Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
St. Pauli will be aiming to build on back-to-back wins over Hertha Berlin and Nurnberg when they take on Paderborn in the 2. Bundesliga round 27. St. Pauli are leading the chase for the automatic Bundesliga promotion, but they can’t afford any complacency in the season finale. Elias Saad is banned for the match due to the accumulation of yellow cards, while all Carlo Boukhalfa, Simon Zoller, Erik Ahlstrand, and Scott Banks are out of contention with injuries.
Paderborn, on the other hand, failed to impress in a 2-1 loss to Eintracht Braunschweig and seeing that St. Pauli have turned their Millerntor-Stadion into a real fortress, we predict that the visitors are going to return home with their hands empty. As for the visitors, midfielder Kai Kleifisch misses out through suspension, while all Marco Schuster, Felix Platte, and Kimberly Ezekwem are sidelined with injuries.
Highlighted Team (Paderborn):
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Welcoming their rivals at Benteler-Arena, Paderborn are a German club that will compete in the Bundesliga in the 2019/2020 season. The club played their first ever match in the German top flight on August 24, 2019, with the team sharing the spoils with Mainz (2-2) in front of home fans.
Benteler-Arena can hold up to 15,000 spectators and it was opened on July 20, 2008. Paderborn play their home matches in blue and black shirts and black shirts, but white is the dominant colour of their away kit. Until the 1980s TuS Scholls Neuhaus were considered the club’s main rivals are Arminia Bielefeld, with the two teams facing each other in Ostwestfalenderby.
This rivalry was established in the 2008/2009 season when Arminia Bielefeld dropped to the 2. Bundesliga. It has to be noted that Paderborn have yet to represent Germany in European competitions.