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SC Paderborn 07 v Karlsruher SC : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Benteler-Arena, Paderborn

Karlsruher SC pay Bundesliga 2 counterparts SC Paderborn 07 a visit on Friday evening, as Christian Eichner leads his team into an away clash with Ralf Kettemann & co. at the Benteler-Arena. This preview has odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for seventeen different betting markets, alongside bespoke data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall performance can be viewed, while you'll also find head to head (H2H) history later on in the preview.

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The last German Bundesliga 2 meeting between Paderborn and Karlsruher was on Friday 8th May 2026
German Bundesliga 2
May 8th 2026
Paderborn 2
2 Karlsruher
 
F. Bilbija 20'75' F. Schleusener
S. Klaas 85'79' S. Fukuda
 
PAD
KSC
Shots On
6
4
Shots Off
8
3
Corners
4
1
Possession
49%
51%
Fouls
8
10
Yellow/red cards
5/0
 
PaderbornKarlsruher
 
C. Brackelmann
J. Sticker (Niklas Mohr 83')
S. Castaneda (S. Klaas 73')
F. Bilbijafootball icon (R. Müller 73')
N. Bätzner (S. Michel 59')
F. Götze
T. Scheller
L. Curda
S. Marino (K. Okpala 83')
D. Seimen
M. Baur
H. Bernat
(R. Pinto Pedrosa 58') S. Jung
N. Rapp
(A. Müller 46') H. Kwon
M. Wanitzek
(D. Burnic 85') P. Förster
(L. Opitz 90') football iconS. Fukuda
D. Herold
C. Kobald
M. Franke
(F. Schleusener 58') L. Farhat

Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

Both our prediction and odds from the bookmakers suggest that this Bundesliga 2 clash is going to be entertaining, with at least 3 goals to scored in the fixture. As neither side is a nailed-on winner given their recent form, we're going with the stats and past head-to-head (H2H) records below, both of which point firmly in the direction of a tip of over 2.5 goals.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Paderborn are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 60% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.40.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Paderborn
60%
19/5010/1
Draw
19%
9/21/25
Karlsruher
21%
21/420/1
Paderborn 2-1
9%
8/112/5
Draw 1-1
8%
10/111/10
Paderborn 3-1
7%
9/19/1
Paderborn 2-0
7%
17/25/2
Paderborn 1-0
6%
11/129/20
Draw 2-2
6%
14/11/3
Paderborn 3-0
5%
10/115/2
Karlsruher 2-1
5%
18/14/5
Paderborn 3-2
5%
18/17/2
Paderborn 4-1
4%
14/128/1
Karlsruher 1-0
4%
25/114/1
Paderborn 4-0
3%
16/122/1
Paderborn 4-2
3%
25/122/1
Karlsruher 3-2
3%
33/19/1
Draw 0-0
3%
25/112/1
Over 2.5 Goals
70%
4/1113/20
Under 2.5 Goals
30%
21/1021/20
Home 1st Goal
55%
2/52/5
Away 1st Goal
44%
7/411/5
No 1st Goal
1%
25/112/1
BTTS - Yes
66%
8/1521/10
BTTS - No
34%
11/81/3
BTTS - Home Win
35%
7/516/5
BTTS - Draw
17%
5/13/10
BTTS - Away Win
14%
8/19/1
Home/draw
79%
1/81/25
Away/draw
40%
2/11/5
Home/away
81%
1/711/5
Over 1.5 Goals
88%
1/1010/21
Under 1.5 Goals
12%
6/17/5
Over 3.5 Goals
49%
5/610/11
Under 3.5 Goals
51%
5/64/5
Over 4.5 Goals
30%
2/12/1
Under 4.5 Goals
70%
4/111/3
Over 5.5 Goals
16%
9/212/1
Under 5.5 Goals
84%
1/71/200
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/1001/100
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
22/112/1
Home DNB
73%
1/71/4
Away DNB
35%
9/25/2
Paderborn win to nil
24%
2/1-
Karlsruher win to nil
7%
14/1-
Paderborn / Paderborn
41%
20/211/4
Paderborn / Karlsruher
2%
40/114/1
Paderborn / Draw
5%
16/111/2
Draw / Paderborn
17%
7/214/1
Draw / Karlsruher
6%
14/125/1
Draw / Draw
9%
8/120/1
Karlsruher / Paderborn
5%
14/190/1
Karlsruher / Karlsruher
8%
10/166/1
Karlsruher / Draw
5%
16/180/1
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Paderborn have played 32 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the Bundesliga 2 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 26 games against teams below in the table, having won 17, drawn 6 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Paderborn have outscored their opponents by 55 goals to 50 goals.

