6
15▼ FC Schalke 04 46 6123 -3 5
16▼ SC Paderborn 07 38 6123 -4 5
17▼ Union Berlin 39 6123 -12 5
18– Borussia Mönchengladbach 36 6006 -12 0

18 clubs · ▲ Up · ▼ Down · – Unchanged · Since the start of the latest played matchweek.

League position over time

Position by matchweek

Higher is better. One point per matchweek; partial rounds are marked. Postponed games count when played. Hover, tap or focus a point for details.

View position history
FC Schalke 04 league position by matchweek
MWResults through (UTC)PositionPtsP
130 Aug 20261701
26 Sep 20261412
313 Sep 20261143
420 Sep 20261154
511 Oct 20261355
618 Oct 20261556

Squad 32 players · this season, all competitions · 2 out

Absences reported for the last match: 17 Oct 2026

Top scorer
A. Aouchiche1 goals
Most assists
C. Adamu1 assists
Best rated
L. Karius7.63 avg rating
Most minutes
L. Karius540 min
Key to the model
S. El-FaouziStarter · weight 1.98
PlayerAgeAppsMinGARatingModel role
Goalkeepers
L. Karius 33 6 (6) 540 0 0 7.63 starter
K. Müller 35 0 (0) 0 0 0 — rotation
Johannes Siebeking — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Defenders
N. Katić 30 6 (6) 507 0 0 7.14 starter
H. Kuruçay 29 6 (6) 496 0 0 7.44 starter
T. Becker 29 6 (5) 433 0 0 6.82 starter
R. Gosens 32 6 (5) 412 1 0 6.68 starter
M. Wöber 28 6 (1) 180 1 0 6.70 rotation
A. Gantenbein 25 2 (2) 139 0 1 6.58 rotation
V. Becker 21 4 (1) 118 0 0 6.58 rotation
M. Ayhan 20 2 (0) 29 0 0 6.55 starter
A. Donkor 28 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Mika Khadr — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Dylan Leonard — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Midfielders
S. El-Faouzi 24 6 (6) 540 0 0 6.49 starter
Satoshi Tanaka 24 5 (5) 417 0 0 6.71 starter
A. Aouchiche 24 6 (5) 412 1 0 6.85 starter
É. Dina Ebimbe 25 5 (2) 282 0 0 6.73 rotation
D. Ljubičić injured 29 3 (3) 185 0 0 6.63 starter
R. Schallenberg 28 3 (1) 123 0 0 6.23 starter
L. Vozar — 1 (0) 16 0 0 6.30 depth
J. Bachmann 30 1 (0) 0 0 0 6.30 depth
M. Grüger 21 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
F. Porath 29 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
Forwards
K. Karaman 32 5 (4) 356 1 0 6.57 starter
M. Sylla injured 26 4 (3) 287 0 0 6.31 starter
C. Adamu 25 4 (3) 230 0 1 6.43 rotation
E. Džeko 40 5 (2) 167 0 0 6.44 starter
H. Hwang 30 4 (0) 71 0 1 6.29 rotation
Zaid Amoussou — 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
C. Gomis 26 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —
B. Lasme 27 0 (0) 0 0 0 — —

Stats are this season in all competitions. Model role is how much the availability model weighs each player before the trip to 1.FC Köln: core, starter, rotation or depth, from several seasons of minutes and ratings.

Performance

Strength, recent form and playing style.

Strength Bundesliga · 18 clubs

L90 Strength11th of 18
46 Elo 1620 · World #101
Current Strength
46 With absences before 24 Oct: +0 Elo
Attack18th of 18
33 Scores 1.31 per match against an average top-five side
Defence8th of 18
50 Concedes 1.54 per match against an average top-five side

In forecast League average

L90 Strength comes from Elo; Attack and Defence from goals scored and conceded, expected goals (xG) and shots on target, all on fixed 0–100 scales shared by every league. These are the numbers the forecast uses.

Strong at both ends Defence first Attack first Struggling Attack → Defence → Bayern München: attack 96, defence 90, L90 Strength 94 Borussia Dortmund: attack 69, defence 80, L90 Strength 81 SC Freiburg: attack 63, defence 73, L90 Strength 64 Bayer Leverkusen: attack 87, defence 79, L90 Strength 79 FSV Mainz 05: attack 68, defence 56, L90 Strength 55 SV Elversberg: attack 44, defence 37, L90 Strength 42 RB Leipzig: attack 76, defence 53, L90 Strength 68 Werder Bremen: attack 56, defence 45, L90 Strength 43 Hamburger SV: attack 37, defence 43, L90 Strength 40 FC Augsburg: attack 72, defence 23, L90 Strength 50 Eintracht Frankfurt: attack 54, defence 37, L90 Strength 48 1.FC Köln: attack 36, defence 36, L90 Strength 34 VfB Stuttgart: attack 70, defence 58, L90 Strength 68 1899 Hoffenheim: attack 46, defence 43, L90 Strength 49 FC Schalke 04: attack 33, defence 50, L90 Strength 46 SC Paderborn 07: attack 34, defence 33, L90 Strength 38 Union Berlin: attack 42, defence 41, L90 Strength 39 Borussia Mönchengladbach: attack 34, defence 21, L90 Strength 36
Every Bundesliga club on the Attack and Defence scales. Dashed lines are the league average. Tap a crest to open that club.

