Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Paderborn & Werder Bremen 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
This is not the first game this season in the DFB Pokal for Paderborn, as the manager Kwasniok led his troops to eliminate Einheit Wernigerode, and reach the 2nd Round. Paderborn was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the DFB Pokal.This stadium, Benteler-Arena, has been a fortress for Paderborn in the 2. Bundesliga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 6-0-1.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Paderborn, as their goalkeeper Leopold Zingerle has completely shut out the opponents for 246 minutes in the 2. Bundesliga.
The Paderborn fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Sandhausen and win 3-0. Leipertz has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three games in a row. Ace! Muslija (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Muslija served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Hansa Rostock.This is expected to be a close game, with Paderborn perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Paderborn as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Paderborn has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 6.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Paderborn as they are travelling to their away game against Eintracht Braunschweig in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
Paderborn always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Benteler-Arena with 24 goals in 7 league games. From these home matches, Paderborn have conceded only 6 goals.
Werder Bremen form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Energie Cottbus in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W3-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
Werder Bremen failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Mainz 05 that ended with defeat 0-2. Defender Stark was the best team player with a rating of 7.43. Stark hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
Prior to that result Werder Bremen won their away game at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. The scoreline was 2-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Werder in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Werder Bremen, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to SC Freiburg.
6 goals have been conceded by Werder Bremen in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous seven meetings between these contenders: Paderborn won three, Werder Bremen were winners in three and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Füllkrug 8 goals |   M. Pieringer 7 goals | F. Platte 6 goals |
Paderborn missing players
Werder Bremen missing players
| Paderborn | Werder Bremen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 64 | 36 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 22 | 8 | Conceded | C | 13 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | 18.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.8 | 14.7 | ||
| 7.3 | 8.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 32% | ||
| 11 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | FC Bayern München | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 19 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | Hoffenheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Borussia M'gladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Köln | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | VfB Stuttgart | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Bochum | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
