Paderborn – Schalke 04

The guests will try to correct the mistakes of the past away matches and score points

In the eighth round of the Second Bundesliga, the neighbouring positions of Paderborn and Schalke look quite harmonious. Another thing is that both clubs are far from the expected places before the start of the season. If in Paderborn bookmakers saw a mid-tier with prospects for higher positions, Schalke "went" one of the key favourites in the fight for the title. Now the teams have a negative balance of goals and location in direct contact with the direct departure zones. Bookmakers in the upcoming meeting determined the favourites of the hosts of the field, offering on their victory odds of 2.18. Paderborn in the 2019/2020 season visited the Bundesliga but stayed there for only one football year. Having dropped out of the elite division from the last place, in the second German league the team the following seasons was a stable representative of the upper half of the standings. At the same time, never particularly claimed to return to the Bundesliga. The current season Paderborn started with opposite results compared to the last one. Then the club was leading after seven rounds and only later began to "deflate". In the current season Paderborn won two of the seven matches of the championship, not once having done it in a convincing style. So far, the team can only be proud of the fact that they defeated the currently leading Fortuna in Düsseldorf. Paderborn have picked up a total of four points in the past two rounds, so it is safe to say that their fortunes are improving. Schalke, in turn, managed to lose four times in seven rounds, which led the club to an unenviable sixteenth position. Both of the Pitmen's victories in the current Bundesliga II campaign came on the strength of power play against Magdeburg and Kaiserslautern. Despite the fact that Schalke have the third most expensive squad in Germany's second league in terms of transfer value, the team's performance is subject to fair criticism. It is worth noting that the Pitmen have picked up just one point in four away games, losing three times. Another thing is that the rivals have played each other nine times in the last ten years, none of which ended in a Paderborn victory.