Home League Performance

Paderborn have played 16 games at home winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 4 games. They have scored 33 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 25 goals at home.

Karlsruher are in 8th position in the Bundesliga 2 on 43 points having played 32 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

9 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 33 goals and kept 3 clean sheets. They have scored 17 goals in total and failed to score in 9 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

13 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 9 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Karlsruher have conceded 30 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Paderborn
Karlsruher
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Schalke3421761970 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
2-1F
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
2
Elversberg3418882562 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
5-1A
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-0A
3
Paderborn3418881462 
-
-
l
 
0-4A
d
 
2-2A
4
Hannover34161261660 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-3A
l
 
3-0A
5
Darmstadt34131381252 
d
 
2-2A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-2F
6
Kaiserslautern3416414552 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-0A
7
H.Berlin3414911351 
w
 
5-2F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
2-2F
d
 
0-00-0
8
Nurnberg34121012246 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-1F
l
 
5-1A
9
VfL Bochum34111112244 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
10
Karlsruher3412814-1144 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-4F
-
-
11
Dresden3411815141 
w
 
2-1A
w
 
1-2A
d
 
3-3A
d
 
3-3A
12
Holstein3411815-441 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-1F
l
 
3-0A
13
Arminia3410915239 
w
 
4-3A
d
 
2-2A
w
 
4-1A
l
 
4-0A
14
Magdeburg3412319-639 
w
 
4-3F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
15
E. Braun3410717-1837 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
16
Greuther3410717-1937 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-1A
w
 
