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

Sat 28th Nov, 14:30 BST, Benteler-Arena, Paderborn

Ralf Kettemann and Miron Muslić take on one another in the Bundesliga on Saturday afternoon, as SC Paderborn 07 face FC Schalke 04 at the Benteler-Arena. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for seventeen major betting market have been laid out below, with head-to-head records and statistically significant form streaks highlighted. The best odds are included as well.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

There's 74% chance of Paderborn and Schalke a maximum of 3 goals combined during this Bundesliga clash according to our predictive algorithm and, with no strong favourite in the win draw win market, we think that's a great tip here. Calculations are made based on 20-game form, historical head-to-head (H2H) stats and the view of the betting market, and you can get it at top odds of 1.36.

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 43% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.35.

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Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Paderborn
43%
27/20
6%
-
Draw
26%
23/10
8%
-
Schalke
31%
19/10
14%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2
7%
-
Paderborn 1-0
11%
8/1
25%
-
Paderborn 2-1
9%
17/2
5%
-
Schalke 1-0
9%
9/1
17%
-
Paderborn 2-0
8%
11/1
20%
-
Draw 0-0
7%
10/1
35%
-
Schalke 2-1
7%
10/1
10%
-
Draw 2-2
5%
12/1
18%
-
Schalke 2-0
5%
14/1-
Paderborn 3-1
4%
18/1-
Paderborn 3-0
4%
22/1
12%
-
Schalke 3-1
3%
22/1
21%
-
Paderborn 3-2
2%
25/1
24%
-
Schalke 3-2
2%
28/1
26%
-
Schalke 3-0
2%
28/1
12%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
4/5
11%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
1/1
13%
-
Home 1st Goal
50%
5/6
4%
-
Away 1st Goal
46%
21/20
7%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
10/1
35%
-
BTTS - Yes
52%
4/6
11%
-
BTTS - No
48%
11/10
16%
-
BTTS - Home Win
19%
7/2
4%
-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
14%
9/2
27%
-
Home/draw
69%
2/5
7%
-
Away/draw
57%
4/7
5%
-
Home/away
74%
1/3
3%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
1/4
4%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
3/1
11%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
11/5
28%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
4/11
11%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
9/2
22%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/7
5%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
10/1
38%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/20
3%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/20
2%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
10/1
35%
-
Home DNB
61%
4/6
9%
-
Away DNB
49%
11/10
15%
-
Paderborn win to nil
24%
10/3
21%
-
Schalke win to nil
17%
9/2-
Paderborn / Paderborn
22%
11/4
6%
-
Paderborn / Schalke
3%
28/1
26%
-
Paderborn / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Paderborn
14%
5/1
8%
-
Draw / Schalke
13%
11/2-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
8%
-
Schalke / Paderborn
4%
22/1-
Schalke / Schalke
17%
15/4
19%
-
Schalke / Draw
6%
12/1-
Win / draw / win Bundesliga table

Paderborn have played 9 matches so far this season and lay in 13th place in the Bundesliga league table. Paderborn are unbeaten in 1 games against teams below them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 1 games. Paderborn are winless in the 1 games they have played against teams below them in the table and have conceded in 0 of those games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 1 game against teams below in the table, having won 0, drawn 1 and lost no matches. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Paderborn have outscored their opponents by 8 goals to 5 goals.

Home League Performance

Paderborn have played 5 games at home winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 6 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and conceded 6 goals at home.

