SC Paderborn 07 vs Eintracht Frankfurt: Bundesliga preview

Bundesliga

SC Paderborn 07

L10 Oct · SC Paderborn 07 0-2 VfB StuttgartD17 Oct · Werder Bremen 2-2 SC Paderborn 07W24 Oct · SC Paderborn 07 1-0 Hamburger SVL28 Oct · SC Paderborn 07 0-1 VfB StuttgartD31 Oct · Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-0 SC Paderborn 07

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Eintracht Frankfurt

L10 Oct · RB Leipzig 6-0 Eintracht FrankfurtW16 Oct · Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 1. FC KölnL24 Oct · Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Eintracht FrankfurtW27 Oct · Hamburger SV 1-3 Eintracht FrankfurtW1 Nov · Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 Hamburger SV

Saturday 7 November 2026 · 15:30

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Paderborn's last five games have brought one win, two draws and two defeats. Their most recent outing was a goalless draw away at Borussia Mönchengladbach on 31 October, and three days before that they lost 1-0 at home to VfB Stuttgart in the DFB Pokal. Their form across the five games produced only three goals scored and five conceded, with two clean sheets and three matches in which they failed to find the net. In the three home games among their last five, Paderborn have won once and lost twice, scoring once and conceding three. In the two away games among their last five, Paderborn have drawn both, keeping one clean sheet.

Eintracht Frankfurt arrive in better shape overall, with three wins, no draws and two defeats across their last five. Their most recent result was a 3-1 home win over Hamburger SV on 1 November in the Bundesliga. Five days before that, Eintracht Frankfurt won 3-1 away at Hamburger SV in the DFB Pokal, and three days earlier they had lost 1-0 away at Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. Across the five games, Frankfurt scored seven and conceded nine, keeping one clean sheet and failing to score in two of the matches. Eintracht Frankfurt won both of the two home games among their last five, scoring four and conceding one. In the three away games among their last five, Frankfurt won once and lost twice, conceding eight times and keeping no clean sheet.

Head to head

These two clubs have met five times in competitive football, with Paderborn holding a slight advantage: three wins to Frankfurt's two, and no draws. The most recent meeting was in June 2020, when Frankfurt won 3-2 at home. Before that, in December 2019, Paderborn won 2-1 at home to Frankfurt. Earlier meetings in 2015 and 2014 split one apiece: Frankfurt won 4-0 at home in March 2015, while Paderborn won 3-1 at home in October 2014. Both teams scored in four of the five meetings, and the five games contained 22 goals in total.

What to watch

In the Bundesliga this season, Paderborn sit 15th on nine points from eight games, with a goal difference of minus three. At home in the league they have won two and lost two of their four games, scoring four and conceding four. Frankfurt are ninth on 11 points from eight league games, with a goal difference of minus five. Away from home in the Bundesliga this season, they have won one, drawn one and lost two of their four games, conceding at a rate of 2.75 per game.

Paderborn's xG average across their last five matches was 1.26, against an average xG against of 2.09, pointing to a side that has created modest chances while regularly facing substantial threat. Frankfurt's average xG across their last five matches was 1.59, with an average xG against of 2.11, so both sides have been exposed defensively in recent weeks.

Paderborn come into Saturday with seven days since their last match, a day more than Frankfurt's six. With both sides featuring in both the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal in recent weeks, goals have been a feature of Frankfurt's games in particular, and the bookmakers price a match with over 2.5 goals at 63% and both teams scoring at 65%.