Dynamo Dresden to host Schalke in round of 32 of DFB-Pokal

Dynamo Dresden will host Schalke on 28 October 2026 at 20:00 Saudi Arabia time (Damascus), in a match between the two sides in the round of 32 of the DFB-Pokal for the 2026 season.

Regarding Dynamo Dresden's recent form, they secured a big 6-0 win over Westfalia Rhynern away from home on 23 August 2026. In previous matches in their record, they lost 0-1 to Mainz at home, also lost 2-3 to Darmstadt, beat Fortuna Dusseldorf 2-0 at home, and lost 0-1 to Stuttgart also at home.

As for Schalke, they drew 0-0 against Cologne away from home in their last match on 24 October 2026. Before that, they lost 0-1 to Mainz at home, lost 1-2 to Freiburg away from home, drew 0-0 with Elversberg at home, and beat Union Berlin 3-1 away from home.

In previous meetings between the two sides, they drew 2-2 on 7 February 2026 when Schalke hosted the match. On 31 August 2025, Schalke beat Dynamo Dresden 1-0 on the latter's ground. In an earlier meeting on 1 April 2022, Schalke beat Dynamo Dresden 2-1, also on the latter's ground. Schalke had previously beaten Dynamo Dresden 3-0 on 23 October 2021 at their own ground. As for the oldest meeting in the record, on 18 August 2014, Dynamo Dresden beat Schalke 2-1 on their home ground.