Sonntag, 17. März 2019

SC Paderborn - FC Ingolstadt 04

Paderborn back to winning ways this weekend

TEAM NEWS
Coach Steffen Baumgart has a fully-fit Paderborn team at his disposal, with only Leon Fesser and Leon Bruggemeier out through injury, but captain Uwe Hunemeier will miss with suspension.

Ingolstadt's Joey Breitfeld, Tobias Schrock, Frederic Ananou and Lucas Galvao are all out through injury while three players are suspended in the form of Almog Cohen, Robin Krausse and Paulo Otavio.

Paderborn
Suspended: Uwe Hunemeier
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Leon Bruggemeier, Leon Fesser (both knee)

Ingolstadt
Suspended: Almog Cohen, Robin Krausse, Paulo Otavio
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Joey Breitfeld (knee), Lucas Galvao (ankle), Tobias Schrock (thigh), Frederic Ananou (shoulder)

MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN

Paderborn fell to yet another defeat last weekend, this time losing 2-1 at Aue. They remain in seventh spot on 38 points from 25 league games. The side, who have lost three, drawn one and won five of their past nine in the league, are nine points away from the top three with 9 league matches left to play.

Ingolstadt fell to a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Union Berlin last weekend. Their defeat in northern Germany also saw Almog Cohen and Robin Krausse sent off during the second half, with Jens Keller’s side ending up with only nine men. Last weekend’s loss at Alte Forsterei was their third league defeat in a row and a real setback given that Ingolstadt are sitting rock bottom with only 19 points and three points from safety.

This should be an intriguing league fixture at Benteler Arena, and I fancy Paderborn to hit back with an important home win. Put your money on the hosts to prevail in a close league encounter.

SECOND PREDICTION: ODD/EVEN - ODD
Four of the last five competitive meetings between these teams have been decided by one goal. This should be a tight league encounter, so have a punt on odd total goals to be scored.

HEAD TO HEAD

Paderborn have won three of the last four league meetings between the two, with the other one ending in a draw.

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