On Saturday, starting with 14:30, the Dusseldorf – Paderborn match will be played, within the 26th round of the Bundesliga, 2019/2020 edition. Dusseldorf and Paderborn have met countless times in the regional leagues in Germany, the third league or Bundesliga 2, but in the Bundesliga, there was only a round dispute. On October 26, 2019, Paderborn won 2-0 at home, through goals scored by Sabiri and Schonlau.
Dusseldorf resumes its course in the Bundesliga with 22 accumulated points, along with 3 consecutive stages without knowing the taste of failure. Moreover, the host team lost only one match with Uwe Rosler on the bench, out of 6 disputes, a 1-4 with Monchengladbach, a team that is fighting for the Champions League. At the moment, Dusseldorf is on the 16th place, which will play a dam to stay in the Bundesliga, but the form shown with the new coach can give him hope of salvation. At home, Fortuna lost 6 of the 12 matches, but won against counter-candidates for relegation, Mainz, Cologne or Union Berlin.
On the other hand, the newly promoted Paderborn is on the last place in the ranking, with 16 points and only two successes in the travels of the season, in Freiburg and Bremen. Steffen Baumgart’s side have conceded 54 goals this season in the Bundesliga, with only Bremen having a poor record (55 goals conceded). Although on his own field he had interesting evolutions, Paderborn scored only 13 times in away games and it is difficult to make claims in this way. The away team has already lost 17 matches in 2019/2020, the same as it lost in 2014/2015, when it ended the season on the last position.
It remains to be seen how the two teams will evolve without spectators in the stands, but Dusseldorf starts with the first chance. Uwe Rosler’s students will try to score and win the 3 points in front of an opponent in the last position in the Bundesliga.
Dusseldorf: Kastenmeier – Ayhan, Hoffmann, Suttner – Zimmermann, Stöger, Sobottka, Berisha, Thommy – Karaman, Hennings (c)
Absent: Bodzek, Morales, Steffen
Coach: Uwe Rösler
Paderborn: Zingerle – Jans, Strohdiek (c), Schonlau, Collins – Vasiliadis, Gjasula, Sabiri – Pröger, Srbeny, Antwi-Adjei
Absent: Mamba
Coach: Steffen Baumgart
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,80
