Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
All eyes will be on Home Deluxe Arena when Paderborn and Schalke 04 lock horns in the 2. Bundesliga derby. Paderborn are eyeing their third consecutive league win and they are likely to adopt yet another attack-minded approach against Schalke. Bear in mind, though, that Adriano Grimaldi is banned for the match, while all Sven Michel, Visar Musliu, and Mattes Hansen are out of contention with injuries. Defender Tjark Scheller is pushing for a recall to the starting XI.
Die Knappen, on the other hand, struggled defensively in a 3-0 loss to Kaiserslautern and given Paderborn’s signs of improvement, we predict that the hosts are going to emerge triumphant in Friday’s clash. Both Vitalie Becker and Tobias Mohr are out of contention with injuries for the away team. In their last meeting at Deluxe Arena Paderborn defeated Schalke 3-1 and we predict that the history is going to repeat itself.
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.