FC Schalke 04 vs Eintracht Braunschweig, 2. Bundesliga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Schalke 04 vs Eintracht Braunschweig — 2. Bundesliga at Veltins-Arena.
- FC Schalke 04 34 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
- Eintracht Braunschweig 34 games · 37 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Robert Kampka
- Assistant 1 Marcel Gasteier
- Assistant 2 Steven Greif
13 games this season 🟨 1.6/game ⚽ 4.5 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Schalke 04 34 70 2 SV 07 Elversberg 34 62 3 SC Paderborn 07 34 62 4 Hannover 96 34 60 5 SV Darmstadt 98 34 52 6 1. FC Kaiserslautern 34 52 7 Hertha BSC 34 51 8 1. FC Nurnberg 34 46 9 VfL Bochum 1848 34 44 10 Karlsruher SC 34 44 11 SG Dynamo Dresden 34 41 12 Holstein Kiel 34 41 13 Arminia Bielefeld 34 39 14 1. FC Magdeburg 34 39 15 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 37 16 SpVgg Greuther Furth 1903 34 37 17 TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf 34 37 18 SC Preussen Munster 34 30 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May Eintracht Braunschweig H 1–0 W 09 May 1. FC Nurnberg A 0–3 L 02 May TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf H 1–0 W 26 Apr SC Paderborn 07 A 3–2 W 19 Apr SC Preussen Munster H 4–1 W 12 Apr SV 07 Elversberg A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May FC Schalke 04 A 0–1 L 09 May SG Dynamo Dresden H 2–1 W 02 May Holstein Kiel A 0–2 L 24 Apr 1. FC Kaiserslautern A 2–0 W 19 Apr Hertha BSC H 1–1 D 12 Apr VfL Bochum 1848 A 1–4 L Season Stats
FC Schalke 04 Eintracht Braunschweig #1 Position #15 70 Points 37 34 Played 34 21 / 7 / 6 W / D / L 10 / 7 / 17 50 Scored 36 31 Conceded 54 +19 GD -18 2.06 PPG 1.09 62% Win % 29% Key Stats
43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history41% Clean Sheets
FC Schalke 04 this season18% Clean Sheets
Eintracht Braunschweig this seasonFC Schalke 04 are 1st (70 pts). Eintracht Braunschweig are 15th (37 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Schalke 040-151/216-301/131-454/146-602/–61-752/176+1/1■ Scored ■ ConcededEintracht Braunschweig0-151/216-301/131-45–/346-601/–61-752/176+2/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Eintracht Braunschweig gets underway.
- 5' FC Schalke 04 is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' The travelling Eintracht Braunschweig supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Schalke 04 needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 20' Eintracht Braunschweig looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 25' Mertcan Ayhan needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 30' It looks surprising FC Schalke 04 does not make any changes. Moussa Sylla has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' FC Schalke 04 started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
- 36' GOAL! Adil Aouchiche scores on 36.
- 41' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 45' Dejan Ljubicic was booked on 45.
- 50' Kevin Ehlers has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 35 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 55' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 55 minutes.
- 60' It’s high time Marc Pfitzner made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 65' Eintracht Braunschweig seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 70' The referee shows Eintracht Braunschweig player a card on 70.
- 75' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Eintracht Braunschweig that had 279 games and scored 109 goals.
- 80' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Fabio Kaufmann made 4 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 85' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Schalke 04 is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 90' Supporters expect more eagerness from Loris Karius, as he is very good at scoring at Veltins-Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for FC Schalke 04 and Eintracht Braunschweig (для сухой ничьи).
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Lineups
FC Schalke 04 Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 9
- 19
- 1
- 21
- 6
- 24
- 5
- 23
- 16
- 4
- 43
Bench
- 22
- 10
- 14
- 18
- 25
- 7
- 17
- 33
- 3
Coach Miron MuslicEintracht Braunschweig Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
- 1
- 7
- 21
- 6
- 20
- 8
- 10
- 4
- 11
- 44
- 22
Bench
- 19
- 17
- 9
- 30
- 37
- 29
- 25
- 15
- 33
Coach Marc Pfitzner -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kenan Karaman 4 Moussa Sylla 2 Kevin Ehlers 1 Paul Seguin 1 Danny Latza 1 Anthony Ujah 1 Adil Aouchiche 1 Fabio Kaufmann 1 Head to Head
FC Schalke 04 Form
2026-05-17 FC Schalke 04 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig W 2026-05-09 1. FC Nurnberg 3–0 FC Schalke 04 L 2026-05-02 FC Schalke 04 1–0 TSV Fortuna 95 Dusseldorf W 2026-04-26 SC Paderborn 07 2–3 FC Schalke 04 W 2026-04-19 FC Schalke 04 4–1 SC Preussen Munster W 2026-04-12 SV 07 Elversberg 1–2 FC Schalke 04 WEintracht Braunschweig Form
2026-05-17 FC Schalke 04 1–0 Eintracht Braunschweig L 2026-05-09 Eintracht Braunschweig 2–1 SG Dynamo Dresden W 2026-05-02 Holstein Kiel 2–0 Eintracht Braunschweig L 2026-04-24 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0–2 Eintracht Braunschweig W 2026-04-19 Eintracht Braunschweig 1–1 Hertha BSC D 2026-04-12 VfL Bochum 1848 4–1 Eintracht Braunschweig L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.76 FC Schalke 04 xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.57 Eintracht Braunschweig xGI would bet for: FC Schalke 04 to win 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 63%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Schalke 04 winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.33Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 67% 33% ± 2.5 41% 59% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
FC Schalke 04 or Draw 87%Draw or Eintracht Braunschweig 36%FC Schalke 04 or Eintracht Braunschweig 76%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Schalke 04 win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 Actual2 – 0 14.6%0 – 0 11.7%1 – 1 10.4%3 – 0 8.4%2 – 1 8.4%3 – 1 5%0 – 1 4.6%4 – 0 3.7%1 – 2 2.6%2 – 2 2.4%4 – 1 2.3%Asian Handicap — FC Schalke 04
Handicap FC Schalke 04 covers Push Eintracht Braunschweig covers -2.5 18% — 82% -2 18% 20% 62% -1.5 38% — 62% -1 38% 26% 35% -0.5 65% — 35% +0.5 90% — 10% +1 90% 8% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 2% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
FC Schalke 04 keeps clean sheet 57% ✓Eintracht Braunschweig keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.