Match Report
Before the match
ten goals for and ten against accompanied M'gladbach's two wins and three defeats across five outings. On 27 October, M'gladbach recorded a 2-0 win hosting Karlsruher SC.
Karlsruher SC travelled to face M'gladbach (DFB-Pokal) on 27 October. For M'gladbach, the score was 2-0: two goals scored, zero allowed. 3-2 was M'gladbach's result against Stuttgart on 23 October (Bundesliga), playing away from home; M'gladbach won, with three scored to two conceded. The 18 October fixture (Bundesliga) paired M'gladbach with Hoffenheim. M'gladbach lost 1-2 at home, netting one goal while conceding two. Playing away from home against 1. FC Köln (Bundesliga), M'gladbach finished 1-2 on 11 October. Their score comprised one goal, against two from the opposition. 19 September: M'gladbach lost 3-4 against Mainz at home in Bundesliga, scoring three goals and allowing four.
M'gladbach: 18th, three points, seven matches in the calculated Bundesliga standings at kickoff.
six goals for and six against accompanied SC Paderborn's two wins, one draw and two defeats across five outings. On 28 October, SC Paderborn recorded a 1-0 defeat hosting Stuttgart.
SC Paderborn's at home game on 28 October (DFB-Pokal) ended 0-1 against Stuttgart, with zero goals for and one against. On 24 October, HSV faced SC Paderborn in Bundesliga: SC Paderborn won 1-0 at home, having scored one and conceded zero. Bundesliga, 17 October brought an away meeting with Bremen; SC Paderborn drew 2-2, a return of two goals scored and two conceded. SC Paderborn hosted Stuttgart on 10 October (Bundesliga) and lost 0-2; their goals totalled zero, compared with two conceded. Hoffenheim travelled to face SC Paderborn (Bundesliga) on 20 September. For SC Paderborn, the score was 3-1: three goals scored, one allowed.
SC Paderborn: 13th, eight points, seven matches in the calculated Bundesliga standings at kickoff.
Previous meetings in our records: a 3-1 away win for M'gladbach on 20 June 2020 and a 2-0 home win for M'gladbach on 18 December 2019.
After the match
M'gladbach and SC Paderborn could not be separated in a goalless draw on 31 October 2026. Tom Baack (29'), Daiki Hashioka (41'), Fabio Chiarodia (50'), Tjark Scheller (84') and Laurin Ulrich (90') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have SC Paderborn 104 points stronger than M'gladbach. The card tally for M'gladbach was two yellow cards. M'gladbach made four changes. SC Paderborn picked up three yellow cards. The substitution total for SC Paderborn was four. Laurin Ulrich, on in the 68th minute, was booked. M'gladbach finished with a clean sheet. SC Paderborn kept their opponents scoreless.