Bundesliga: Schalke host Mainz in matchday six

Schalke will host Mainz in matchday six of the Bundesliga for the 2026/27 season, on 17 October 2026 at 16:30 Damascus time, with the match broadcast on Shahid and MBC Action.

Mainz sit in eighth place in the table with 7 points from 5 matches, having won two, drawn one and lost two, scoring 13 goals and conceding 10. Schalke, meanwhile, are in thirteenth place with 5 points also from 5 matches, with one win, two draws and two losses, scoring 4 goals and conceding 6.

In their last five matches, Schalke lost 1-2 away to Freiburg, drew 0-0 at home with VfL Wolfsburg, won 3-1 away to Union Berlin, drew 0-0 at home with Bayern Munich, and lost 0-3 away to Augsburg.

Mainz, on the other hand, went into their last match on the back of a 3-4 home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen, having previously won 4-3 away to Borussia Monchengladbach, lost 1-3 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt, won 5-0 away to Hamburg, and drawn 0-0 at home with Paderborn.

In previous meetings between the two sides, Schalke beat Mainz 3-2 on 5 May 2023 when Mainz were the home side, Schalke beat Mainz 1-0 on 9 November 2022 at home, the two sides drew 0-0 on 5 March 2021 at Schalke's ground, they also drew 2-2 on 7 November 2020 at Mainz's ground, and their match on 16 February 2020 ended in a 0-0 draw at Mainz's ground.

Schalke will be without Dejan Joveljic through injury. Mainz, meanwhile, are missing a greater number of players: Dominik Kohr through injury, Silas Katompa Mvumpa for another reason, Robin Zentner through injury, Paul Nebel through injury, Otto Roibe through injury, and Silvan Dominic Widmer through injury.