A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 5th and 18th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Borussia Dortmund 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.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Bundesliga, have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Two home wins in a row for Borussia Dortmund bring valid hopes of a third.
Borussia Dortmund lost their last game at Bayern München (placed 3rd) after a 0-4 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Borussia Dortmund won a home game hosting Inter (3-2).
Borussia Dortmund were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Borussia Dortmund are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 5 games). Borussia Dortmund are not conceding a lot of goals here at Signal Iduna Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Paderborn form and stats
0-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Paderborn, who have the fewest points (1) away in Bundesliga, in their Bundesliga matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Baumgart, the Paderborn manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The manager S. Baumgart was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground Signal Iduna Park. Paderborn suffered a 0-1 loss to Augsburg (placed 15th). A 0-3 defeat away at Hoffenheim before that.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Paderborn as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. The Paderborn manager S. Baumgart has some worries about the defense as 12 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 3 - 1 - 0 (Borussia Dortmund wins - draws - Paderborn wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Reus 5 goals |  Paco Alcácer 5 goals |  J. Sancho 3 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Paderborn missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Paderborn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 23 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 73% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 9% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 55% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 36% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 6.6 | 7.8 | 9.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 4.3 | 3 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Paderborn's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Borussia Dortmund have not yet lost a game at home.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Paderborn.
- Borussia Dortmund have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Paderborn have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Paderborn have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Paderborn have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paderborn have yet to win a game away.
- Paderborn haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 21 | -18 | 9 |
| 17 | Köln | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 4 |