Köln’s Bundesliga home record sets the question against Schalke
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Köln’s stronger home record meets Schalke’s less productive away sample, with both teams also carrying uneven six-match form and multiple absences into the Bundesliga fixture.
Before kickoff
At RheinEnergieStadion on Saturday, October 24, 2026, the key question is whether 1. FC Köln’s home strength can expose FC Schalke 04’s away vulnerability. The Bundesliga Round 7 match starts at 13:30 UTC.
Köln hold the stronger venue record
In the provisional pre-match standings, Köln are #12 with 7 points from 6 games, while Schalke are #15 with 5 points from 6 games. Köln’s home record this league season is 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Schalke’s away record is 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Köln have scored 6 goals in their home games, averaging 2.00 per home game, but have conceded 4 and kept 0 clean sheets. Schalke have scored 4 goals in their away games, averaging 1.30 per away game, while conceding 6 at an average of 2.00 per away game. Neither side has kept a clean sheet in the relevant venue sample.
Form and availability shape the test
Köln’s six-match form sample reads Win, Loss, Draw, Loss, Win, Loss, most recent first. Schalke’s reads Loss, Draw, Win, Draw, Loss, Loss. Köln will be without R. Ache, T. Dallinga, T. Hubers and E. Skhiri; J. Schmied and R. van den Berg are questionable. Schalke will miss K. Karaman, D. Ljubicic, R. Schallenberg, M. Sylla and M. Wober.
Can Köln convert their home scoring record into sustained pressure against a Schalke side that has conceded 6 goals in its away games this season?
Explore match and season data
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Bayern München | WDWWD | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 14 | |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | DDWWW | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 | |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | LWDWW | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 13 | |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | WWWDW | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 13 | |
| 5 | FSV Mainz 05 | WLWLW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | |
| 6 | SV Elversberg | WLDLW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | LWLWL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 9 | |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | DDWDW | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 9 | |
| 9 | Hamburger SV | WWWLL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 9 | |
| 10 | FC Augsburg | LDLDW | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | WLDWL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 8 | |
| 12 | 1. FC Köln | LWLDL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | |
| 13 | VfB Stuttgart | LWLLW | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | |
| 14 | 1899 Hoffenheim | WLLWL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | |
| 15 | FC Schalke 04 | LLDWD | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | |
| 16 | SC Paderborn 07 | DLWLL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | |
| 17 | Union Berlin | DWLLL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 5 | |
| 18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | LLLLL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 0 |