The visiting Borussia M'gladbach side should be favourites in this visit to Paderborn, as the away team holds a 33 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
Paderborn form and stats
With 2 Bundesliga wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats from their home games, Paderborn are certainly not brimming with confidence. It's trouble wherever Paderborn are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Benteler-Arena, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Eintracht Frankfurt game.
Paderborn's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Köln (placed 10th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Mainz 05.
Paderborn are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Paderborn with 31 goals conceded in these matches.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Momentum is building for M'gladbach in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Breel Embolo scored in Borussia M'gladbach's previous match, the home game against Köln that ended 2-1. A loss against Borussia Dortmund was the result prior to that, in a home game.
Borussia M'gladbach has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. M'gladbach have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Borussia M'gladbach - Paderborn 2-0 entered in the official records. Paderborn-Borussia M'gladbach H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Paderborn one win, Borussia M'gladbach four wins, one draw. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Pléa 8 goals |  B. Embolo 7 goals |  L. Stindl 6 goals |
Paderborn missing players
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
| Paderborn | Borussia M'gladbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 49 |
| 54 | 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 84% |
| 64% | 77% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 58% | 68% |
| 36% | 46% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 33% | 40% |
| 32% | 38% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 20% |
| 68% | 85% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 68% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 20% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 6.9 | 6.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 320 | 179 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 62 | 152 | 350 |
| 108 | 59 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 58 | 143 |
| 28% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 34% |
- Paderborn has the most conceded goals in the first half (29)
- Paderborn have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Bayern München | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 50 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 47 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -8 | 35 |
| 10 | Köln | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -16 | 28 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -19 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -23 | 22 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 29 | -28 | 18 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 16 |