Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
Hansa Rostock and Paderborn square off against each other at Ostseestadion in the last game of the season. Hansa are desperate to avoid automatic relegation and they have no other option but to go all guns blazing at Paderborn. Even though Mersad Selimbegovic’s men are on a five-game losing run in the German second tier, home win should be considered as the hosts are desperate to secure the 2. Bundesliga survival. Sarpreet Singh is banned for the match, while both Jasper van der Werff and Elias Hoftmann miss out with injuries.
Paderborn, on the other hand, have been in a fine form of late, with the team winning three of their last four league fixtures. Hansa Rostock, though, want this triumph more than Paderborn and that is the main reason why home win should be considered. As for the visitors, Raphael Obermair serves a one-game ban, while all Laurin Curda, Mattes Hansen, Marco Schuster, Maximilian Rohr, and Kimberly Ezekwem remain in the recovery room.
Highlighted Team (Paderborn):
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.