1-4F
17
Dusseldorf3411419-2037 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
18
Preussen Munster3461216-2330 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Paderborn 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Paderborn2 - 3Schalke
Paderborn4 - 3Magdeburg
Paderborn2 - 1Dresden
Paderborn1 - 1E. Braun
Paderborn5 - 2H.Berlin
Paderborn2 - 1Nurnberg
Paderborn2 - 1Preussen Munster
Paderborn2 - 2Darmstadt
Paderborn1 - 2Elversberg
Paderborn0 - 2Hannover
Paderborn2 - 1Greuther
Paderborn4 - 3Arminia
Paderborn2 - 0Kaiserslautern
Paderborn1 - 0VfL Bochum
Paderborn1 - 2Dusseldorf
Paderborn2 - 1Holstein
Paderborn2 - 1Magdeburg
Paderborn1 - 1Elversberg
Paderborn1 - 2Dusseldorf
Paderborn1 - 2Köln
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APaderborn1 - 5Elversberg
HPaderborn2 - 3Schalke
APaderborn1 - 1Hannover
HPaderborn4 - 3Magdeburg
APaderborn2 - 0Greuther
HPaderborn2 - 1Dresden
APaderborn2 - 2Arminia
HPaderborn1 - 1E. Braun
APaderborn2 - 1Kaiserslautern
HPaderborn5 - 2H.Berlin
APaderborn0 - 0VfL Bochum
HPaderborn2 - 1Nurnberg
APaderborn1 - 2Dusseldorf
HPaderborn2 - 1Preussen Munster
APaderborn0 - 2Holstein
HPaderborn2 - 2Darmstadt
APaderborn4 - 0Karlsruher
HPaderborn1 - 2Elversberg
APaderborn1 - 2Schalke
HPaderborn0 - 2Hannover
Karlsruher 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
4
Draw
6
Lost
10
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Elversberg3 - 0Karlsruher
Schalke1 - 0Karlsruher
Kaiserslautern3 - 0Karlsruher
Magdeburg1 - 3Karlsruher
Nurnberg5 - 1Karlsruher
E. Braun1 - 0Karlsruher
Preussen Munster0 - 2Karlsruher
VfL Bochum2 - 2Karlsruher
Darmstadt3 - 2Karlsruher
Hannover3 - 0Karlsruher
Arminia4 - 0Karlsruher
Greuther1 - 4Karlsruher
Dresden3 - 3Karlsruher
Holstein3 - 0Karlsruher
Dusseldorf0 - 0Karlsruher
H.Berlin0 - 0Karlsruher
Regensburg2 - 2Karlsruher
Hamburg1 - 2Karlsruher
Preussen Munster1 - 1Karlsruher
H.Berlin3 - 1Karlsruher
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
42
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HKarlsruher2 - 1Darmstadt
HKarlsruher1 - 3Hannover
AKarlsruher0 - 3Elversberg
HKarlsruher4 - 1Arminia
AKarlsruher0 - 1Schalke
HKarlsruher3 - 1Greuther
AKarlsruher0 - 3Kaiserslautern
HKarlsruher3 - 3Dresden
AKarlsruher3 - 1Magdeburg
HKarlsruher3 - 1Holstein
AKarlsruher1 - 5Nurnberg
HKarlsruher1 - 1Dusseldorf
AKarlsruher0 - 1E. Braun
HKarlsruher2 - 2H.Berlin
AKarlsruher2 - 0Preussen Munster
AKarlsruher2 - 2VfL Bochum
HKarlsruher0 - 4Paderborn
AKarlsruher2 - 3Darmstadt
AKarlsruher0 - 3Hannover
HKarlsruher2 - 3Elversberg
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Paderborn since 2015
Paderborn
Karlsruher
Goals: Scored
13
7
Games: Scored
6 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
0 / 6
PAD
2
D
3
KSC
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Paderborn
1 - 2Karlsruher
Draw1 - 1Draw
Paderborn5 - 0
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Paderborn2 - 0
League games at Karlsruher since 2016
Karlsruher
Paderborn
Goals: Scored
6
12
Games: Scored
3 / 7
4 / 7
Clean sheets
3 / 7
4 / 7
PAD
4
D
1
KSC
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Karlsruher
0 - 4Paderborn
Karlsruher3 - 0
0 - 3Paderborn
0 - 1Paderborn
2 - 4Paderborn
Karlsruher1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Paderborn 3rd Karlsruher 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.3
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
10%
1
23%
2
26%
3
20%
4+
20%
There is a 67% probability that Paderborn will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Karlsruher will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+7
Paderborn’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-13
Karlsruher have scored 13% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.9
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.6
conceded
2.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season
Paderborn
PG (predicted goals)
Karlsruher
2.3
1.3
Attack rating
20%
better
PAD
KSC
view stats
Games scored28
22
Failed to score4
10
Scored first18
11
Goals scored55
50
Avg. goals scored1.7
1.6
Avg. shots per game11
9
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for16
17
Avg. XG for1.9
1.3
KickOff rating
+20%
Defence rating
21%
better
PAD
KSC
view stats
Games conceded24
27
Clean sheets8
5
Conceded first12
19
Goals conceded43
60
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.8
KickOff rating
+21%

Paderborn v Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Paderborn Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
341577
D SeimenF BilbijaL CurdaL Curda
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Seimen GLK34
-
T. Scheller DEF3221
4
1
F Götze DEF3012
4
-
C. Brackelmann DEF2422
2
1
L Curda MID3277
7
-
M. Baur MID3345
5
-
S Castaneda MID311
5
-
J. Sticker MID22
-
N Bätzner FWD3022
4
-
F Bilbija FWD29153
4
-
S Marino FWD2761
1
-
Subs
M Schubert GLK
-
Niklas Mohr DEF2
-
R. Müller MID222
3
-
D Kinsombi MID3
-
M Hansen MID291
6
1
S Klaas MID2653
2
-
K. Okpala FWD121
4
-
S Michel FWD273
5
-
L Schrobenhauser FWD911
-
Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3415910
M WanitzekM WanitzekM WanitzekC Kobald
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
H Bernat GLK33
5
-
C Kobald DEF2623
10
-
M Franke DEF291
4
1
N Rapp DEF25
7
-
S Jung MID2812
1
-
P Förster MID273
4
-
K Hyeok-Kyu MID8
3
-
M Wanitzek MID34159
3
-
D Herold MID337
5
-
S. Fukuda FWD206
2
-
L. Farhat FWD2062
3
-
Subs
R Himmelmann GLK1
-
P. Scholl DEF131
1
-
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF2811
2
-
D Burnic MID3211
9
-
A Müller MID231
5
-
L. Opitz MID13
-
M Wäschenbach MID11
4
-
R Šimić FWD2631
3
-
F Schleusener FWD33114
4
1
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