It's the first game of the new season for Heidenheim and Paderborn. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.
Heidenheim form and stats
Last season, Heidenheim's league statistics were 15 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the 2. Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 49. Playing at home last season Heidenheim managed 10-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 28 goals and 16 conceded.
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 Heidenheim have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won eight, drawn one and lost three.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Heidenheim, who have participated in five training matches. Heidenheim have won 4 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Paderborn form and stats
Let's have a look at how Paderborn performed last season in the 2. Bundesliga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 21/19 goals scored/conceded.
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 nine relevant matches. Results were three Paderborn wins, three draws and three defeats.
Just as the home team, Paderborn have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Paderborn wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: zero - four - two (Heidenheim wins - draws - Paderborn wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Heidenheim missing players
Paderborn missing players
| Heidenheim | Paderborn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Heidenheim | Last season | Paderborn | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 21 | 53 | ||
| 49 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 45 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 59% | 74% | ||
| 56% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 53% | ||
| 32% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 50% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 56% | ||
| 29% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 29% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 24% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Erzgebirge Aue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Hansa Rostock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ingolstadt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Nurnberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Paderborn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Werder Bremen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bochum | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 39 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 67 |
| 2 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 69 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 25 | 64 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 22 | 62 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 71 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 58 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 55 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 56 |
| 6 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 52 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 51 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 45 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 47 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 56 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 31 | -5 | 47 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | -5 | 44 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -9 | 44 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 53 | 51 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 42 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -13 | 38 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 60 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 39 | -19 | 34 |
| 16 | Osnabruck | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 24 | -23 | 33 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 36 | -29 | 31 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 69 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 36 | -32 | 25 |
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