Bundesliga Round 8 2026-10-31 · 14:30 UTC scheduled
Schalke 04 (home)
VS Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
RB Leipzig (away)
Prediction
19% Schalke 04 (home)
25% Draw
56% RB Leipzig (away) Model favorite
Expected goals 1.08 — 1.69 Over 2.5 goals: 52% Both teams to score: 54%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Schalke 04 RB Leipzig
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 0.982.04
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.462.2
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 77
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 19.4 14.1
Matches in the last 7 days 13
Matches in the next 7 days 12
Travel to this match (km) 70367

What the data says

Match data Moderate evidence

Schalke 04 vs RB Leipzig: what the data says

Home last five: 1.00 points, 1.10 xG for, 1.58 against per game. Away: 1.20 / 2.08 / 2.15.

Schalke 04RB Leipzig
0.80 Goals per match 2.60
0.80 Goals conceded per match 2.20
1.10 xG per match 2.08

What is worth noting before kickoff?

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability is below 70%; in backtests matches in this band end as predicted about 53.4% of the time.

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Schalke 04

  • injured Ayman Gülasi return: Late December 2026
  • injured Dejan Ljubičić return: Late October 2026
  • injured Kenan Karaman return: About 1-2 weeks
  • injured Maximilian Wöber return: Early January 2027
  • injured Moussa Sylla return: Early November 2026
  • injured Robin Gosens return: About 1-2 weeks
  • injured Ron Schallenberg return: About 1-2 weeks
  • injured Soufian El-Faouzi return: About 1-2 weeks

RB Leipzig

  • injured Assan Ouédraogo return: Late December 2026
  • injured Christopher Nkunku return: doubtful
  • injured Marc Guiu return: A few weeks

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Schalke 04 2 · 2 2 draws · 8 RB Leipzig

DateHome ScoreAway
2023-05-27RB Leipzig 4 - 2Schalke 04
2023-01-24Schalke 04 1 - 6RB Leipzig
2021-02-06Schalke 04 0 - 3RB Leipzig
2020-10-03RB Leipzig 4 - 0Schalke 04
2020-02-22Schalke 04 0 - 5RB Leipzig
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Data coverage

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