📏 Form Guide

SC Paderborn 07

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Paderborn, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 Bundesliga 2 success vs Nuremberg.

In that match, SC Paderborn 07 managed 40% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For SC Paderborn 07, the scorers were Adriano Grimaldi (10') and Visar Musliu (61'). Nurnberg got 18 shots on goal with 7 of them on target.

SC Paderborn 07 have not been the best at stopping their opponents lately, but they’ve also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, SC Paderborn 07 have conceded in 5 of them while also scoring in 6 of those games.

Elversberg

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In the game prior to this, Elversberg drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga 2 tie with Schalke.

In that game, Elversberg managed 47% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Elversberg was Florian Le Joncour (18'). Schalke 04 had 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Keke Topp (58') was the scorer for Schalke.

Looking at their form, and Elversberg have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 12 goals in total. At the back, Elversberg have clearly had some problems. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be continued into this game, of course.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league game featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 14 on 25/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Elversberg 4-1 SC Paderborn 07.

In that game, Elversberg had 46% possession and 15 shots on goal with 9 on target. The goals were scored by Luca Schnellbacher (41', 49'), Paul Stock (57') and Maurice Neubauer (60').

SC Paderborn 07 had 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Sebastian Klaas (22') scored.

The referee was Florian Heft.

📰 Team News: Paderborn

Kimberly Ezekwem (Ill), Marco Schuster (Knee problems), Felix Platte (Internal ligament tear), Laurin Curda (Meniscus injury) and Mattes Hansen (Syndesmotic ligament tear) won’t be available for Paderborn manager Lukas Kwasniok.

We think that Paderborn look set to line up in a 3-3-2-2 system for this game and select Pelle Boevink, Marcel Hoffmeier, Visar Musliu, Calvin Brackelmann, Raphael Obermair, Sebastian Klaas, Aaron Zehnter, Kai Klefisch, Filip Bilbija, Koen Kostons and Adriano Grimaldi.

ℹ️ Team News: Elversberg

Elversberg manager Horst Steffen has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Frederik Jäkel (Cruciate ligament tear), Marcel Correia (Cruciate ligament tear), Patryk Dragon (Knee surgery), Luca Schnellbacher (Ill) and Arne Sicker (Ligament injury) are not able to play.

It’s our belief that Elversberg will likely begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Nicolas Kristof, Hugo Vandermersch, Carlo Sickinger, Florian Le Joncour, Maurice Neubauer, Luca Duerholtz, Robin Fellhauer, Manuel Feil, Paul Wanner, Jannik Rochelt and Dominik Martinovic.

🧠 Prediction

One thing is for certain, Elversberg could really find it hard to be scoring even one goal against a SC Paderborn 07 side who have the capability to own this match if all goes as we expect it to.

We’re expecting a comprehensive 3-0 winning scoreline for SC Paderborn 07 at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 10:47 27/04/2024