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FC Schalke 04 v SC Paderborn 07 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Lukas Kwasniok will be hoping for a vital away win in the Bundesliga 2 on Friday evening, as he takes his SC Paderborn 07 side to the Veltins-Arena to visit FC Schalke 04 and Kees Van Wonderen. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every statistics you could ever need to make a well-informed wager is shown below. Flip between 17 betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from leading bookmakers for it all.

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FC Schalke 04's next match is v Elversberg at 14:30 on Sunday 18th May
SC Paderborn 07's next match is v Karlsruher at 14:30 on Sunday 18th May

The last German Bundesliga 2 meeting between Schalke and Paderborn was on Friday 2nd May 2025

German Bundesliga 2

May 2nd 2025

Schalke 0	2 Paderborn

	40' R. Obermair
	48' M. Mehlem

	S04 PAD
Shots On	4 8
Shots Off	6 5
Corners	6 8
Possession	49% 51%
Fouls	9 11
Yellow/red cards	2/0

Schalke	Paderborn

J. Heekeren T. Kalas M. Kamiński T. Bulut (A. Gantenbein 71') A. Donkor R. Schallenberg J. Bachmann (C. Antwi-Adjej 62') P. Seguin (M. Grüger 71') E. Højlund (P. Ba 62') M. Sylla A. Younes (T. Mohr 46')	M. Riemann (M. Hoffmeier 80') C. Brackelmann T. Scheller F. Götze A. Zehnter R. Obermair M. Hansen (A. Grimaldi 80') M. Mehlem (S. Castaneda 72') S. Michel (F. Platte 89') I. Ansah (S. Klaas 89') F. Bilbija

Best Tip: Both teams to score

Studying the KickOff match predictions, bookmakers' odds and relevant stats, there's one market which jumps out ahead of the rest for this fixture: both teams to score. In Schalke and Paderborn we have two sides going head-to-head that can both score and concede, and we expect them to prove that on Friday evening. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.50.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 47% chance of Paderborn coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Schalke 29%	29/10 30%	-
Draw 23%	29/10 11%	-
Paderborn 47%	4/5 18%	-
Draw 1-1 11%	7/1 14%	-
Paderborn 2-1 9%	8/1 5%	-
Paderborn 1-0 8%	11/1	-
Schalke 2-1 7%	12/1 8%	-
Paderborn 2-0 7%	11/1 8%	-
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1 9%	-
Schalke 1-0 6%	18/1 27%	-
Paderborn 3-1 5%	12/1 13%	-
Draw 0-0 5%	20/1 24%	-
Paderborn 3-0 4%	16/1 19%	-
Schalke 2-0 4%	25/1 37%	-
Paderborn 3-2 4%	18/1 10%	-
Schalke 3-1 3%	25/1 24%	-
Schalke 3-2 3%	25/1 13%	-
Paderborn 4-1 2%	22/1 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 59%	4/9 6%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 41%	17/10 13%	-
Home 1st Goal 46%	6/4 14%	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	1/2 10%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	20/1 24%	-
BTTS - Yes 61%	4/9	-
BTTS - No 39%	13/8	-
BTTS - Home Win 16%	5/1 20%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	7/2 13%	-
BTTS - Away Win 25%	2/1 17%	-
Home/draw 53%	19/20 17%	-
Away/draw 71%	1/4 8%	-
Home/away 77%	1/4 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 81%	1/8 4%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 19%	5/1 20%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 37%	11/10 7%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 63%	4/6 6%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 20%	5/2 13%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 80%	2/7 6%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 9%	11/2 19%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 91%	1/9 3%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/40	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	18/1 12%	-
Home DNB 46%	2/1 36%	-
Away DNB 64%	4/11 16%	-
Schalke win to nil 13%	9/1 54%	-
Paderborn win to nil 22%	3/1 11%	-
Schalke / Schalke 14%	5/1 26%	-
Schalke / Paderborn 4%	18/1 10%	-
Schalke / Draw 6%	14/1 15%	-
Draw / Schalke 9%	8/1 20%	-
Draw / Paderborn 15%	9/2 8%	-
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1 8%	-
Paderborn / Schalke 3%	25/1 13%	-
Paderborn / Paderborn 30%	7/4 21%	-
Paderborn / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

