Union Berlin vs Schalke 04 — Bundesliga result and pre-match forecast, Friday, 11 September 2026

Bundesliga·Friday, 11 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 14.9 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Union Berlin

41%

top pick

Draw

27%

Schalke 04

32%

result

Final score

1–3

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Schalke 04 win 32.1% before kick-off, and its most likely result was an Union Berlin win. Expected goals 1.62–1.45 against 1–3 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals59%4 scored
Both teams score63%yes
Union Berlin clean sheet24%no
Schalke 04 clean sheet19%no
Union Berlin score 2+48%no
Schalke 04 score 2+42%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.3160
1X2 Brier score0.7021
Probability on the result32.1%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (12.2%), 2–1 (9.3%), 1–2 (7.3%). It finished 1–3.

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Union Berlin

29 AugHvs Eintracht Frankfurt3–3D
5 SeptAvs Bayer Leverkusen0–4L
11 SeptHvs Schalke 041–3L
18 SeptAvs Bayern Munich0–7L
10 OctHvs Elversberg1–0W

Schalke 04

30 AugAvs Augsburg0–3L
5 SeptHvs Bayern Munich0–0D
11 SeptAvs Union Berlin3–1W
20 SeptHvs Elversberg0–0D
11 OctAvs Freiburg1–2L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatUnion Berlin
(Home · 5 matches)
Schalke 04
(Away · 4 matches)
BTTS rate60.0%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate40.0%75.0%
Clean sheet40.0%25.0%
Avg goals2.602.50

Home stats use Union Berlin's home record; away stats use Schalke 04's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.