The league table in Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Schalke 04 leading Paderborn by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a DFB Pokal match only four days ago. This match was also played here at VELTINS-Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Paderborn have had more rest.
Schalke 04 form and stats
Schalke 04 have collected 19 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 5-4-1.
Schalke 04 are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 212 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by M. Gregoritsch).
Schalke 04's previous game was a DFB Pokal match also played at home, ending 3-2 versus Hertha BSC (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A 0-0 draw away in the Bundesliga before that, with Hertha BSC the opponent.
The game against Hertha BSC had lots of late drama as Schalke 04 came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Benito Raman's goal in the 115th minute. Schalke 04 made it very difficult for themselves, when Alexander Nübel got a red card in the 102nd minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Schalke 04 won the match 3-2! Manager D. Wagner felt very clever after Benito Raman scored the winning goal against Hertha BSC, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 60th minute.
The Schalke 04 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Schalke 04 have conceded 11 goals.
Paderborn form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Paderborn so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-5 (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 2-4 loss to Wolfsburg (placed 9th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Freiburg.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Paderborn, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Paderborn are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Paderborn have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Paderborn - Schalke 04 1-5. Last four meetings between the teams: Schalke 04 won four, Paderborn won zero and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Serdar 7 goals |  A. Harit 6 goals |   S. Mamba 5 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
Paderborn missing players
| Schalke 04 | Paderborn | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 31 | 16 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 26 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 44 |
| 85% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 60% | 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 65% |
| 30% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 40% |
| 20% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 22% | 35% |
| 55% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 44% | 65% |
| 30% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 15% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 20% |
| 5 | 5.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.9 | 6.5 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 240 | 135 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 113 | 254 |
| 90 | 49 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 38 | 91 |
| 34% | 33% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 26% | 27% |
- Paderborn haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Schalke 04 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7)
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 35 | 42 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 39 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 25 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 23 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Köln | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -19 | 18 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -21 | 17 |
| 17 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -22 | 16 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -19 | 15 |