Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Paderborn & VfB Stuttgart face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Paderborn form and stats
Paderborn was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the DFB Pokal.18 points is a decent return from 9 2. Bundesliga games here at Benteler-Arena for Paderborn. The data says 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
Paderborn enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Karlsruher SC's place. The match ended 1-0 with Leipertz scoring. A late climax in the match against Karlsruher SC as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by Leipertz. Goalkeeper Huth got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.64 out of ten. Huth topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as Paderborn lost 1-2 at Nurnberg's place.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fortuna Dusseldorf are coming to town in three days.
Paderborn are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (26 goals in 9 games). On the other hand, Paderborn have conceded 11 goals.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.There's been little loot from VfB Stuttgart's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 4 draws.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Stuttgart, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus RB Leipzig. Stenzel, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.42. Stenzel hit six key passes and won 4 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Hoffenheim.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far VfB Stuttgart have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. For Stuttgart, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Paderborn-VfB Stuttgart H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Paderborn zero wins, VfB Stuttgart two wins, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Leipertz 8 goals |  M. Pieringer 7 goals | F. Platte 6 goals |
Paderborn missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| Paderborn | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 54 | 33 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 16.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.3 | ||
| 6.2 | 7.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 30% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 36 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Greuther Furth | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sandhausen | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Nurnberg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 19 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 19 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -10 | 18 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 17 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 17 |
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 37 |
| 2 | FC Union Berlin | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Köln | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | Bochum | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 10 |
