📊 Form Guide

SC Paderborn 07

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Paderborn won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 5-1 Bundesliga 2 defeat last time out to Elversberg.

In that game, SC Paderborn 07 had 58% possession and 11 shots on goal with 6 on target. The scorer for SC Paderborn 07 was Calvin Brackelmann (65'). Elversberg got 8 shots at goal with 5 on target. Maximilian Rohr (4'), David Mokwa (17'), Lukas Petkov (28', 41') and Raif Adam (93') scored for Elversberg.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that SC Paderborn 07 have shown defensive steel. In fact, SC Paderborn 07 have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 13 goals during that time.

Karlsruhe

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Karlsruhe will go into the clash after a 2-1 Bundesliga 2 win in the defeat of Darmstadt in their last fixture.

In that game, Karlsruhe managed 48% possession and 22 shots on goal with 9 on target. For Karlsruhe, the goals were scored by Marvin Wanitzek (58') and Shio Fukuda (86'). At the other end, Darmstadt 98 had 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Isac Lidberg (70') scored for Darmstadt.

The stats tell the story, and Karlsruhe have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 10 goals in all. In defence, Karlsruhe just haven’t been too solid at all. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Their prior results show that Karlsruhe:

• have not lost to SC Paderborn 07 when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 27/01/2023 shows us that Paderborn have won 3 of these and Karlsruhe 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 10 of them for Paderborn and 6 belonging to Karlsruhe. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 16 on 13/12/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Karlsruhe 0-4 SC Paderborn 07.

On that occasion, Karlsruhe managed 29% possession and 4 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

For their opponents, SC Paderborn 07 got 26 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Laurin Curda (65', 71'), Raphael Obermair (78') and Tjark Scheller (87') scored.

The match was refereed by Timo Gansloweit.

ℹ️ Team News: Paderborn

Marcel Hoffmeier (Cruciate ligament tear), Raphael Obermair (Achilles tendon rupture) and Lucas Copado (Muscle injury) will not be taking part for Paderborn boss Ralf Kettemann. Steffen Tigges cannot play in this game through suspension.

It seems likely that Paderborn may well kick off with a 3-5-2 system this time and select Dennis Seimen, Tjark Scheller, Felix Götze, Calvin Brackelmann, Laurin Curda, Mika Baur, Santiago Castañeda, Filip Bilbija, Jonah Sticker, Stefano Marino and Ruben Müller.

🗞️ Team News: Karlsruhe

We are inclined to think that Karlsruhe appear most likely to utilise a 3-5-2 system by sending out H. Christian Bernat, Nicolai Rapp, Marcel Franke, Christoph Kobald, Sebastian Jung, Philipp Forster, Andreas Müller, Marvin Wanitzek, David Herold, Shio Fukuda and Louey Ben Farhat.

🧠 Prediction

It looks to us that SC Paderborn 07 will probably get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

Conversely, Karlsruhe could well find it tough to score themselves although we do think it’s probable that they will be being dangerous for periods.

Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 3-1 victory for SC Paderborn 07 at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 07:04 06/05/2026