📏 Form Guide

Schalke

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Schalke will play in this game following on from a 1-1 Bundesliga 2 stalemate against Darmstadt.

In that game, Schalke managed 39% possession and 16 shots at goal with 7 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Schalke was Moussa Sylla (44'). At the other end, Darmstadt 98 got 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Isac Lidberg (45') scored for Darmstadt.

Schalke have not been the best at stopping their opponents lately, but they’ve also managed to score goals themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Schalke have conceded in 5 of them in addition to scoring in 6 of those games.

Coming into this meeting, Schalke are unbeaten in their previous 10 home league matches. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Karlsruhe

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Karlsruhe go into this game following on from a 3-1 Bundesliga 2 win with the downing of Greuther Furth in their last game.

In that match, Karlsruhe managed 49% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Karlsruhe, the goalscorers were Rafael Pedrosa (46'), Shio Fukuda (93') and Fabian Schleusener (97'). Greuther Furth got 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Noel Futkeu (5') scored for Greuther Furth.

Karlsruhe have been dangerous up front in their most recent fixtures, scoring 13 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Karlsruhe have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same matches. Still, we must now wait to see whether the trend might be maintained in this next match.

Ahead of this clash, Karlsruhe have not emerged victorious against Schalke when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 26/02/2022 shows that Schalke have won 1 of these and Karlsruhe 3, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

A combined total of 13 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 4 from Schalke and 9 being from Karlsruhe. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 11 on 01/11/2025 and the score finished Karlsruhe 2-1 Schalke.

In that match, Karlsruhe had 65% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The goals were scored by Marcel Beifus (76') and Fabian Schleusener (90').

For their opponents, Schalke had 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Kenan Karaman (66') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Max Burda.

📋 Team News: Schalke

We think that Schalke may well make use of the 4-3-3 formation in the match, utilising Loris Karius, Timo Becker, Nikola Katic, Hasan Kurucay, Moussa N'Diaye, Soufiane El-Faouzi, Ron Schallenberg, Adil Aouchiche, Dejan Ljubicic, Moussa Sylla and Kenan Karaman.

🗞️ Team News: Karlsruhe

We reckon that Karlsruhe might make use of a 3-5-2 system, starting the game with H. Christian Bernat, Stephan Ambrosius, Marcel Franke, Christoph Kobald, Rafael Pinto Pedrosa, Dzenis Burnic, Nicolai Rapp, Marvin Wanitzek, David Herold, Louey Ben Farhat and Roko Simic.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Schalke can and should be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

However, Karlsruhe will not find it easy getting goals but we do fancy them managing to get on the scoresheet, too.

We can therefore see a controlled 3-1 victory for Schalke when all’s said and done.

Andre Moura, 11:02 05/04/2026