Paderborn vs. Dusseldorf – Prediction (Bundesliga – 26.10.2019)

Preview and Teams Comparison.

SC Paderborn 07 and Fortuna Düsseldorf will face each other for the first time in the Bundesliga. Paderborn’s defeat against Köln was their fifth on the bounce in the Bundesliga – equalling their longest losing streak in the competition. The newly-promoted side have gone eleven games without a win in the top flight (D1, L10), spanning multiple seasons.

Rock-bottom newcomers Paderborn enter this clash hoping to register their first win of the 2019/20 Bundesliga campaign (D1, L7). A recent 2-1 defeat against Mainz (in their last home league outing) made it four consecutive losses at Benteler-Arena, despite both teams scoring in all four games. Each of Cauly Oliveira-Souza’s two league goals for Paderborn this campaign have been match openers, arriving inside the opening 15 minutes. With the opener being scored within 15 minutes in all of their eight Bundesliga matches, fans should expect a lively start here. However, there have also been five goals netted after the 75th minute across Paderborn’s four top-flight home games, so this fixture could produce action from start to finish.

Two of Paderborn’s last three home league games featured exactly four second-half goals. Each of the last six league H2Hs played here have produced under 1.5 goals before half-time. Since the beginning of 2018/19, Düsseldorf have won just 23.81% of their Bundesliga away games entered as an outsider (W5, D5, L11).

Düsseldorf travel here after losing each of their last three Bundesliga away games, all of which saw them score a first-half opener, but then fail to find the net in the second half. One glimmer of hope is that they’ve scored in every Bundesliga match so far, though they have also registered just one clean sheet to date. Rouwen Hennings has scored five Bundesliga goals for Düsseldorf this season, with four being first-half openers netted in the 15 minutes before half time. On top of that, the ‘Flingeraner’ possess the joint-fourth worst away defence in the Bundesliga, conceding 2.0 goals on average per-game. However, that is an unsurprising statistic, considering that the visitors have conceded the division’s highest average number of shots on target per away game (8.0) so far.

Match Info and Live Scores.

Pre-match League Table.