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FC Schalke 04 v SC Paderborn 07 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 2nd May, 17:30 BST, Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

We’ve Bundesliga 2 action to enjoy on Friday evening, as Kees Van Wonderen and his FC Schalke 04 side host Lukas Kwasniok’s SC Paderborn 07 at the Veltins-Arena. Team form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers are all published below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. Here we've gone for , but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?


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Schalke
33%
--
Draw
24%
--
Paderborn
43%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
Paderborn 2-1
9%
--
Schalke 2-1
8%
--
Paderborn 1-0
8%
--
Schalke 1-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Paderborn 2-0
6%
--
Paderborn 3-1
5%
--
Schalke 2-0
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Schalke 3-1
4%
--
Paderborn 3-2
4%
--
Paderborn 3-0
3%
--
Schalke 3-2
3%
--
Schalke 3-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
--
Home 1st Goal
47%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
61%
--
BTTS - No
39%
--
BTTS - Home Win
19%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
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BTTS - Away Win
24%
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Home/draw
57%
--
Away/draw
67%
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Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
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Under 3.5 Goals
63%
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Over 4.5 Goals
20%
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Under 4.5 Goals
80%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
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Over 0.5 Goals
95%
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Under 0.5 Goals
5%
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Home DNB
50%
--
Away DNB
60%
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Schalke win to nil
15%
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Paderborn win to nil
19%
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Schalke have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

20 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 10 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Schalke have conceded 42 goals, scored 32, failed to score in 5 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Schalke have played 15 games at home, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 31 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Paderborn lay in 5th place on 48 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 7 and losing 7 games. They have scored 40 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Paderborn have conceded 34 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Paderborn have played 15 away games, winning 6, drawing 7 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Schalke
Paderborn
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Köln3016681154 
l
 
1-3A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2F
w
 
1-2A
2
Hamburg30141152753 
d
 
2-2F
d
 
2-2A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
2-2F
3
Magdeburg30131071649 
l
 
2-5A
d
 
2-2F
May 10
d
 
1-1A
4
Elversberg3013982148 
May 18
w
 
1-4F
Apr 26
w
 
1-3A
5
Paderborn Away3013981048 
May 2
w
 
2-4A
-
-
6
Dusseldorf301398548 
d
 
1-1A
May 10
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
7
Kaiserslautern3013710346 
l
 
0-3A
Apr 27
w
 
5-3F
l
 
3-0A
8
Nurnberg3013512344 
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-1F
w
 
3-2F
w
 
2-3A
9
Karlsruher3012810-244 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-2A
May 18
10
Hannover3011109343 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
11
H.Berlin3011613-139 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
1-2F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
12
Darmstadt3010812438 
l
 
3-5F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-1A
w
 
0-1F
13
Schalke Home3010812-438 
-
-
l
 
2-4F
May 2
14
Greuther309813-1335 
l
 
3-4A
d
 
3-3F
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1A
15
E. Braun308913-2033 
w
 
5-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
3-2F
16
Preussen Munster3061014-1028 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
2-0F
d
 
3-3A
17
Ulm3051114-726 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
18
Regensburg306420-4622 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-0F
d
 
