PADERBORN. Paderborn was ultimately too strong for Sandhausen with the goal of M. Pieringer (11′), R. Leipertz (47′) and J. Heuer (54′). Paderborn was much better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Benteler-Arena stadium in Paderborn on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Reichel who had the assistance of Marcel Pelgrim and Marc-Philipp Eckermann. The 4th official was Lukas Benen. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.7 degrees Celsius or 67.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Paderborn had a superior ball possession 64% while Sandhausen was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Paderborn was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Paderborn won the match​.

Paderborn shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Sandhausen shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Paderborn received 1 yellow card (M. Rohr). Regarding the opposition, Sandhausen received 2 yellow cards (A. Sicker and I. Hohn).

Standings

After this contest, Paderborn will have 25 points like Hamburger SV to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Sandhausen will stay with 12 points to sit in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Paderborn will host DSC Arminia Bielefeld on the 8th of November with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of DSC Arminia Bielefeld (4 draws).

Sandhausen will host Hamburger SV on the 28th of May with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Hamburger SV (2 draws).

Paderborn – Formation

Paderborn started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Lukas Kwasniok decided to play with the following team: Jannik Huth (6.8), Maximilian Rohr (6.2), Jannis Heuer (7.8), Marcel Hoffmeier (7.1), Raphael Obermair (7.4), Julian Justvan (7.4), Ron Schallenberg (6.7), Florent Muslija (8.1), Robert Leipertz (6.9), Marvin Pieringer (7.9) and Dennis Srbeny (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Felix Platte (6.6), Tobias Müller (7.0), Sirlord Conteh, Marco Schuster, Richmond Tachie, Leopold Zingerle, Marcel Mehlem, Uwe Hünemeier and Kelvin Ofori.

Substitutions

Paderborn made 5 changes: M. Rohr for T. Muller (46′), M. Pieringer for F. Platte (70′), F. Muslija for K. Ofori (78′), R. Leipertz for S. Conteh (78′) and R. Schallenberg for M. Schuster (84′).

Best player: Florent Muslija​

The player that probably impressed the most for Paderborn was Florent Muslija even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 33 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.

Sandhausen – Formation

Sandhausen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Alois Schwartz played with: Patrick Drewes (6.2), Bashkim Ajdini (6.1), Dario Đumić (6.5), Aleksandr Zhirov (6.4), Arne Sicker (6.4), Matondo-Merveille Papela (7.0), Tom Trybull (6.4), David Kinsombi (6.3), Janik Bachmann (6.7), Christian Kinsombi (6.1) and Alexander Esswein (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Marcel Ritzmaier, Phillipp Ochs (6.6), Immanuel Höhn (6.2), Ahmed Kutucu, Matej Pulkrab, Cebio Soukou (6.4), Nikolai Rehnen, Abu-Bekir Ömer El-Zein and Kemal Ademi.

Substitutions

Sandhausen made 5 changes: D. Kinsombi for P. Ochs (62′), T. Trybull for I. Hohn (62′), A. Sicker for C. Soukou (62′), A. Esswein for K. Ademi (75′) and J. Bachmann for M. Ritzmaier (84′).

Best player: Matondo-Merveille Papela​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sandhausen was Matondo-Merveille Papela.

His rating is (7.0) with 24 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.​

• Kaiserslautern – Jahn Regensburg – 0-3
• Holstein Kiel – Heidenheim – 3-1
• Paderborn – Sandhausen – 3-0