Bundesliga Gameweek 17 Sat, Jan 16 · 14:30 Home Deluxe Arena, Paderborn
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Away travel153 kmRest days3.8 · 3.8Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
SC Paderborn 07—%
Draw—%
1.FC Köln—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Paderborn)

Forecast from 1 Jan

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for SC Paderborn 07 and 1.FC Köln. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

SC Paderborn 071.FC Köln
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
38 Current StrengthIn forecast 34
34 AttackIn forecast 36
33 DefenceIn forecast 36
33 Form indexContext 26
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

SC Paderborn 07

Attack—
Defense risk—

1.FC Köln

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

SC Paderborn 071.FC Köln
0.83 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.33
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.83
0.90 xGVia Att/Def 1.67
1.84 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.73
-0.07 Goals minus xGContext -0.34
33% Scored inContext 83%
17% Clean sheetsContext 0%
13.50 ShotsContext 16.33
4.25 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.33
21% On target shareContext 33%
7.67 Shots in the boxContext 11.50
58% Box shareContext 71%
6% ConversionContext 8%
1.20 OffsidesContext 1.00
18.17 Shots allowedContext 15.67
6.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.33
6.33 BlocksContext 3.83
4.67 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.50
74% Save rateContext 71%
46% PossessionIn forecast 48%
443 PassesContext 417
357 Accurate passesContext 344
81% Pass accuracyContext 83%
6.88 Team ratingContext 6.76
10.50 FoulsContext 11.17
10.83 Fouls sufferedContext 11.33
1.33 Yellow cardsContext 1.83
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 6 and 6 games
1.10 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.30
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.30
1.16 xGVia Att/Def 1.61
1.69 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.70
-0.06 Goals minus xGContext -0.31
50% Scored inContext 90%
30% Clean sheetsContext 0%
14.50 ShotsContext 15.30
4.75 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.30
26% On target shareContext 35%
10.38 Shots in the boxContext 11.00
60% Box shareContext 73%
8% ConversionContext 9%
1.33 OffsidesContext 1.17
16.00 Shots allowedContext 14.50
5.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.50
5.11 BlocksContext 3.80
4.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.56
79% Save rateContext 60%
48% PossessionIn forecast 47%
451 PassesContext 414
366 Accurate passesContext 343
81% Pass accuracyContext 83%
6.94 Team ratingContext 6.69
10.80 FoulsContext 9.80
10.60 Fouls sufferedContext 9.30
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 1.80
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

SC Paderborn 07
Rest3.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km660 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 33 · 4 pts vs 6.0 for an average club · -1.3 vs expected
  • D17 OctA · Werder Bremen2–21.1 xPts
  • L10 OctH · VfB Stuttgart0–21.2 xPts
  • W20 SepH · 1899 Hoffenheim3–11.3 xPts
  • L12 SepA · Borussia Dortmund0–30.5 xPts
  • L5 SepH · SC Freiburg0–11.2 xPts
1.FC Köln
Rest3.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel153 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 26 · 4 pts vs 7.0 for an average club · -2.2 vs expected
  • L16 OctA · Eintracht Frankfurt0–11.0 xPts
  • W11 OctH · Borussia Mönchengladbach2–11.7 xPts
  • L19 SepA · Hamburger SV1–21.2 xPts
  • D12 SepH · Werder Bremen1–11.6 xPts
  • L4 SepA · VfB Stuttgart1–40.7 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
SC Paderborn 07 1.FC Köln
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match3.8Bundesliga 2026-2027, 12 Jan3.8Bundesliga 2026-2027, 12 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km153 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways660 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days2 / 2 / 32 / 2 / 3
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

SC Paderborn 07 Last XI · not confirmed
3-1-4-2 · vs Werder Bremen (A) 2–2, 17 Oct
15N. Noll(G)
22M. Hansen 25T. Scheller 21J. ter Horst
5S. Castañeda
23R. Obermair 40G. Vidović 28L. Ulrich 17L. Curda
27S. Tigges 30S. Marino
1.FC Köln Last XI · not confirmed
5-3-2 · vs Eintracht Frankfurt (A) 0–1, 16 Oct
1M. Schwäbe(G)
3B. Sosa 24L. Lochoshvili 22J. Simpson-Pusey 2Joel Schmied 28S. Sebulonsen
37L. Maina 5T. Krauß 8Í. Jóhannesson
10S. El Mala 30M. Bülter

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
SC Paderborn 07 Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
1.FC Köln Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

SC Paderborn 07 · Home 1.00points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
1-0-2
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.33
1.FC Köln · Away 0.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
0-0-3
Scored
0.67
Conceded
2.33

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 3 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

SC Paderborn 076 games · scored 5 · conceded 9
1 0-15
3 2 16-30
1 31-45
2 46-60
1 1 61-75
3 76-90
1.FC Köln6 games · scored 8 · conceded 11
1 0-15
1 1 16-30
3 31-45
1 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
3 2 76-90
SC Paderborn 0710 games · scored 11 · conceded 12
1 2 0-15
4 2 16-30
2 31-45
2 46-60
1 2 61-75
3 4 76-90
1.FC Köln10 games · scored 13 · conceded 23
2 3 0-15
2 3 16-30
1 4 31-45
1 3 46-60
3 6 61-75
4 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.