Schalke have played 31 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

21 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 11 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Schalke have conceded 44 goals, scored 33, failed to score in 5 matches and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Schalke have played 15 games at home, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 6 fixtures. They have scored 30 goals, conceded 31 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Paderborn lay in 5th place on 49 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 31 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below them in the table, winning 10, drawing 7 and losing 7 games. They have scored 40 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Paderborn have conceded 34 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Paderborn have played 15 away games, winning 6, drawing 7 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.6 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Schalke Paderborn
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Hamburg	33	16	11	6	35	59	d 2-2F	d 2-2A	w 2-0F	d 2-2F
2	Köln	33	17	7	9	11	58	l 1-3A	l 1-0A	l 1-2F	w 1-2A
3	Elversberg	33	15	10	8	26	55	May 18	w 1-4F	d 1-1F	w 1-3A
4	Paderborn Away	33	15	10	8	13	55	l 0-2A	w 2-4A	-	-
5	Dusseldorf	33	14	11	8	7	53	d 1-1A	l 2-0A	l 1-2A	d 1-1F
6	Kaiserslautern	33	15	8	10	5	53	l 0-3A	l 2-1A	w 5-3F	l 3-0A
7	Magdeburg	33	13	11	9	10	50	l 2-5A	d 2-2F	w 2-1A	d 1-1A
8	Hannover	33	13	11	9	5	50	l 1-2F	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
9	Karlsruher	33	13	10	10	-1	49	w 2-1F	l 2-0A	l 1-2A	May 18
10	Nurnberg	33	13	6	14	0	45	w 3-1F	l 3-1F	w 3-2F	w 2-3A
11	H.Berlin	33	12	7	14	-2	43	d 2-2A	w 1-2F	l 1-2A	w 1-2F
12	Darmstadt	33	10	9	14	-1	39	l 3-5F	l 2-0A	w 3-1A	w 0-1F
13	Schalke Home	33	10	8	15	-9	38	-	-	l 2-4F	w 0-2F
14	Greuther	33	9	9	15	-15	36	l 3-4A	d 3-3F	l 1-2A	d 1-1A
15	Preussen Munster	33	8	11	14	-3	35	w 1-0F	w 1-2A	w 2-0F	d 3-3A
16	E. Braun	33	8	11	14	-23	35	w 5-1F	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	l 3-2F
17	Ulm	33	6	11	16	-12	29	w 2-1A	d 0-00-0	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
18	Regensburg	33	6	7	20	-46	25	w 2-0F	l 2-0A	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Schalke	2 - 2	Hamburg
Schalke	2 - 1	Ulm
Schalke	1 - 2	Hannover
Schalke	1 - 0	Preussen Munster
Schalke	2 - 1	Karlsruher
Schalke	2 - 5	Magdeburg
Schalke	3 - 1	Nurnberg
Schalke	1 - 1	Dusseldorf
Schalke	0 - 3	Kaiserslautern
Schalke	2 - 0	Regensburg
Schalke	3 - 4	Greuther
Schalke	2 - 2	H.Berlin
Schalke	3 - 5	Darmstadt
Schalke	1 - 3	Köln
Schalke	5 - 1	E. Braun
Schalke	2 - 1	Rostock
Schalke	1 - 1	Dusseldorf
Schalke	2 - 0	Nurnberg
Schalke	0 - 0	Karlsruher
Schalke	3 - 3	Paderborn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Schalke	1 - 2	Kaiserslautern
H	Schalke	2 - 2	Hamburg
A	Schalke	0 - 2	Regensburg
H	Schalke	2 - 1	Ulm
A	Schalke	3 - 3	Greuther
H	Schalke	1 - 2	Hannover
A	Schalke	2 - 1	H.Berlin
H	Schalke	1 - 0	Preussen Munster
A	Schalke	0 - 2	Darmstadt
H	Schalke	2 - 1	Karlsruher
A	Schalke	0 - 1	Köln
H	Schalke	2 - 5	Magdeburg
H	Schalke	3 - 1	Nurnberg
A	Schalke	0 - 0	E. Braun
A	Schalke	4 - 1	Elversberg
H	Schalke	1 - 1	Dusseldorf
A	Schalke	4 - 2	Paderborn
H	Schalke	0 - 3	Kaiserslautern
A	Schalke	2 - 2	Hamburg
H	Schalke	2 - 0	Regensburg

