Start with the recent run. In their 10 recorded matches they are 2W 3D 5L, 9 scored and 13 conceded, 0.9 points per game. Behind it the model carries them at 1517.
Facing the field-average side, they would expect 46.6% of points. Compared with the field, the defensive figure is the more distinctive of the two. Across their last 34 matches in our records, all competitions included, their longest unbeaten stretch ran to 12 matches. Across the five newest recorded results: 0 won, 4 lost. Taking their latest 34 recorded matches across competitions, at the other extreme they lost 0-3, a 3-goal margin. Across their last 34 matches in our records, all competitions included, the defence has held out completely in 12 of 34 fixtures. Competition averages use our recorded results from 2025 onward. That is 17 points above the 1500 start. Set against the 20 teams in the same competition, they sit 24 points below the mean rating, scores 0.60 below its average scoring rate and concedes 0.06 above its average conceding rate. The rating stands at 1517, built from 494 rated matches. Looking at their last 34 matches on record across competitions, per match: 1.32 scored, 1.15 conceded.
Source: our own elo-poisson-v1 model, run over the complete match record.
Team Overview
Our Elo rating for Schalke is 1517; they are in the lower half of the Bundesliga field. Schalke lost to Augsburg 0-3 in the Bundesliga (2026/27); next they drew with Bayern 0-0, beat Union Berlin 3-1, drew with Elversberg 0-0, lost to Freiburg 1-2, lost to Mainz 0-1, drew with 1. FC Köln 0-0 and lost to RB Leipzig 0-2. The recorded goals include contributions by Robin Gosens, Adil Aouchiche, Maximilian Wöber and Adrian Gantenbein. Schalke conceded 39 goals across their last 34 matches in our records, all competitions, averaging 1.15 per game. Schalke scored 45 goals at 1.32 per game. Schalke kept 12 clean sheets, a 35.3% share. Schalke averaged 2.00 points at home and 1.28 away. Schalke's Elo fell 70 points between 24 August 2026 and 31 October 2026, moving from 1587 to 1517.
In the 2026/27 Bundesliga table the side ranks 13 of 18 teams, with 5 points from 5 matches. Those points come from 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats, 4 goals for and 6 goals against, a goal difference of -2. In the 2026/27 DFB-Pokal, Schalke have 1 match with a result in our records: 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats, goals 5-2.
In the same data, goals credited to players of Schalke: 9 goals, from 8 players.
Schalke have 45 players in our registered-player data, split into 3 goalkeepers, 13 defenders, 15 midfielders and 14 forwards. Ages among the registered players run from 18 to 40, with a median of 25.0. At the two ends of the age range are Mika Wallentowitz, aged 18, and Edin Džeko, aged 40. Across 6 clubs, the 9 players with a known club are led by Brest (2), Fiorentina (2) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (2). The tallest player with a recorded height is Maximilian Wöber, at 188 cm.
Figures for the 2026/27 Bundesliga on this page, from the table to the scorers and the squad, are as of 14 October 2026.
From 2010/11 to 2026/27, we hold 520 matches of Schalke over 17 seasons and 3 competitions. The 490 matches with a final result break down into 191 wins, 111 draws and 188 defeats for the side: 39% won. They scored 710 goals and conceded 739 goals in those matches, 1.4 and 1.5 per match. Matches with a result and no goal conceded by the side: 27%; with no goal scored: 27%. No win in our data is wider than 11-1 against Teningen, in the DFB-Pokal on 31 July 2011. The heaviest defeat is 0-8 against Bayern in the Bundesliga on 18 September 2020. Most matches in one calendar year: 2013, with 47 matches on record. Between 29 September 2017 and 19 December 2017, the side was unbeaten in 13 matches, a record in our data. Between 17 February 2018 and 31 March 2018, the side won 6 matches in succession, the longest winning run in our data. Across 12 seasons of the Bundesliga with a final table, the side’s best finish is position 2 in 2017/18 and the lowest position 18 in 2020/21. Over 13 seasons of the Bundesliga, the side has 151 wins, 100 draws and 162 defeats in 413 matches with a result, goals 563-623. Over 16 seasons of the DFB-Pokal, the side has 27 wins, 1 draw and 15 defeats in 43 matches with a result, goals 101-55. Over 4 seasons of the Champions League, the side has 13 wins, 10 draws and 11 defeats in 34 matches with a result, goals 46-61. The club’s first match in our data is HSV 2-1 Schalke, Bundesliga, on 21 August 2010.
Bayern are the side Schalke have met most often in our data: 27 matches. The record in those matches is 1 win, 4 draws and 22 defeats for the side, goals 10-76. The most recent meeting with a result, on 5 September 2026 in the Bundesliga, ended Schalke 0-0 Bayern. The club has also met Hoffenheim 26 times, with 8 wins, 5 draws and 13 defeats. The club has also met Wolfsburg 26 times, with 12 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats.