On Friday, starting with 17:30, the Bochum – Paderborn match will be played, within the 11th round of the 2nd Bundesliga. Hamburg is unbeaten in 4 of the last 5 direct matches and in 12 of the previous 13 home matches with Hannover! Last season, HSV won 3-0 at home and drew away, score 1-1.
Bochum alternates the positive results with the negative ones, and the last series looks like this: 3-1 with Hamburg and 5-0 with Dusseldorf, framed by 0-2 with Furth and 1-3 with Kiel. In the general classification, Thomas Reis’ team ticked 17 points, due to the 5 victories, two draws and three defeats. Bochum remains the same inconsistent team on its own field, where it achieved two successes, two draws and one defeat. Even if they have not been successful lately with Paderborn, the hosts have ticked 3 successes in the previous 4 direct duels on the “Ruhrstadion”.
After 3 consecutive victories in the 2.Bundesliga, Paderborn lost in stages 9 and 10 with Karlsruher (0-1) and Nurnberg (0-2). The team coached by Steffen Baumgart thus remains with 14 points in the first 10 rounds and occupies the 10th place in the ranking of the season, 5 points away from the leader Kiel. Relegated from the Bundesliga in 2019/2020, Paderborn started the promotion campaign strongly, but the latest results stopped it. There will be a strong confrontation with Bochum, in which a draw would not help any of the groups.
Paderborn is unbeaten in the last 3 direct matches;
Bochum has won 3 of the previous 4 direct home duels;
In the 2018/2019 season, Paderborn won 2-1 at Bochum and drew at home, score 2-2;
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1,49