0-00-0
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Schalke 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
36
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Schalke2 - 2Hamburg
Schalke2 - 1Ulm
Schalke1 - 2Hannover
Schalke1 - 0Preussen Munster
Schalke2 - 1Karlsruher
Schalke2 - 5Magdeburg
Schalke3 - 1Nurnberg
Schalke1 - 1Dusseldorf
Schalke0 - 3Kaiserslautern
Schalke2 - 0Regensburg
Schalke3 - 4Greuther
Schalke2 - 2H.Berlin
Schalke3 - 5Darmstadt
Schalke1 - 3Köln
Schalke5 - 1E. Braun
Schalke2 - 1Rostock
Schalke1 - 1Dusseldorf
Schalke2 - 0Nurnberg
Schalke0 - 0Karlsruher
Schalke3 - 3Paderborn
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSchalke2 - 2Hamburg
ASchalke0 - 2Regensburg
HSchalke2 - 1Ulm
ASchalke3 - 3Greuther
HSchalke1 - 2Hannover
ASchalke2 - 1H.Berlin
HSchalke1 - 0Preussen Munster
ASchalke0 - 2Darmstadt
HSchalke2 - 1Karlsruher
ASchalke0 - 1Köln
HSchalke2 - 5Magdeburg
HSchalke3 - 1Nurnberg
ASchalke0 - 0E. Braun
ASchalke4 - 1Elversberg
HSchalke1 - 1Dusseldorf
ASchalke4 - 2Paderborn
HSchalke0 - 3Kaiserslautern
ASchalke2 - 2Hamburg
HSchalke2 - 0Regensburg
ASchalke0 - 0Ulm
Paderborn 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nurnberg2 - 3Paderborn
E. Braun3 - 2Paderborn
Regensburg0 - 0Paderborn
Hannover1 - 1Paderborn
Ulm0 - 2Paderborn
Darmstadt0 - 1Paderborn
Magdeburg1 - 1Paderborn
Elversberg1 - 3Paderborn
Dusseldorf1 - 1Paderborn
Köln1 - 2Paderborn
Kaiserslautern3 - 0Paderborn
Hamburg2 - 2Paderborn
Preussen Munster3 - 3Paderborn
Greuther1 - 1Paderborn
H.Berlin1 - 2Paderborn
Rostock1 - 2Paderborn
Hannover3 - 2Paderborn
Nurnberg0 - 2Paderborn
St. Pauli2 - 1Paderborn
Schalke3 - 3Paderborn
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APaderborn3 - 2Nurnberg
HPaderborn1 - 2Dusseldorf
APaderborn2 - 3E. Braun
HPaderborn1 - 2Köln
HPaderborn5 - 3Kaiserslautern
APaderborn0 - 0Regensburg
HPaderborn2 - 0Hamburg
APaderborn1 - 1Hannover
HPaderborn2 - 0Preussen Munster
APaderborn2 - 0Ulm
HPaderborn1 - 2Greuther
APaderborn1 - 0Darmstadt
HPaderborn1 - 2H.Berlin
HPaderborn1 - 2Karlsruher
APaderborn1 - 1Magdeburg
HPaderborn2 - 4Schalke
APaderborn3 - 1Elversberg
HPaderborn3 - 2Nurnberg
APaderborn1 - 1Dusseldorf
HPaderborn0 - 0E. Braun
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Schalke since 2015
Schalke
Paderborn
Goals: Scored
7
4
Games: Scored
4 / 4
2 / 4
Clean sheets
2 / 4
0 / 4
S04
2
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
Draw3 - 3Draw
Schalke2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Schalke1 - 0
League games at Paderborn since 2014
Paderborn
Schalke
Goals: Scored
7
13
Games: Scored
4 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
1 / 5
S04
4
PAD
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Paderborn
2 - 4Schalke
Paderborn3 - 1
0 - 1Schalke
1 - 5Schalke
1 - 2Schalke
Goal Statistics

SC Paderborn 07 have been reliable in attack of late, scoring in 5 consecutive Bundesliga 2 games. Their PG of 1.7 against FC Schalke 04 on Friday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Schalke 13th Paderborn 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Schalke will score 1 or more goals
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that Paderborn will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+4
Schalke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+11
Paderborn have scored 11% more goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.8
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2024/2025 season
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Schalke
PG (predicted goals)
Paderborn
1.4
1.7
Attack rating
S04
PAD
11%
better
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Games scored22
26
Failed to score8
4
Scored first13
14
Goals scored50
51
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.7
Avg. shots per game10
11
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for17
16
Avg. XG for1.5
1.8
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
S04
PAD
18%
better
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Games conceded26
22
Clean sheets4
8
Conceded first15
13
Goals conceded54
41
Avg. goals conceded1.8
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against17%
16%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.1
KickOff rating
+18%

Schalke v Paderborn Bundesliga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
251456
K KaramanM SyllaP SeguinR Schallenberg
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Murkin DEF263
4
-
R Schallenberg MID2521
5
1
M Aydın MID253
3
-
K Karaman FWD25134
6
-
J Heekeren GLK231
-
P Seguin MID2225
5
-
J Bachmann MID2231
4
-
A Donkor DEF211
2
-
M Kaminski DEF2111
5
-
M Sylla FWD21141
2
-
T Kalas  DEF2011
1
-
T Mohr MID2034
4
-
A Younes FWD2021
2
-
T. Bulut DEF1811
3
-
M. Grüger MID181
5
1
C Antwi-Adjei FWD1712
2
-
A Gantenbein DEF1611
4
1
I Hamache FWD11
-
P Ba FWD921
2
-
E Højlund FWD6
-
F Sánchez DEF5
2
1
A Barkok MID51
2
-
L Karius GLK4
-
I Cissé DEF41
1
-
P. Remmert MID21
-
Z. Amoussou-Tchibara FWD2
-
Paderborn Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
27897
R ObermairF BilbijaA ZehnterL Curda
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Castaneda MID281
4
-
I Ansah FWD2845
4
-
R Obermair MID2754
2
-
F Bilbija FWD2788
4
-
A Zehnter MID2639
1
-
F Götze DEF2522
5
-
T. Scheller DEF24
6
-
A Grimaldi FWD2383
1
1
S Michel FWD2131
6
-
C. Brackelmann DEF182
2
-
L Herrmann  MID16
1
-
M Hoffmeier DEF15
3
1
L Curda DEF151
6
1
S Klaas MID142
2
-
M Schubert GLK12
-
L. Engelns MID10
1
-
C Terho MID101
2
-
M Mehlem MID1031
4
-
M Hansen MID92
-
F Platte  FWD81
1
-
M Riemann GLK7
1
1
A. Bäuerle MID4
-
M. Ens DEF1
-