Form last 5 for the index · last 6 listed

41
Form index · 13th of 18 in league
Points, last 5
5
Median top-5 club
6.0
Own forecasts
5.4 -0.4
Table15th L90 Strength11th Form13th

Lower in the table than their strength suggests.

Form compares points with what a median top-five club (L90 Strength 50) would take from the same fixtures, so wins over strong sides count for more; 50 is a typical run. "Own forecasts" is the gap to this club's pre-match expectations. Form is context: in our tests it did not improve the forecast.

  • L17 OctH · FSV Mainz 050–11.4 xPts
  • L11 OctA · SC Freiburg1–20.8 xPts
  • D20 SepH · SV Elversberg0–01.7 xPts
  • W11 SepA · Union Berlin3–11.1 xPts
  • D5 SepH · Bayern München0–00.4 xPts
  • L30 AugA · FC Augsburg0–31.2 xPts

Trends last 6, all competitions

Scored 2/6
Clean sheet 2/6
Conceded 2+ 2/6
Over 2.5 3/6
Both teams scored 2/6

Playing style vs Bundesliga average

SCHLeagueRank
Goals scored 0.67 1.84 18th
Goals conceded 1.17 1.84 4th
xG 1.08 1.75 16th
xG allowed 1.87 1.75 12th
Scored in 33% 76% 17th
Clean sheets 33% 24% 4th
SCHLeagueRank
Shots 10.17 15.55 18th
Shots on target 3.50 5.77 18th
On target share 34% 35% 8th
Box share 72% 68% 6th
Conversion 7% 12% 16th
SCHLeagueRank
Shots allowed 15.17 15.55 7th
On target allowed 6.17 5.71 11th
Blocks 4.50 4.49 7th
Save rate 84% 66% 1st
SCHLeagueRank
Possession 40% 50% 17th
Passes 349 455 17th
Pass accuracy 70% 81% 18th
SCHLeagueRank
Fouls 9.33 11.43 1st
Fouls suffered 11.50 11.44 7th
Yellow cards 0.83 1.71 1st
Red cards 0.17 0.02 17th
This league season, per match · 6 games. Rank among 18 clubs; for conceded, allowed, fouls and cards the lowest ranks 1st.
SCHLeagueRank
Goals scored 0.90 1.84 18th
Goals conceded 1.20 1.74 3rd
xG 1.32 1.71 13th
xG allowed 1.50 1.62 5th
Scored in 50% 80% 17th
Clean sheets 40% 24% 2nd
SCHLeagueRank
Shots 11.00 14.87 18th
Shots on target 3.90 5.55 18th
On target share 36% 36% 13th
Box share 75% 67% 1st
Conversion 8% 12% 17th
SCHLeagueRank
Shots allowed 12.70 14.13 6th
On target allowed 4.80 5.23 7th
Blocks 3.40 4.08 13th
Save rate 79% 66% 2nd
SCHLeagueRank
Possession 45% 51% 15th
Passes 380 455 15th
Pass accuracy 73% 82% 18th
SCHLeagueRank
Fouls 8.90 10.89 2nd
Fouls suffered 11.40 10.68 6th
Yellow cards 1.10 1.70 2nd
Red cards 0.10 0.02 15th
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 games. Rank among 18 clubs; for conceded, allowed, fouls and cards the lowest ranks 1st.

Home and away this league season

Home0.67pts per game0-2-1 · 0.0–0.3 goals · 3 games
Away1.00pts per game1-0-2 · 1.3–2.0 goals · 3 games

Goal timing this league season · 6 games

1 0-15
2 2 16-30
31-45
1 46-60
61-75
1 4 76-90

scored conceded, per 15 minutes

In forecastVia Att/DefContextLeague average

Possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Goals, xG and shots on target feed the Attack and Defence ratings. The rest describes how the team plays and does not change the forecast.

Team rankings Bundesliga · 6 games · rank of 18

Attack

GF 4 18th / 18
GF/G 0.67 18th / 18
xG/G 1.08 16th / 18
G − xG -0.41 17th / 18

Defence

GA 7 4th / 18
GA/G 1.17 4th / 18
xGA/G 1.87 12th / 18
xGA − GA +0.70 3rd / 18

Overall

Pts 5 15th / 18
xPts 6.6 13th / 18
PPG 0.83 15th / 18
TR 6.85 12th / 18
GD -3 11th / 18
xGD -4.7 13th / 18
W 1 15th / 18
L 3 10th / 18

Scorelines

  • 0–0×2
  • 0–3×1
  • 3–1×1
  • 1–2×1
  • 0–1×1

Goals per game both teams

33% 0
17% 1
0% 2
33% 3
17% 4
0% 5+

Totals club · league

Over 1.5
50%81%
Over 2.5
50%74%
Over 3.5
17%56%
Both scored
33%59%
Clean sheet
33%24%
Failed to score
67%24%
ClubLeague average

This league season only. xPts adds up our pre-match win and draw chances (pure EloLambda, the same numbers as Form). xG and TR come from match data and describe the season so far; none of these rankings change the forecast directly.