It's advantage Fortuna Düsseldorf so far with their 5th position in the 2. Bundesliga table, welcoming Paderborn who are placed 11th.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 2. Bundesliga
- Paderborn has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in 2. Bundesliga
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
Fortuna Düsseldorf, who have the most points (16) at home in 2. Bundesliga, have been outstanding at home so far in the 2. Bundesliga with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Fortuna Düsseldorf are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. After failing to beat Jahn Regensburg here at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Düsseldorf, as their goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier has completely shut out the opponents for 198 minutes in the 2. Bundesliga.
Düsseldorf lost their last game at Rot-Weiss Essen after a 2-3 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory in the 2. Bundesliga match versus St. Pauli with a 3-0 scoreline.
A decent goal production from Düsseldorf in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. Düsseldorf have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Paderborn form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Paderborn, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Union Berlin in the DFB Pokal last time out. Prior to that result Paderborn won their away game at Osnabruck in the 2. Bundesliga. The scoreline was 1-0.
The attacking power of Paderborn when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. Paderborn are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Düsseldorf won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Paderborn has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  R. Hennings 6 goals |   D. Srbeny 6 goals |  C. Führich 5 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Paderborn missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Paderborn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 92% |
| 77% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 62% |
| 69% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 23% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 15% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 33% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 38% | 67% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 12.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.1 | 13.2 |
| 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 42% | 42% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 35% |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the most points (16) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have not yet lost a game at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paderborn has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in 2. Bundesliga
- Paderborn has the most matches under the total-line (8) 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 | Holstein Kiel | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Greuther Furth | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Bochum | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Erzgebirge Aue | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Nurnberg | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Osnabruck | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Darmstadt 98 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Paderborn | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -16 | 12 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -15 | 11 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 4 |
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