📏 Form Guide

SC Paderborn 07

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Paderborn will be looking for an improved result here after the 3-2 Bundesliga 2 loss in their previous game against Eintracht Braunschweig.

In that game, SC Paderborn 07 had 59% possession and 20 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For SC Paderborn 07, goals were scored by Filip Bilbija (25') and Adriano Grimaldi (48'). Eintracht Braunschweig got 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Richmond Tachie (44'), Rayan Philippe (71') and Leon Bell Bell (78') scored for Eintracht Braunschweig.

Matches involving SC Paderborn 07 have often been absorbing ones recently with plenty of scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past 6 clashes, the sum of 20 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of them accredited to SC Paderborn 07.

Heading into this fixture, SC Paderborn 07 haven't been beaten in the league by Fortuna Dusseldorf in their last 4 games.

Fortuna Dusseldorf

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Fortuna Dusseldorf will go into the game following a 1-0 Bundesliga 2 win over Preussen Münster in their last fixture.

In that game, Fortuna Dusseldorf had 42% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Fortuna Dusseldorf was Dawid Kownacki (15'). At the other end, Preussen Munster had 21 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

In their previous half-dozen clashes, Fortuna Dusseldorf have bagged a total of 6 goals. Fortuna Dusseldorf have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. In that time, they’ve seen 10 goals scored by their opponents. Let’s see whether or not that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Looking at their past form shows that Fortuna Dusseldorf:

• haven't beaten SC Paderborn 07 when they've played them away from home in the last 6 league games. They'll be keen to stop this run.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 12/03/2022 shows that Paderborn have won 3 of these and Fortuna Dusseldorf 1, with the tally of draws being 2.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 in all at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The last league match between these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 12 on 09/11/2024 when the final score was Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-1 SC Paderborn 07.

On that day, Fortuna Dusseldorf had 56% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Valgeir Lunddal Friðriksson (61' Own goal).

On the other side, SC Paderborn 07 got 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. Felix Götze (95' Own goal) was the scorer.

The referee was Florian Exner.

📰 Team News: Paderborn

Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Paderborn gaffer Lukas Kwasniok to be concerned about from an otherwise complete set of players. Calvin Brackelmann (Torn muscle bundle) is out of contention.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that SC Paderborn 07 should stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

At the same time, Fortuna Dusseldorf might well find it a difficult task to score themselves but we can see them being dangerous for periods.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 margin for SC Paderborn 07 at the end of this one.

Peter Guest, 11:02 13/04/2025