Antonio Nusa: 2 goals and 5 assists in 5 league matches
Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 0.4).
Sun 11 Oct · Bundesligaaway
SC Freiburg2:1Schalke 04
Eggestein 10'Goto 85'
Karaman 30'
Tue 27 Oct · DFB Pokalaway
Rot-Weiss Essen1:2RB Leipzig
Brumme 9'
Baumgartner 78', 82'
Sat 24 Oct · Bundesligaat home
RB Leipzig4:0Elversberg
Gomis 48'Rômulo 66', 90+4'Baumgartner 84'
Wed 21 Oct · Champions Leagueaway
Real Madrid4:1RB Leipzig
Silva 43'Güler 52'Mbappé 83'Diomande 87'
Gomis 85'
Sat 17 Oct · Bundesligaaway
FC Bayern München6:1RB Leipzig
Díaz 12', 47', 69'Pavlovic 26'Olise 34'Kane 52'
Maksimovic 90+1'
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Stadium: Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Referee: Max Burda
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Scoring more than his chances suggest (xG 0.4).
Chances of Europe: 66% after a defeat, 80% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).
Last 5 matches in all competitions. Schalke 04 concede 1.0.
This season in all competitions: 5 matches, no red card, no penalty.
Relegation risk: 21% after a defeat, 12% after a win (10,000 simulations of the rest of the season).
Bundesliga, this season.
Schalke 04 · forward
Last match, FSV Mainz 05: rating 7.0.
RB Leipzig · midfielder
Last match, Elversberg: 2 assists, rating 8.0.
Injuries and suspensions
Schalke 04
RB Leipzig
Schalke 04 host RB Leipzig in Matchday 8 of the Bundesliga, and the hosts have not scored for 264 minutes, the longest run in the league. The visitors have scored in six matches in a row.
Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data and the sources listed below the article
In their last league match before this one, Schalke drew a goalless game with Köln on 24 October. The team are on a run of five matches without a win, and have not won at home in their last three games. Schalke have the fewest goals in the league, just four. They have conceded seven, the third-best record in the Bundesliga. The hosts have not conceded for 172 minutes.
The visitors have scored in six matches in a row. In Matchday 7, RB Leipzig beat Elversberg 4–0 on 24 October. In the league the team have 20 goals, the second-best tally in the Bundesliga behind Bayern, who have scored 25. This season, six of Leipzig's 20 goals came after the 75th minute.
In the 12 league matches so far, RB Leipzig have won eight, Schalke two, and two ended in a draw. The last meeting was played on 27 May 2023 in Leipzig, and RB Leipzig won 4–2. In the last five encounters, the Leipzig side triumphed four times.
Schalke are 16th with six points after seven matches. In the season simulation they now have a 17% chance of relegation. After a win it would be 12%, after a defeat 21%. RB Leipzig are 5th with 12 points after seven matches. Their chance of a place in European competition is now 73%, 80% after a win and 66% after a defeat.
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“This set-up” is Schalke 04 at home and RB Leipzig away, as in this match.
Schalke 04
3W3D4L1.0scored per match1.1conceded per match
2W3D5L0.9scored per match1.4conceded per match
6W3D1L1.5scored per match0.7conceded per match
5W3D2L1.0scored per match0.7conceded per match
4W2D4L1.5scored per match1.7conceded per match
Sun 11 Oct · Bundesligaaway
SC Freiburg2:1Schalke 04
Eggestein 10'Goto 85'
Karaman 30'
Fri 11 Sep · Bundesligaaway
FC Union Berlin1:3Schalke 04
Skarke 90+6'
Gosens 25'Aouchiche 46'Wöber 90+13'
Sun 30 Aug · Bundesligaaway
FC Augsburg3:0Schalke 04
Gregoritsch 18'Kade 79'Ribeiro 90+2'
Mon 24 Aug · DFB Pokalaway
Hallescher FC2:5Schalke 04
Kastull 45'Stierlin 90+1'
Ljubicic 62'Džeko 81' (p), 117'Sylla 98'Adamu 105+1'
Sat 9 May · 2. Bundesligaaway
Nürnberg3:0Schalke 04
Schallenberg 20' (og)Koudossou 45+1'Zoma 72'
Sun 26 Apr · 2. Bundesligaaway
Paderborn2:3Schalke 04
Curda 13'Marino 26'
Ljubicic 35', 83'Aouchiche 40'
Sun 19 Apr · 2. Bundesligaat home
Schalke 044:1Preußen Münster
Karaman 36'Heuer 45' (og)Aouchiche 51'Sylla 66'
Yamada 82'
Sun 12 Apr · 2. Bundesligaaway
Elversberg1:2Schalke 04
