🇩🇪 1. FC Köln vs Schalke 04 🇩🇪 — Prediction
Bundesliga · Matchday 7 · Sat, 24 Oct 2026, 15:30 CEST · RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Our AI call, published before kickoff
1–0
Tipped scorers: Said El Mala (1. FC Köln)
How the crowd called it
Why we called it
Köln are unbeaten at home this season (two wins and a draw), but they are without both of their strikers: Thijs Dallinga has a cruciate ligament injury and Ragnar Ache a thigh problem, so Marius Bülter, Linton Maina and Said El Mala have to carry the attack. Promoted Schalke are the bigger worry going forward, with four goals in six games and no goal in four of them, and they lost 1-0 to Mainz last time out. We rate Köln a clear but not overwhelming favourite, so the call is a tight home win.