Match details. Bundesliga, Regular Season - 5. Kick-off is Sat 10 Oct, 14:30 Lagos time. It is played at Home Deluxe Arena, Paderborn. The referee is Felix Zwayer.
What's at stake. Paderborn are 12th on 4 points after 4 games, 1 point behind FC Schalke 04, level on points with 1. FC Köln. A win would take them above FC Schalke 04. Stuttgart are 15th on 3 points after 4 games, level on points with 1899 Hoffenheim, level on points with Hamburger SV. A win would take them above 1899 Hoffenheim.
Team news. Paderborn are without N. Awortwie-Grant (knee injury), L. Eickel (back injury), T. Gayret (knee injury), M. Hoffmeier (muscle injury), S. Klaas (muscle injury), N. Awortwie-Grant (knee injury). Stuttgart are without A. Al Dakhil (knee injury), J. Diehl (muscle injury), N. Nartey (muscle injury), T. Tomas (muscle injury), D. Zagadou (muscle injury), A. Al Dakhil (knee injury).
Form. Paderborn have won three, drawn four and lost three of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L L D W. Stuttgart have won four, drawn two and lost four of their last ten, 1.4 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L W W L.
The numbers. Paderborn score 1.3 and concede 1.5 a game over their last ten, with three clean sheets and four games without a goal. Paderborn average 12.2 shots (4.2 on target), 5.6 corners and 2.4 cards a game, with 47% of the ball. Stuttgart score 1.8 and concede 2.5 a game in their last six away, with one clean sheet. Stuttgart average 12.9 shots (5.5 on target), 5.8 corners and 1.7 cards a game, with 53% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last three meetings Paderborn have won none, drawn one and lost two. Two of the three went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. The last time they met, on 31 Jan 2023, it finished Paderborn 1-2 Stuttgart: Paderborn had 1 shots to 22, 28% of the ball, six yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 62% against the records' 31%.
The read. No firm call: Stuttgart are the better side, but not at this price. An open game. Their goals for and against make Stuttgart the likelier winners; Stuttgart are the stronger side on form and the table. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 60%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Under 5.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: Paderborn 1-2 Stuttgart (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).