📏 Form Guide

SC Paderborn 07

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Paderborn will be hoping for a better result after the 2-3 Bundesliga 2 losing effort in their last game against Hertha Berlin.

In that match, SC Paderborn 07 had 48% possession and 20 shots on goal with 7 on target. For SC Paderborn 07, the goalscorers were Raphael Obermair (16') and Visar Musliu (59'). Hertha BSC had 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Aymen Barkok (17'), Bilal Hussein (84') and Haris Tabaković (90') scored for Hertha Berlin.

SC Paderborn 07 have been conceding pretty frequently lately, but they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, SC Paderborn 07 have been punished defensively in 5 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that SC Paderborn 07:

• haven't lost in the league to Karlsruhe in their last 6 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 4 league games. That's never good.

Karlsruhe

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Karlsruhe will come into the clash after a 2-1 Bundesliga 2 win with the defeat of St. Pauli in their last match.

In that match, Karlsruhe managed 38% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Karlsruhe, the scorers were Marcel Franke (2') and Paul Nebel (69'). St. Pauli got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Jackson Irvine (37') was the scorer for St. Pauli.

The trend of at least one team not managing to score in games featuring Karlsruhe has been apparent of late. Examining their last six meetings reveals that it has happened 5 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal total of 2 while Karlsruhe have scored 17. That sort of pattern might not be sustained into this next game, though.

A look at their previous results shows us that Karlsruhe:

• have not registered a win against SC Paderborn 07 in away games against them for the last 3 league games.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 19/03/2021 reveals that these encounters have not been happy ones for Karlsruhe. They have not been able to come away with any wins at all while Paderborn have dominated them, winning in 67 per cent of those matches played.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 23 in total which averages out at 3.83 goals per match.

The last league fixture between the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 12 on 05/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Karlsruhe 0-3 SC Paderborn 07.

In that game, Karlsruhe had 49% possession and 16 shots on goal with 7 on target.

On the other side, SC Paderborn 07 got 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Adriano Grimaldi (17') and Felix Platte (71', 86') scored.

The match was refereed by Patrick Schwengers.

🗞️ Team News: Paderborn

Felix Platte (Internal ligament tear), Kimberly Ezekwem (Ill) and Marco Schuster (Knee problems) will be missing for Paderborn gaffer Lukas Kwasniok.

In our view, Paderborn will probably kick off with a 3-4-3 formation for this one, utilising Pelle Boevink, Marcel Hoffmeier, Visar Musliu, Calvin Brackelmann, Raphael Obermair, David Kinsombi, Kai Klefisch, Aaron Zehnter, Sirlord Conteh, Adriano Grimaldi and Filip Bilbija.

ℹ️ Team News: Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe manager Christian Eichner has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Fitness), Eren Öztürk (Tear of the lateral meniscus), Robin Bormuth (Cruciate ligament tear), Efe Kaan Sihlaroglu (Knee surgery) and Tim Rossmann (Hip injury) are not ready for selection. Marcel Franke is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We reckon that Karlsruhe might play in a 4-1-2-1-2 formation, starting the game with Patrick Drewes, Sebastian Jung, Christoph Kobald, Marcel Beifus, David Herold, Jerome Gondorf, Leon Jensen, Marvin Wanitzek, Paul Nebel, Igor Matanovic and Budu Zivzivadze.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Karlsruhe and SC Paderborn 07 should both be able to score more than once here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw and also of goals in the match. We therefore think that it’s going to be a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 2-2 score draw at the end of the match.

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Renata Leite, 10:51 13/04/2024