Possible nail-biting contest in Holstein Kiel - Paderborn game

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 25.February
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

Holstein-Stadion: Get ready for a football jamboree when Holstein Kiel tie their boots for Paderborn. Read up on the game here!

Insights:
  • Holstein Kiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Paderborn have the most scored goals (45) in 2. Bundesliga

Holstein Kiel 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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Holstein Kiel form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Holstein Kiel at their home stadium (Holstein-Stadion) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Holstein Kiel are returning here after visiting Eintracht Braunschweig and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Reese, Friðjónsson and Becker scored the goal(s). The forward Reese won the honour of being "man of the match" for Holstein with the rating of 9.01/10. Reese scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times.

Ahead of that match, Holstein Kiel lost 2-3 at home to Magdeburg.

Sports bettors should know that 13 of the most recent 14 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

The Holstein Kiel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Holstein have conceded 14 goals.

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Paderborn form and stats

Playing away, Paderborn have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season. The fact that Paderborn have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Impressive finishing from Heuer secured the home win 1-0 against Kaiserslautern in their previous game. Heuer, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.82. Heuer scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 11 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Hannover 96 at their stadium, the result 4-3.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Paderborn have scored 14 goals in 10 league games away. 14 goals have been conceded by Paderborn in these games.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other before in this season, with the match result Paderborn - Holstein Kiel 7-2 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Holstein Kiel four wins, two draws and Paderborn three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PaderbornR. Leipertz
R. Leipertz
11 goals
HolsteinS. Skrzybski
S. Skrzybski
10 goals
PaderbornM. Pieringer
M. Pieringer
8 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

Paderborn missing players

Holstein Kiel Paderborn
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 4 Played P 5 10 21
8 4 1 Won W 3 4 12
7 3 1 Drew D 1 2 2
6 3 2 Lost L 1 4 7
38 18 8 Scored S 11 14 45
36 14 8 Conceded C 7 14 26
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
86% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 70% 76%
71% 70% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 70% 71%
48% 40% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 20% 33%
33% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 10% 29%
81% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 48%
19% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 40% 43%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 14%
 
6.2 6.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.1 4.7
5.4 4.8 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 6 4.9
2 1.9 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.5 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
16 17.4 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 14.2 16.7
5.1 5.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 4.2 6.5
36% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 33% 33%
 
15.3 14 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 12.6 12.2
4.9 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 3.8 3.9
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Holstein Kiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Paderborn have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Paderborn have the most scored goals (45) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Paderborn have the most scored goals in the second half (29) 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 21 14 6 1 36 16 11 7 4 0 19 7 10 7 2 1 17 9 20 48
2 Hamburger SV 20 13 2 5 38 24 10 6 1 3 19 12 10 7 1 2 19 12 14 41
3 Paderborn 21 12 2 7 45 26 11 8 0 3 31 12 10 4 2 4 14 14 19 38
4 Heidenheim 20 10 7 3 38 25 10 7 3 0 26 13 10 3 4 3 12 12 13 37
5 Kaiserslautern 21 9 8 4 34 27 10 4 4 2 16 15 11 5 4 2 18 12 7 35
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 21 10 2 9 33 28 10 7 1 2 22 10 11 3 1 7 11 18 5 32
7 Holstein Kiel 21 8 7 6 38 36 10 4 3 3 18 14 11 4 4 3 20 22 2 31
8 St. Pauli 21 7 8 6 29 26 10 5 5 0 16 6 11 2 3 6 13 20 3 29
9 Hannover 96 21 8 5 8 30 28 10 5 2 3 16 13 11 3 3 5 14 15 2 29
10 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 21 6 8 7 27 31 11 5 5 1 16 13 10 1 3 6 11 18 -4 26
11 Hansa Rostock 21 7 3 11 18 28 11 3 1 7 8 14 10 4 2 4 10 14 -10 24
12 Karlsruher SC 20 6 4 10 29 33 11 4 2 5 18 19 9 2 2 5 11 14 -4 22
13 Nurnberg 20 6 4 10 17 27 10 4 1 5 9 12 10 2 3 5 8 15 -10 22
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 21 5 6 10 25 35 11 4 2 5 14 14 10 1 4 5 11 21 -10 21
15 Magdeburg 21 6 3 12 27 41 10 2 2 6 8 16 11 4 1 6 19 25 -14 21
16 Arminia Bielefeld 20 6 2 12 27 32 10 4 0 6 17 17 10 2 2 6 10 15 -5 20
17 Jahn Regensburg 21 5 5 11 22 37 11 3 5 3 11 17 10 2 0 8 11 20 -15 20
18 Sandhausen 20 5 4 11 23 36 9 3 2 4 12 16 11 2 2 7 11 20 -13 19

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.