A swift glance at the 2. Bundesliga table point to an advantage to Paderborn when they arrive at DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Yet; let's play the match before we hand out the points!
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga
- Paderborn have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in 2. Bundesliga
Relegation threatens DSC Arminia Bielefeld who should definitely be looking for some points here. Paderborn are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
This has all the signs of an interesting fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!
DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what DSC Arminia Bielefeld have to build on here at SchücoArena in the 2. Bundesliga. When DSC Arminia Bielefeld hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like St. Pauli, Darmstadt 98, Fortuna Dusseldorf, Heidenheim and Hamburger SV), they have won 2 of 5 matches!
A strong away win for DSC Arminia Bielefeld against Kaiserslautern the last match, as Consbruch and Serra were on target. At last, a league victory after five matches without. Manager Koschinat felt very clever after Serra scored the winning goal against Kaiserslautern, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 77th minute. Defender Jäkel got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Jäkel won 5 of 8 duels.
In the match before that, Bielefeld hosted SpVgg Greuther Fürth and drew the game 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how DSC Arminia Bielefeld have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Goals, goals, goals? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 9 of the 10 most recent league games with this team has contained at least three goals.
The Bielefeld fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 16 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 27 goals have been conceded.
Paderborn form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. Paderborn has drawn their two previous away games.
Paderborn go into this game after a win, the home game against Heidenheim that ended 3-2. Attacker Muslija got a player rating of 8.2 in the game. "Man of the match" Muslija scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A 2-2 draw at Hamburger SV's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Paderborn in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Paderborn, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Observe that 8 of this side's 10 most recent league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
Paderborn find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Paderborn have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Bielefeld have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (3-2-0) when playing Paderborn.Here's the final score when the squads met previously this campaign; Paderborn - DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0-2.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Leipertz 11 goals |   R. Hack 10 goals |  F. Muslija 10 goals |
DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players
Paderborn missing players
| DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Paderborn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 48 | 26 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 66 |
| 56 | 27 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 41 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 69% | 78% |
| 66% | 69% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 62% | 72% |
| 41% | 50% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 25% | 38% |
| 22% | 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 28% |
| 72% | 69% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | 56% |
| 6% | 6% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 31% | 34% |
| 22% | 25% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 25% | 16% |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13.2 | 15.9 |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.1 | 6 |
| 31% | 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 31% | 35% |
| 14.9 | 13.3 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4 |
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 2. Bundesliga
- DSC Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paderborn have the most scored goals in the second half (41) in 2. Bundesliga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 64 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 29 | 61 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 44 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 23 | 60 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 66 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 54 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 54 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 54 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 45 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -1 | 43 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 31 | -6 | 43 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 42 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 54 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 32 | -10 | 40 |
| 12 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 29 | -6 | 38 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -17 | 37 |
| 14 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 55 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 35 | -15 | 36 |
| 15 | Nurnberg | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -18 | 35 |
| 16 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | -8 | 33 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 29 | -24 | 28 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 61 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -26 | 28 |
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