Struggling Paderborn will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Borussia Dortmund in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Bundesliga match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Augsburg, so at least Paderborn are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Paderborn form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Bundesliga this season. Paderborn have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses from their games here at Benteler-Arena. The last three games played by Paderborn, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.
The home team returns to Benteler-Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Augsburg (placed 12th) on their last time out; the Bundesliga game ended 0-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Hoffenheim.
Paderborn has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Paderborn are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (32 from 14 played).
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Borussia Dortmund playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. Borussia Dortmund have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.
Borussia failed to get anything from their last game, a Bundesliga home match vs Bayern München (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wolfsburg at their stadium, the result 2-0.
The Borussia manager L. Favre has got the team scoring on the road, with 29 away goals in 14 league matches. Borussia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Borussia Dortmund - Paderborn 3-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Paderborn zero wins, two draws and Borussia Dortmund three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sancho 14 goals |  M. Reus 11 goals |  E. Håland 10 goals |
Paderborn missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| Paderborn | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 31 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 9 | 29 | 74 |
| 55 | 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 34 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 86% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 86% |
| 57% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 79% | 79% |
| 32% | 43% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 57% | 64% |
| 29% | 36% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 64% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 50% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 43% |
| 25% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 6.8 | 6.6 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 350 | 192 | 39 | Total Shots | T S | 64 | 165 | 390 |
| 112 | 61 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 24 | 67 | 162 |
| 28% | 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 43% | 46% |
- Borussia Dortmund has the most scored goals in the second half (48)
- Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Paderborn.
- Paderborn has the most matches under the total-line (17)
- 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 | Bayern München | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 53 | 64 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 40 | 57 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 70 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 41 | 55 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 53 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | -9 | 39 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -2 | 38 |
| 9 | Schalke 04 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 37 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 11 | Köln | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -8 | 34 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -14 | 31 |
| 13 | Union Berlin | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -15 | 31 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -8 | 29 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 35 | -24 | 28 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -22 | 27 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 29 | -30 | 22 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 19 |