Schnellbacher 4'
El-Faouzi 27'Sylla 56'
Sun 15 Mar · 2. Bundesligaat home
Schalke 042:2Hannover 96
Džeko 29'Karaman 38'
Nawrocki 82'Pichler 90+8'
Sat 21 Feb · 2. Bundesligaat home
Schalke 045:3Magdeburg
Hugonet 15' (og)Džeko 39'Karaman 49' (p), 68'Ljubicic 65'
Nollenberger 17'Żukowski 53', 84' (p)
RB Leipzig
5W0D5L2.2scored per match2.0conceded per match
10W0D0L3.2scored per match0.3conceded per match
3W0D7L1.7scored per match2.9conceded per match
2W0D8L1.5scored per match3.1conceded per match
Tue 27 Oct · DFB Pokalaway
Rot-Weiss Essen1:2RB Leipzig
Brumme 9'
Baumgartner 78', 82'
Sat 24 Oct · Bundesligaat home
RB Leipzig4:0Elversberg
Gomis 48'Rômulo 66', 90+4'Baumgartner 84'
Wed 21 Oct · Champions Leagueaway
Real Madrid4:1RB Leipzig
Silva 43'Güler 52'Mbappé 83'Diomande 87'
Gomis 85'
Sat 17 Oct · Bundesligaaway
FC Bayern München6:1RB Leipzig
Díaz 12', 47', 69'Pavlovic 26'Olise 34'Kane 52'
Maksimovic 90+1'
Sat 10 Oct · Bundesligaat home
RB Leipzig6:0Eintracht Frankfurt
Banzuzi 1'Nkunku 5', 41', 44'Nusa 54'Gomis 89'
Sun 20 Sep · Bundesligaaway
Bayer 04 Leverkusen2:0RB Leipzig
Schick 44'Gutiérrez 57'
Sun 13 Sep · Bundesligaat home
RB Leipzig5:0Hamburger SV
Gomis 17'Nusa 28'Orbán 72'Nkunku 74'Rômulo 77'
Thu 10 Sep · Champions Leagueaway
Como4:1RB Leipzig
Baturina 15'Douvikas 38'Diao 54'Perrone 90'
Maksimovic 58'
Sat 5 Sep · Bundesligaaway
Werder Bremen3:1RB Leipzig
Dinkçi 4'Füllkrug 68'Grüll 80'
Baku 90+5'
Sat 29 Aug · Bundesligaat home
RB Leipzig3:0Borussia Mönchengladbach
Baku 25'Nusa 49'Reitz 66'
Sat 22 Aug · DFB Pokalaway
Eintracht Trier0:6RB Leipzig
Gruda 2'Orbán 6'Baku 45+1'Harder 76'Nusa 90+2'Banzuzi 90+5'
Sat 15 Aug · Friendlyaway
FC Bayern München3:1RB Leipzig
Díaz 13'Brown 57'Musiala 81'
Gruda 52'
Sat 16 May · Bundesligaaway
SC Freiburg4:1RB Leipzig
Beste 24'Matanovic 26'Ginter 47'Scherhant 75'
Ouédraogo 33'
Sat 9 May · Bundesligaat home
RB Leipzig2:1St. Pauli
Schlager 45'Orbán 54'
Ceesay 86'
Sat 2 May · Bundesligaaway
Bayer 04 Leverkusen4:1RB Leipzig
Schick 25', 76', 89'Tella 45'
Baumgartner 80'
Fri 24 Apr · Bundesligaat home
RB Leipzig3:1FC Union Berlin
Finkgräfe 22'Rômulo 25'Baku 63'
Doekhi 78'
Sat 18 Apr · Bundesligaaway
Eintracht Frankfurt1:3RB Leipzig
Larsson 34'
Diomande 27'Nusa 70'Harder 81'
Fri 20 Mar · Bundesligaat home
RB Leipzig5:0TSG Hoffenheim
Gruda 17', 44'Baumgartner 21', 30'Henrichs 78'
Sat 7 Mar · Bundesligaat home
RB Leipzig2:1FC Augsburg
Diomande 76'Chaves 90+2' (og)
Fellhauer 39'
Per match, the last 5 matches in all competitions: corners 3.8 · 4.2; cards 2.2 · 1.8
12 meetings since 2016. The last 5 below.
0 draws5.0 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 5
0 draws3.6 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 5
1 draw3.6 goals per match · both scored in 3 of 5
The data provider's expected XI.
Schalke 04RB Leipzig
When the clubs announce the official lineups (usually an hour before kick-off), they replace the expected ones.
Schalke 04: Maximilian Wöber, Adrian Gantenbein, Janik Bachmann, Johannes Siebeking, Moussa Sylla, Robin Gosens, Ron Schallenberg, Soufiane El-FaouziRB Leipzig: Assan Ouédraogo, Christopher Nkunku, Marc Guiu, Maxime Estève
Miron MuslićSchalke 04 Martín DemichelisRB Leipzig
Schalke 04
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RB Leipzig
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Player intelligence
The data provider's forecast, not GolVolt's. It says how often a match like this ends each way.
Out of 20 matches like this, Schalke 04 win 9, 5 end level and RB Leipzig win 6.
Schalke 04 have the higher chance, mostly thanks to playing at home. By Volt (strength from league results) RB Leipzig rate higher: 47.8 and 59.7.
The five likeliest from the score grid.
The forecast, and under it what happened in each club's last 10 matches.
Chance that each side scores: 56%.
Each club's chance in its part of the table, after each result.
RB Leipzig: 14 percentage points of European-place chance between a win and a defeat.
From 10,000 simulations of the rest of the season. How we count
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