Borussia M'gladbach welcomes Paderborn as clear favourites: Big betting preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Wed 18.December
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Borussia-Park (54057 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Borussia-Park clash with Paderborn, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Bundesliga table.

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.

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Borussia M'gladbach form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 8 Bundesliga games here at Borussia-Park for Borussia M'gladbach, who have the most points (19) at home in Bundesliga,. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. After failing to beat RB Leipzig here at Borussia-Park, Borussia M'gladbach has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with seven wins in a row.

Borussia M'gladbach's last game was hosting Paderborn (placed 18th) and winning 1-0. Heartbreak before that as Borussia M'gladbach lost 1-2 at Wolfsburg's place.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Borussia M'gladbach home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

Borussia M'gladbach are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 8 games). Borussia M'gladbach's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Paderborn form and stats

Paderborn have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 1-2-4 (7 played).

Paderborn play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Borussia M'gladbach (placed 2nd). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Union Berlin.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Paderborn played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 0 were draws and the home team won as expected 2 times.

Paderborn are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 7 games (in the league). The Paderborn manager S. Baumgart has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Borussia M'gladbach-Paderborn H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Borussia M'gladbach 3 wins, Paderborn 1 win, 1 draw. 2 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Borussia M'gladbachB. Embolo
B. Embolo
6 goals
Borussia M'gladbachM. Thuram
M. Thuram
6 goals
Borussia M'gladbachP. Herrmann
P. Herrmann
5 goals

Borussia M'gladbach missing players

Paderborn missing players

Borussia M'gladbach Paderborn
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 9 2 Played P 1 8 16
11 7 2 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 5 11
32 22 5 Scored S 3 8 18
18 11 2 Conceded C 3 16 34
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 81%
69% 78% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 62%
38% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 38%
19% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 31%
62% 78% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 62%
25% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
19% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 25%
 
4.9 5 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 2 5.1 5.5
5.2 4.9 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 10 6.5 6.2
2.2 2.4 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2
1 1 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
215 132 42 Total Shots T S 10 88 190
88 58 18 Shots on Target S O 5 33 67
36% 38% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 24% 27%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia M'gladbach has the most points (19) at home
  • Borussia M'gladbach has the most points from losing position (9)
  • Borussia M'gladbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Borussia M'gladbach have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Paderborn have scored away.
  • Paderborn has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • 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 RB Leipzig 16 10 4 2 45 19 7 4 2 1 20 8 9 6 2 1 25 11 26 34
2 Borussia M'gladbach 15 10 1 4 31 18 8 6 1 1 21 11 7 4 0 3 10 7 13 31
3 Borussia Dortmund 16 8 6 2 40 22 8 5 3 0 26 9 8 3 3 2 14 13 18 30
4 Schalke 04 15 8 4 3 26 18 8 4 3 1 12 9 7 4 1 2 14 9 8 28
5 Bayern München 15 8 3 4 41 21 8 5 1 2 26 9 7 3 2 2 15 12 20 27
6 Freiburg 15 7 4 4 24 18 7 4 2 1 11 6 8 3 2 3 13 12 6 25
7 Bayer Leverkusen 15 7 4 4 22 20 8 3 4 1 12 9 7 4 0 3 10 11 2 25
8 Hoffenheim 16 7 3 6 23 27 8 3 1 4 12 18 8 4 2 2 11 9 -4 24
9 Wolfsburg 15 6 5 4 17 15 8 3 3 2 9 9 7 3 2 2 8 6 2 23
10 Augsburg 16 6 5 5 27 28 8 4 2 2 16 11 8 2 3 3 11 17 -1 23
11 Union Berlin 16 6 2 8 19 22 9 5 0 4 12 11 7 1 2 4 7 11 -3 20
12 Eintracht Frankfurt 15 5 3 7 24 23 8 4 3 1 17 10 7 1 0 6 7 13 1 18
13 Mainz 05 16 6 0 10 25 38 7 3 0 4 10 14 9 3 0 6 15 24 -13 18
14 Hertha BSC 15 4 3 8 21 29 7 3 0 4 11 14 8 1 3 4 10 15 -8 15
15 Werder Bremen 16 3 5 8 23 40 8 1 2 5 8 19 8 2 3 3 15 21 -17 14
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 16 3 3 10 16 35 7 2 1 4 6 13 9 1 2 6 10 22 -19 12
17 Köln 15 3 2 10 14 30 7 2 1 4 8 11 8 1 1 6 6 19 -16 11
18 Paderborn 15 2 3 10 18 33 8 1 1 6 10 18 7 1 2 4 8 15 -15 9

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