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nurnberg	2 - 3	Paderborn
E. Braun	3 - 2	Paderborn
Regensburg	0 - 0	Paderborn
Hannover	1 - 1	Paderborn
Ulm	0 - 2	Paderborn
Darmstadt	0 - 1	Paderborn
Magdeburg	1 - 1	Paderborn
Elversberg	1 - 3	Paderborn
Dusseldorf	1 - 1	Paderborn
Köln	1 - 2	Paderborn
Kaiserslautern	3 - 0	Paderborn
Hamburg	2 - 2	Paderborn
Preussen Munster	3 - 3	Paderborn
Greuther	1 - 1	Paderborn
H.Berlin	1 - 2	Paderborn
Rostock	1 - 2	Paderborn
Hannover	3 - 2	Paderborn
Nurnberg	0 - 2	Paderborn
St. Pauli	2 - 1	Paderborn
Schalke	3 - 3	Paderborn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Paderborn	1 - 1	Elversberg
A	Paderborn	3 - 2	Nurnberg
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	Dusseldorf
A	Paderborn	2 - 3	E. Braun
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	Köln
H	Paderborn	5 - 3	Kaiserslautern
A	Paderborn	0 - 0	Regensburg
H	Paderborn	2 - 0	Hamburg
A	Paderborn	1 - 1	Hannover
H	Paderborn	2 - 0	Preussen Munster
A	Paderborn	2 - 0	Ulm
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	Greuther
A	Paderborn	1 - 0	Darmstadt
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	H.Berlin
H	Paderborn	1 - 2	Karlsruher
A	Paderborn	1 - 1	Magdeburg
H	Paderborn	2 - 4	Schalke
A	Paderborn	3 - 1	Elversberg
H	Paderborn	3 - 2	Nurnberg
A	Paderborn	1 - 1	Dusseldorf

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Schalke

Paderborn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 4

2 / 4

Clean sheets

2 / 4

0 / 4

S04

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Schalke
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Schalke	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Schalke	1 - 0

Paderborn

Schalke

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

5 / 5

Clean sheets

0 / 5

1 / 5

S04

PAD

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Paderborn
	2 - 4	Schalke
Paderborn	3 - 1
	0 - 1	Schalke
	1 - 5	Schalke
	1 - 2	Schalke

Goal Statistics

SC Paderborn 07 have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive Bundesliga 2 games. Their PG of 1.7 against FC Schalke 04 on Friday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Schalke 13th	Paderborn 4th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.3 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 73% probability that Schalke will score 1 or more goals	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that Paderborn will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+4 Schalke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	+11 Paderborn have scored 11% more goals when away than predicted
	1.9 average goals scored	1.7 average goals scored
	1.8 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2024/2025 season

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		%

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		%

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

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	16	5	8
R Schallenberg	M Sylla	P Seguin	P Seguin

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Heekeren GLK	28		1	1 -
T. Bulut DEF	23	1	1	4 -
T Kalas DEF	23	1	1	1 -
M Kaminski DEF	26	1	1	5 -
A Donkor DEF	25		1	3 -
J Bachmann MID	25	3	1	4 -
R Schallenberg MID	30	3	1	5 1
P Seguin MID	26	2	5	8 -
A Younes MID	24	2	1	2 -
E Højlund FWD	10			-
M Sylla FWD	26	16	1	3 -
Subs
M Langer GLK				-
F Sánchez DEF	5			2 1
A Gantenbein DEF	19	1	2	4 1
M Aydın MID	29		3	4 -
T Mohr MID	25	3	5	4 -
M. Grüger MID	22	1		5 1
P. Remmert MID	2		1	-
P Ba FWD	13	2	1	2 -
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	19	1	2	2 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
16	32	5	24
M Sylla	M Sylla	P Seguin	P Seguin

