It's week 23 of the 2025-2026 2. Bundesliga on 2026-02-21 at 19:30 GMT, when Schalke 04 and Magdeburg go head-to-head.
On average in 2 games, Referee T. Gerach registers 3-4 yellows and 0-1 reds, and 20 fouls.
With the data available to us, M. Muslić and P. Sander have not met as managers before.
The current standings see Schalke 04 hold 1st place with 43 points, while Magdeburg occupy 16th with 23 points.
Both teams have no missing players.
We're predicting Schalke 04 to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Magdeburg are expected to line up in 4-3-3.
Last time out, A. Aouchiche registered the best mark for Schalke 04 - 6.2 - and S. Gnaka did likewise for Magdeburg with an 7.5 score.
Conflicting outcomes: Schalke 04 triumphed 2-1 over Holstein Kiel, while Magdeburg went down 0-2 to Arminia Bielefeld.
Struggling form all round: Schalke 04 are 1-3-1 and Magdeburg are 2-0-3 in their recent 5 matches.
Very even book: across 5 encounters, it stands at 2-2 wins with 1 draw between Schalke 04 and Magdeburg.
Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Magdeburg to win 2-1, despite Schalke 04's 7-2-1 home form - Magdeburg's strong 5-1-5 record away with 1.27 goals/game does the trick.
Schalke is going head to head with Magdeburg on 21/2/2026 19:30 GMT for the Germany 2. Bundesliga. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Schalke v Magdeburg H2H statistics!