Paderborn will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Holstein Kiel.
- Paderborn has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
It's no vacation for neither Paderborn nor Holstein Kiel as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Paderborn form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 2. Bundesliga games here at Benteler-Arena for Paderborn. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Paderborn has recorded two wins in a row here at Benteler-Arena, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
The Paderborn supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Wurzburger Kickers in 2. Bundesliga and win 1-0. 1-1 away at Greuther Furth before that.
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 nine games. Paderborn has won three of these, drawn zero and lost six.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Paderborn as they are travelling to their away game against Hamburger SV in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from Paderborn in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. Paderborn's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
Holstein Kiel, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in 2. Bundesliga, have an excellent away record in the 2. Bundesliga so far with 5-3-0 from 8 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Eintracht Braunschweig game have they lost an away game, meaning Holstein has taken points from eight away matches in a row.
Two travels in a row for Holstein, whose manager O. Werner could celebrate last time after the 2. Bundesliga win against Darmstadt 98. A 2-3 loss hosting Karlsruher SC before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Holstein Kiel in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Holstein Kiel, five draws and four defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Eintracht Braunschweig in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Holstein Kiel's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. Holstein Kiel are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 4 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Holstein Kiel - Paderborn 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: one win for Paderborn, one draw and three wins for Holstein Kiel. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  D. Srbeny 7 goals |  C. Führich 7 goals |   A. Mühling 6 goals |
Paderborn missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| Paderborn | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 28 |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 65% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 47% |
| 24% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 29% |
| 6% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 59% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 62% | 41% |
| 29% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.6 | 12 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 42% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 50% | 41% |
- Holstein Kiel has the fewest conceded goals (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel has the most clean sheets (5) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Holstein Kiel have not yet lost a game away.
- Holstein Kiel have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Paderborn has the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in 2. Bundesliga
- Paderborn has the most matches under the total-line (10) in 2. Bundesliga
- 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 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 36 |
| 2 | Bochum | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 26 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Osnabruck | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 12 | Nürnberg | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -3 | 20 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 20 | -17 | 15 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -20 | 14 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 9 |
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