Paderborn vs Freiburg Preview: Team News & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Newly-promoted Paderborn started the season steadily as they now welcome a Freiburg side that appear strong again to the Home Deluxe Arena.
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Paderborn preview: Steady start
Following promotion to the Bundesliga last season, Paderborn are expected to be in a relegation battle throughout the campaign but they will be content with their start to the season.
The home team began the 2026-27 Bundesliga season with a steady goalless draw against Mainz last weekend in their opener – and it wasn’t a backs against the wall performance with Paderborn having more possession than their opponents.
Freiburg preview: Going again
Julian Schuster led Freiburg to the final of the UEFA Europa League last season but despite those distractions, they still finished seventh and qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Their start to this season saw them confirm their spot in the league phase of the UEFA Europa Conference League last month as they defeated Scottish outfit Motherwell by seven goals to two on aggregate.
Paderborn team news: Fresh doubts
Paderborn do have a fresh injury concern to deal with for this one as Lasse Eickel has picked up a back injury, while fellow attacker Sven Michel is dealing with a groin issue.
Predicted XI (3-4-3): Noll; Ter Horst, Scheller, Hansen; Curda, Ulrich, Castaneda, Obermair; Marino, Pieringer, Vidovic
Unavailable: Awortwie-Grant (Injured), Gayret (Injured)
Questionable: Eickel (Injured), Michel (Injured)
Freiburg team news: Osterhage now a doubt
Freiburg midfielder Patrick Osterhage is a fresh doubt for the visitors this weekend as they travel to Paderborn, alongside fellow midfielder Rihito Yamamoto.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Backhaus; Kubler, Ginter, Lienhart, Makengo; Eggestein, Engelhardt; Beste, Suzuki, Scherhant; Matanovic
Unavailable:
Questionable: Osterhage (Injured), Yamamoto (Injured)
Paderborn vs Freiburg prediction
Following on from their eventual hammering of Motherwell, Freiburg began the Bundesliga season in impressive fashion as Japan international Yuito Suzuki scored a hat-trick to inspire them with a 4-1 defeat of Werder Bremen. Paderborn will be expected to be awkward to play against this season, as they showed last week, but this is a brilliant opportunity for Freiburg to start with back-to-back victories.
Paderborn vs Freiburg tip: Freiburg to win & under 3.5 goals