Schalke are in 17th position in the Bundesliga on 6 points having played 9 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 8 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 5 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Schalke have conceded 11 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 6 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Paderborn
Schalke
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bayern96302021 
Apr 10
Dec 4
d
 
0-00-0
Jan 30
2
Dortmund9630921 
Feb 6
l
 
3-0A
Dec 6
Apr 10
3
Freiburg96121019 
l
 
0-1A
Jan 30
Feb 20
l
 
2-1A
4
RB Leipzig96031418 
Jan 9
May 8
l
 
0-2A
Mar 6
5
Leverkusen9513316 
Mar 20
Nov 21
May 22
Jan 17
6
W.Bremen9432215 
Feb 27
d
 
2-2F
Jan 14
May 15
7
Elversberg9414-113 
Dec 12
Apr 17
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 13
8
Stuttgart9405012 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 20
Nov 21
Mar 20
9
Hoffenheim9405-112 
w
 
3-1F
Feb 13
Mar 13
l
 
2-1A
10
E.Frankfurt9333-512 
d
 
2-2A
Mar 13
May 8
Jan 9
11
Hamburg9405-1012 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 3
Apr 17
Dec 11
12
Mainz9315-110 
Jan 23
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
Feb 27
13
Paderborn9243-310 
-
-
Apr 3
Nov 28
14
Augsburg923409 
Apr 24
Dec 19
Jan 23
l
 
3-0A
15
Köln9234-49 
Jan 16
May 22
Mar 3
d
 
0-00-0
16
Union Berlin9144-147 
May 15
Jan 13
Feb 6
w
 
1-3F
17
Schalke9135-66 
Nov 28
Apr 3
-
-
18
B. M'gladbach9117-134 
Mar 6
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 20
Apr 24
Win / draw / win form
Paderborn 13TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
8
Lost
5
Schalke 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Paderborn since 2014
Paderborn
Schalke
Goals: Scored
9
16
Games: Scored
5 / 6
6 / 6
Clean sheets
0 / 6
1 / 6
PAD
1
S04
5
League games at Schalke since 2015
Schalke
Paderborn
Goals: Scored
9
7
Games: Scored
5 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
1 / 6
PAD
1
D
2
S04
3
Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for FC Schalke 04 of late. It has been 6 Bundesliga games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Saturday afternoon against SC Paderborn 07.

Paderborn 13th Schalke 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Paderborn will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Schalke 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
-7
Schalke’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.9
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga - 2026/2027 season
Paderborn
PG (predicted goals)
Schalke
1.4
1.2
Attack rating
%
better
PAD
S04
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
PAD
S04
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Paderborn Bundesliga squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9212
N NollS TiggesL CurdaJ. ter Horst
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Noll GLK9
-
J. ter Horst DEF9
2
-
M Hansen DEF9
1
-
T. Scheller DEF9
2
-
L Curda MID91
1
-
S Castaneda MID91
1
-
R Obermair MID91
-
M Pieringer FWD91
1
-
G Vidović FWD9
-
S Tigges FWD921
-
S Marino FWD92
1
-
L Ulrich MID8
2
-
R Philippe FWD81
-
T Baack MID6
1
-
J. Sticker DEF51
-
F Götze DEF41
-
C. Lippmann MID3
-
O Meier FWD3
-
R. Müller MID21
-
L. Đurić MID1
-
Niklas Mohr MID1
-
D. Zeitler FWD1
1
-
S Michel FWD1
-
Schalke Bundesliga squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
9112
L KariusA AouchicheH Hee-ChanH Kurucay
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Karius GLK9
1
-
H Kurucay DEF9
2
-
N Katic DEF9
1
-
A Aouchiche MID91
2
-
R Gosens DEF81
-
T Becker DEF8
1
-
S El-Faouzi MID8
-
J Ebimbe MID8
2
-
S Tanaka MID8
-
V. Becker DEF7
1
-
K Karaman MID71
-
H Hee-Chan FWD71
2
-
E Dzeko FWD7
-
C Adamu FWD711
-
M Wöber DEF61
-
D Ljubicic MID5
-
M. Ayhan DEF4
-
M Sylla FWD4
-
R Schallenberg MID3
1
A Gantenbein DEF211
-
J Bachmann MID2
-
K Müller GLK1
-
L. Vozar MID1
-
B Lasme FWD1
-