Bochum vs Paderborn Match Preview

Bochum is ranked at 3rd place with 17 points and comes after three wins and two losses over the last five matches. Losing to a promotion candidate Holstein Kiel hurt them as they are now out of the direct promotion zone and will need to avoid a second defeat in order to keep this position.

They have scored 18 goals so far and scored 11 over the last five matches, averaging at least two goals per game managing to find the back of the net at least once in four encounters. The offensive duo Zoller-Zulj is doing very well together combining for ten goals and three assists.

Paderborn, on the other hand, is ranked at 10th place with 14 points and comes after three wins and two losses over the last five matches. They were riding a very good momentum of six games being unbeaten, while collecting four wins and two draws before losing the last two in a row, 1-0 to Karlsruher and 0-2 at home to Nurnberg.

Before these two losses Paderborn had scored 14 goals in eight games and the motivation will be high here to avoid a third loss in a row. On the road, Paderborn won just one out of five games played but scored a total of five goals.

In conclusion, I think that both teams can score at least a goal here. Bochum has been playing quite an offensive football so far and being at home they are expected to continue like that and score a goal as a minimum. Paderborn has scored at least a goal in three of the last five h2h duels between these two sides, and not to forget that they have still one of the teams with the most players who have Bundesliga experience.