Schalke 04 1-2 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Wednesday 20 January 2021

Result

Schalke 04 1-2 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Wednesday 20 January 2021, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Schalke 04 1-2 FC Köln: match report

Schalke 04 lost to FC Köln 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 20 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Rafael Czichos opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Schalke 04's goal came from M. Hoppe (57'). FC Köln scored through Rafael Czichos (31') and J. Thielmann (90+3').

Discipline: Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards; FC Köln received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Schalke 04 were 18th on 7 points from 16 and FC Köln 16th on 12 points from 16. Schalke 04 went on to finish that season 18th with 16 points, and FC Köln 16th with 33.

Schalke 04 lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Köln in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Amine Harit of Schalke 04 (8.5), ahead of Rafael Czichos (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Schalke 04 win, 4 draws and 5 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Rafael CzichosFC Köln · 0-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Benjamin StambouliSchalke 04
  • 57'Goal · M. HoppeSchalke 04 · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Nassim BoujellabSchalke 04
  • 89'Yellow card · Jannes HornFC Köln
  • 90+3'Goal · J. ThielmannFC Köln · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Schalke 04 1, draws 4, FC Köln 5.

Team news

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Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)

R. Fährmann, Timo Becker, Ozan Kabak, Matija Nastasić, Sead Kolasinac, Benjamin Stambouli, Suat Serdar, Benito Raman, Mark Uth, Amine Harit, Matthew Hoppe

FC Köln line-up (3-4-2-1)

Timo Horn, Sava-Arangel Cestic, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Rafael Czichos, Kingsley Ehizibue, Jonas Hector, Ellyes Skhiri, Jannes Horn, Marius Wolf, Dominick Drexler, Ondrej Duda