Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
Dusseldorf
Match Time & Date:
19/08/2023
13:00
Prediction: 1-0
Paderborn
Merkur Spiel-Arena will host Saturday’s football game between Fortuna Dusseldorf and Paderborn, the two teams who shared the spoils with St Pauli and Osnabruck respectively on Matchday 2. Fortuna are eyeing their third consecutive clean sheet in the 2. Bundesliga and they are likely to rely on their rock-solid defence against Paderborn. New signing Christos Tzolis is pushing for a start after scoring as a substitute in the DFB Pokal opener against Illertissen, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
Lukas Kwasniok’s men, on the other hand, rolled over Cottbus 7-0 in their German Cup opener, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against Dusseldorf, who made a promising start to the season. In their last meeting in the German second tier Dusseldorf defeated Paderborn and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. Defender Visar Musliu is banned for the visitors.
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.
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