This could be an interesting match as Paderborn have their presumed home advantage while Fortuna Düsseldorf are ahead 9 points in the 2. Bundesliga table.
- Paderborn have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf is in the best form (4-1-1)
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Düsseldorf are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Paderborn form and stats
7-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Paderborn so far this season.
Paderborn drew their last game, also a home match. Osnabrück (placed 16th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Preceding that game was the away draw at Eintracht Braunschweig that finished 0-0.
Kai Pröger was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Osnabrück after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
This is expected to be a close game, with Paderborn perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Paderborn as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Paderborn has won three of these, drawn three and lost six.
Paderborn have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Benteler-Arena with 28 goals in 15 league matches. Paderborn have conceded 21 in these home matches.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
5-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Fortuna Düsseldorf in their 2. Bundesliga matches away. Momentum is building for Fortuna Düsseldorf in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
233 minutes! That's how long the Düsseldorf goalkeeper Florian Kastenmeier and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Fortuna Düsseldorf go into this game after a win, the home game against St. Pauli that ended 2-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Osnabrück at their stadium, the result 3-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Düsseldorf in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Fortuna Düsseldorf, one draw and three defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored 20 goals in 15 league games away. 21 goals have been conceded by Düsseldorf in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fortuna Düsseldorf - Paderborn 2-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Paderborn four wins, three draws and Fortuna Düsseldorf three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Srbeny 13 goals |  C. Führich 11 goals |   R. Hennings 8 goals |
Paderborn missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Paderborn | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 40 | 28 | 9 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | 44 |
| 36 | 21 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 21 | 37 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 70% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 79% |
| 50% | 67% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 66% |
| 30% | 47% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 24% |
| 7% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 17% |
| 50% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 48% |
| 33% | 27% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 33% | 38% |
| 27% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 27% | 24% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.7 | 12.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 46% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 31% | 34% |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in 2. Bundesliga
- Fortuna Düsseldorf is in the best form (4-1-1)
- Paderborn have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Paderborn haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Bochum | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 60 |
| 2 | Greuther Furth | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 22 | 54 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 50 |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
| 5 | Heidenheim | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 48 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 46 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 44 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 39 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -4 | 37 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -5 | 36 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -9 | 34 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 30 | -22 | 30 |
| 16 | Osnabrück | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -23 | 27 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -18 | 25 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 33 | -31 | 20 |
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