Borussia Dortmund vs SC Paderborn 07Prediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

Borussia Dortmund reach the third round with six points from six in second place: two matches, two wins, five goals scored and two conceded. At the Signal Iduna Park they have played once and won 2-0 without conceding, while their only trip away brought a 3-2 win in Sinsheim, in a game that stayed open to the end. SC Paderborn 07 are thirteenth on one point: two games, a draw and a defeat, and above all no goals scored against just one conceded. At home they lost 0-1 to SC Freiburg, away they took a 0-0 draw at FSV Mainz 05. The defence has held, the attack has yet to move. Their other recent outings widen the picture. Before the two league wins, Borussia Dortmund had drawn 2-2 with AS Roma and lost 1-2 to Bayern München, while the 5-0 at HEBC came between the two league games. SC Paderborn 07 won 2-0 at VfL Osnabrück, drew 2-2 at Werder Bremen and won 4-2 at Phönix Lübeck: away from the league they have found more consistency. The five previous meetings lean one way only: three wins for Borussia Dortmund and two draws, no success for SC Paderborn 07. The last of them, in February 2021, finished 3-2 to the hosts; before that came the 1-1 of August 2020, the 6-1 away win of May 2020, the 3-3 of November 2019 and the 7-1 of October 2015. Twenty-eight goals were scored across those five games. The competition average is 3.81 goals per game. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.