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Sylla FWD	16	32	1	10
R Schallenberg MID	3	8	1	9
J Bachmann MID	3	7	1	4
P Seguin MID	2	4	5	24
A Younes MID	2	7	1	11
T. Bulut DEF	1	8	1	8
T Kalas DEF	1	2	1	3
M Kaminski DEF	1	3	1	2
J Heekeren GLK			1	3
A Donkor DEF		4	1	6
E Højlund FWD		1
Subs
T Mohr MID	3	5	5	22
P Ba FWD	2	4	1	1
A Gantenbein DEF	1	2	2	6
M. Grüger MID	1	4		7
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	1	5	2	9
M Aydın MID		10	3	9
P. Remmert MID			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1553	61	154
P Seguin	R Schallenberg	R Schallenberg

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
P Seguin MID	1553	38	89
R Schallenberg MID	1547	61	154
M Kaminski DEF	1539	11	69
J Heekeren GLK	1200	2	15
T. Bulut DEF	788	29	74
T Kalas DEF	704	17	97
A Younes MID	630	20	85
J Bachmann MID	574	33	110
A Donkor DEF	377	15	48
M Sylla FWD	364	10	75
E Højlund FWD	85	3	24
Subs
M. Grüger MID	752	22	36
T Mohr MID	609	25	62
M Aydın MID	607	56	122
A Gantenbein DEF	374	28	60
F Sánchez DEF	283	8	29
C Antwi-Adjei FWD	246	8	40
P Ba FWD	123	5	34
P. Remmert MID	4		3

Paderborn Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	9	11	7
R Obermair	F Bilbija	A Zehnter	T. Scheller

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Riemann GLK	12			1 1
C. Brackelmann DEF	21	3		2 -
F Götze DEF	30	3	2	5 -
T. Scheller DEF	29	1		7 -
R Obermair MID	32	6	6	3 -
M Mehlem MID	15	4	2	4 -
M Hansen MID	14		2	-
F Bilbija MID	32	9	8	4 -
A Zehnter MID	31	3	11	1 -
I Ansah FWD	32	6	6	5 -
S Michel FWD	26	4	2	6 -
Subs
M Schubert GLK	12			-
L Curda DEF	19	1		6 1
M Hoffmeier DEF	20			3 1
S Castaneda MID	31		1	4 1
L Herrmann MID	19			2 -
S Klaas MID	18	2		3 -
L. Engelns MID	12			2 -
F Platte FWD	9	1		1 -
A Grimaldi FWD	28	8	3	1 1

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	34	11	35
F Bilbija	F Bilbija	A Zehnter	R Obermair

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Bilbija MID	9	34	8	16
R Obermair MID	6	17	6	35
I Ansah FWD	6	11	6	8
M Mehlem MID	4	8	2	6
S Michel FWD	4	9	2	13
C. Brackelmann DEF	3	8		4
F Götze DEF	3	4	2	7
A Zehnter MID	3	15	11	35
T. Scheller DEF	1	5		5
M Riemann GLK		1
M Hansen MID		2	2	2
Subs
A Grimaldi FWD	8	22	3	8
S Klaas MID	2	5		4
L Curda DEF	1	6		5
F Platte FWD	1	4		5
M Hoffmeier DEF		2		1
S Castaneda MID		3	1	13
L Herrmann MID		3		3
L. Engelns MID		4		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1700	46	145
F Götze	R Obermair	F Götze

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
F Götze DEF	1700	33	145
T. Scheller DEF	1407	42	109
R Obermair MID	1238	46	104
C. Brackelmann DEF	1168	28	93
A Zehnter MID	1098	39	81
F Bilbija MID	553	37	143
M Riemann GLK	455	1	10
M Mehlem MID	338	23	57
S Michel FWD	328	14	59
I Ansah FWD	326	14	104
M Hansen MID	284	16	32
Subs
S Castaneda MID	1094	43	126
L Curda DEF	841	29	68
M Hoffmeier DEF	789	26	66
S Klaas MID	361	16	49
M Schubert GLK	346		1
L. Engelns MID	242	10	38
A Grimaldi FWD	221	5	102
L Herrmann MID	152	7	22
F Platte FWD	68	1	26

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FC Schalke 04 v SC Paderborn 07 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Schalke have played 31 matches so far this season and are in 13th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Paderborn lay in 5th place on 49 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 31 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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

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