The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Freiburg are in the 7th position while the guesting Paderborn worry at 18th.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Freiburg form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Freiburg have to build on here at Olympiastadion in the Bundesliga.
Freiburg are returning here after visiting Mainz 05 in a Bundesliga game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Chang-Hoon Kwon and Nils Petersen scored the goal(s). Before that, Freiburg played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Schalke 04.
Freiburg goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow did an outstanding job against Mainz 05 with 7 saves, so vital to securing the victory.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Freiburg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won 0 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
The Freiburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Freiburg have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Paderborn form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Paderborn so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
The manager S. Baumgart was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground Benteler-Arena. Paderborn suffered a 1-4 loss to Bayer Leverkusen (placed 6th). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Eintracht Frankfurt.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Paderborn when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 0 and winning 0 games.
Paderborn have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. The Paderborn manager S. Baumgart has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Paderborn - Freiburg 1-3 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Freiburg 5 wins, 2 draws and Paderborn 3 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Petersen 8 goals |   S. Mamba 5 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 4 goals |
Freiburg missing players
Paderborn missing players
| Freiburg | Paderborn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 29 | 12 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| 24 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 67% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 67% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 67% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 22% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 11% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 22% |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 6.8 | 6.9 | 5.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7 | 6.4 |
| 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 233 | 110 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 94 | 226 |
| 73 | 34 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 35 | 81 |
| 40% | 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 23% | 26% |
- Freiburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Freiburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paderborn has the fewest scored goals (8) away
- Paderborn has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Paderborn has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
- Paderborn have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 | RB Leipzig | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 40 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 28 | 36 |
| 3 | Borussia M'gladbach | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 33 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 27 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | Köln | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 20 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -15 | 18 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 17 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -19 | 15 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 12 |