Fortuna Düsseldorf vs Paderborn pre-match information

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

Both these sides are in good shape, Paderborn having a 3 point edge on Fortuna Düsseldorf in the standings. Game on!

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have yet to win a game at home.
  • Paderborn have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in 2. Bundesliga

Fortuna Düsseldorf and Paderborn should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

Fortuna Düsseldorf have played three 2. Bundesliga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Düsseldorf have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Düsseldorf enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ingolstadt's place. The match ended 2-1 with Matthias Zimmermann and Andre Hoffmann scoring. Manager C. Preußer felt very clever after Matthias Zimmermann scored the winning goal against Ingolstadt, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 58th minute. Defender Andre Hoffmann got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Hoffmann scored one goal and won 5 of 10 duels.

In the match before that, Fortuna Düsseldorf hosted Jahn Regensburg and drew the game 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Düsseldorf handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and zero defeats.

A decent goal production from Düsseldorf in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Düsseldorf with 6 goals conceded in these matches.

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Paderborn form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (10) away in 2. Bundesliga, are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. It’s been three wins in a row for Paderborn on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Paderborn might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Holstein Kiel proved too strong as Paderborn slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Benteler-Arena. The attacker Sven Michel got a match rating of 7.81 in that game. Michel scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Erzgebirge Aue with the score of 4-1.

Paderborn are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Paderborn create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 11 goals in 4 travels. The Paderborn defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).

Head 2 Head

Fortuna Düsseldorf-Paderborn H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fortuna Düsseldorf three wins, Paderborn four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PaderbornS. Michel
S. Michel
6 goals
DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
4 goals
PaderbornK. Pröger
K. Pröger
3 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Paderborn missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf Paderborn
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 2 4 8
3 0 0 Won W 2 3 4
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 0 2
11 5 1 Scored S 7 11 17
12 6 1 Conceded C 1 2 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
50% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 75%
38% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 50%
12% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 25%
62% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 62%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 25%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
6.1 5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 2.8 3.2
5.5 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5 5.6
2.4 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15 14.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.5 12.1
4.2 4.3 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.5 5
32% 38% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 50% 42%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Fortuna Düsseldorf's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have yet to win a game at home.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Paderborn have not yet lost a game away.
  • Paderborn have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Paderborn have scored at least twice as many goals away as Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored home.
  • Paderborn have the most points (10) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Paderborn have the most scored goals (11) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Paderborn have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Paderborn have the the best goal difference (+9) away 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 Jahn Regensburg 8 5 2 1 18 8 4 3 1 0 12 5 4 2 1 1 6 3 10 17
2 St. Pauli 8 5 1 2 16 8 4 4 0 0 12 3 4 1 1 2 4 5 8 16
3 Heidenheim 8 4 3 1 10 6 5 2 3 0 5 3 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 15
4 Paderborn 8 4 2 2 17 8 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 3 1 0 11 2 9 14
5 Nurnberg 7 3 4 0 9 5 4 3 1 0 5 1 3 0 3 0 4 4 4 13
6 Schalke 04 8 4 1 3 13 11 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 3 0 1 7 4 2 13
7 Hamburger SV 7 3 3 1 12 8 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 12
8 Karlsruher SC 8 3 3 2 12 9 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 12
9 Werder Bremen 7 3 2 2 11 9 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 11
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 8 3 2 3 11 12 3 0 2 1 5 6 5 3 0 2 6 6 -1 11
11 Darmstadt 98 8 3 1 4 15 12 4 3 0 1 11 3 4 0 1 3 4 9 3 10
12 Dynamo Dresden 7 3 1 3 10 8 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 10
13 Hannover 96 7 3 1 3 6 10 3 2 0 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 4 7 -4 10
14 Holstein Kiel 8 2 2 4 9 17 4 1 0 3 3 9 4 1 2 1 6 8 -8 8
15 Hansa Rostock 8 2 1 5 8 14 4 1 0 3 4 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 -6 7
16 Sandhausen 7 1 1 5 5 13 4 0 1 3 1 7 3 1 0 2 4 6 -8 4
17 Ingolstadt 8 1 1 6 6 20 4 0 1 3 2 7 4 1 0 3 4 13 -14 4
18 Erzgebirge Aue 8 0 3 5 5 15 4 0 1 3 2 8 4 0 2 2 3 7 -10 3

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