Cologne vs Paderborn: Prediction for the Second Bundesliga Match
In the 10th round of the Second Bundesliga, Cologne and Paderborn will play their match. The hosts occupy the tenth place in the standings, and the guests are in fifth place. Cologne has won three victories in a row in face-to-face matches. Will the hosts be able to extend this series on October 25? What bets should you choose for this match? The answer is in our forecast

Command Analysis

FC Koeln

Current form
Last season, Cologne had a poor performance in the Bundesliga. The team finished second to last and was relegated to the second division. Gerhard Struber men will try to get back up as soon as possible, but the hosts are still quite far from their goal. The club is only in tenth place in the table after nine matches and is six points behind the top three. In the last rounds, the "goats" drew with Fortuna Düsseldorf (2:2) and Karlsruher (4:4), beat Ulm (2:0), and suffered a big defeat to Darmstadt (1:5).
Disqualifications and injuries
Jakob Christensen and Luca Kylian will miss the upcoming match due to knee injuries.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has won only one victory in the last five rounds of the Second Bundesliga
- The hosts have not left the field without scoring a goal in any of their last 20 matches
Estimated lineup : Urbig - Carstensen, Hubers, Pauli, Pakarada - Lemperle, Martel, Huseinbasic, Maina - Waldschmidt, Downes

Paderborn

Current form
Paderborn had a great start to the season and only suffered their first defeat in the Second Bundesliga in the last round. The visitors lost to Kaiserslautern with a score of 0:3. Before that, they managed to beat Hannover (2:1) and Regensburg (3:0), and also tied with Hamburg (2:2). The team currently occupies fifth place in the standings, with 16 points. The club is only two points behind the top three. The team continues to compete in the German Cup. In the 1/32 finals, they managed to beat Bremer quite easily (4:0).
Disqualifications and injuries
The visitors' injury list is quite impressive. Matthes Hansen, Sebastian Klaas, Visar Musliu, Felix Platte and Arne Schulz are in the infirmary. Laurin Kurda will also miss the match due to a red card.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has not won away games for four matches in a row
- Three of Paderborn last four away matches have ended in a draw
Probable lineup : Boevink - Brakelmann, Gotze, Scheller - Castaneda - Herrmann, Kostons, Klaas, Obemayr - Bilbia, Michel
Trends
Bet Exact score 3:2
The hosts have won two of their last five games by that score.
17.00Bet Both Teams to Score
This bet has played in 6 of the last 7 matches of the hosts
1.45Bet Number 3 in the final score
This pattern has worked in three of the visitors' last five matches
3.15Tip and bets
Bookmakers do not believe in the visitors at all, although they have suffered only one defeat this season and are higher than the hosts in the table. Cologne suffered a major defeat in the previous round, and overall this season they have only won two confident victories at home - over outsiders Ulm and Eintracht. Paderborn is clearly not one of them and will certainly be able to impose resistance on their opponent.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (+1) on Paderborn for 1.70
Bet on total
The opponents have not demonstrated reliability in defense in recent matches and constantly rely on attack. Most likely, the teams will continue to rely on the attack line, so it is worth betting on the total over.
Our prediction is total over 3.5 goals with odds of 1.95
Bet on corners
It is highly likely that Cologne will take the initiative on the football field from the very first minutes and will be able to win in many additional indicators, including the number of corners taken.
Our prediction is Asian handicap (-1.5) on Cologne with odds of 1.85