Creeping up on the top sides is the task when these mid-table sides fight it out. Both are aiming to strenghten their league position, Hansa Rostock in 11th and Paderborn in 7th place.
- Hansa Rostock have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Paderborn have the most points (31) away in 2. Bundesliga
Hansa Rostock 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.
Hansa Rostock form and stats
Hansa Rostock have played 15 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-7 (wins-draws-losses).
Hansa Rostock drew their last game, 2-2 away at Erzgebirge Aue (placed 17th). Defender Becker got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.01/10. Becker served one assist, hit two key passes and won 12 of 15 duels.
In the match before that, Hansa Rostock hosted Jahn Regensburg 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 Rostock have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost three.
22 goals have been conceded.
Paderborn form and stats
Paderborn's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Paderborn collect 31 points from their 15 away matches in the 2. Bundesliga. 9 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Paderborn love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
201 minutes! That's how long the Paderborn goalkeeper Jannik Huth and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Paderborn had fun at their own home (Ostseestadion) last time out, beating Hannover 96 3-0. Muslija, Ofori and Klement scored. Klement got a match rating of 9.02 in that game, top player of the team. Klement scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 53 successful passes (of 66 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ingolstadt at their stadium, the result 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Paderborn playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were seven Paderborn wins, two draws and five defeats.
As opposed to that, Paderborn have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Paderborn - Rostock 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hansa Rostock two wins, three draws and Paderborn five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Verhoek 17 goals |   F. Platte 8 goals |  H. Behrens 5 goals |
Hansa Rostock missing players
Paderborn missing players
| Hansa Rostock | Paderborn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 39 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 8 | 30 | 54 |
| 49 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 17 | 41 |
| 97% | 93% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 87% | 90% |
| 84% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 77% |
| 55% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 61% |
| 29% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 35% |
| 13% | 7% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 23% |
| 58% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 68% |
| 16% | 13% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 19% |
| 29% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 23% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
| 4.7 | 3.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12.8 | 15.9 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12.8 | 13.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 30% | 21% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 45% | 36% |
| 12.7 | 10 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.9 | 15.5 |
| 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5 |
- Hansa Rostock have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Paderborn have the most points (31) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Paderborn have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Werder Bremen | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 57 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 65 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 25 | 56 |
| 3 | Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 54 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 31 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 53 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 58 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 26 | 51 |
| 6 | Nürnberg | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 50 |
| 7 | Paderborn | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 54 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 47 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -4 | 46 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 52 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 39 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 27 | -10 | 39 |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 26 | -10 | 39 |
| 13 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 40 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 23 | -11 | 38 |
| 15 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -16 | 36 |
| 16 | Dynamo Dresden | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -12 | 30 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 31 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 63 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 32 | -32 | 23 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 31 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 58 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 33 | -30 | 20 |
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