Line-ups

1. FC Köln vs FC Schalke 04 predicted line-ups

Bundesliga · Sat 24 Oct

1. FC Köln4-2-3-1 · Home
13:30
Sat 24 Oct · RheinEnergieStadion · Regular Season - 7
FC Schalke 043-4-2-1 · Away
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off

Starting XI

Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off

1. FC Köln

4-2-3-1Formation

FC Schalke 04

3-4-2-1Formation

  1. 1L. Karius
  1. 43M. Ayhan
  2. 5T. Becker
  3. 33Vitalie Becker
  1. 24A. Aouchiche
  2. 29J. Dina Ebimbe
  3. 23S. El-Faouzi
  4. 8R. Gosens
  1. 13S. Tanaka
  2. 38L. Vozar
  1. 20J. Adamu
  1. 9R. Ache
  1. 6E. Skhiri
  2. 47M. Moore
  3. 29J. Thielmann
  1. 8Í. Bergmann Jóhannesson
  2. 5T. Krauß
  1. 24L. Lochoshvili
  2. 2J. Schmied
  3. 22Jahmai Simpson-Pusey
  4. 3B. Sosa
  1. 1M. Schwäbe

Bench

  • 20R. Zieler
  • 17A. Castro-Montes
  • 30M. Bülter
  • 60M. James
  • 44M. Köbbing
  • 33R. van den Berg
  • 39Jonathan Friemel

Out

  • P. Okon-Engstler · Injury
  • S. El Mala · Illness
  • T. Dallinga · Illness
  • L. Waldschmidt · Muscle Injury
  • S. Sebulonsen · Muscle Injury
  • T. Hubers · Knee Injury
  • G. Mensah · Injury
  • L. Maina · Shin Injury

Bench

  • 22K. Müller
  • 25N. Katić
  • 4H. Kuruçay
  • 39M. Wöber
  • 10E. Džeko
  • 7Hwang Hee-Chan
  • 9M. Sylla

Out

  • D. Ljubicic · Knee Injury
  • B. Lasme · Calf Injury
  • A. Gantenbein · Ankle Injury
  • R. Schallenberg · Red Card
  • K. Karaman · Hip Injury
  • T. Kalas · Lacking Match Fitness
  • E. Hojlund · Heel Injury

We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.

Line-up questions

When are the official 1. FC Köln vs FC Schalke 04 line-ups published?

Clubs in the Bundesliga release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.

How is the probable XI predicted?

We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.

Does the line-up change the prediction?

Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.