Bundesliga Gameweek 7 Sat, Oct 24 · 14:30 Home Deluxe Arena, Paderborn
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Our take

It looks too close to call.

The two sides are close in strength. Recent goals, xG and shots on target tip the balance towards Hamburger SV. SC Paderborn 07 have 7 days of rest, Hamburger SV 7 and have to travel 220 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel220 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
SC Paderborn 0742%
Draw25%
Hamburger SV34%
Expected goals 1.66 – 1.48
SC Paderborn 0743%
Draw27%
Hamburger SV31%
Expected goals 1.47 – 1.21
SC Paderborn 0742%
Draw25%
Hamburger SV34%
Expected goals 1.66 – 1.48
SC Paderborn 0734%
Draw25%
Hamburger SV42%
Expected goals 1.48 – 1.66
SC Paderborn 0741%
Draw25%
Hamburger SV34%
Expected goals 1.59 – 1.44
Over 2.5 61% Both score 63% Likeliest score 1–1
EloLambda forecast, updated 3 hours ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Paderborn)
12°COvercast
  • Precipitation 34%
  • Wind 17 km/h
  • Humidity 55%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for SC Paderborn 07 and Hamburger SV. 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

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Defence insights

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

Streaks insights

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

Team strength

SC Paderborn 07Hamburger SV
38 L90 StrengthIn forecast 40
38 Current StrengthIn forecast 40
34 AttackIn forecast 37
33 DefenceIn forecast 43
33 Form indexContext 70
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+6%
Defense risk−22%

Hamburger SV

Attack+18%
Defense risk−23%

Both teams face a more favorable matchup than their league-average baseline.

Playing style

SC Paderborn 07Hamburger SV
0.83 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.50
0.90 xGVia Att/Def 1.04
1.84 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.83
-0.07 Goals minus xGContext -0.04
33% Scored inContext 50%
17% Clean sheetsContext 17%
13.50 ShotsContext 11.00
4.25 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.67
21% On target shareContext 33%
7.67 Shots in the boxContext 6.33
58% Box shareContext 56%
6% ConversionContext 9%
1.20 OffsidesContext 2.00
18.17 Shots allowedContext 19.17
6.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.67
6.33 BlocksContext 5.33
4.67 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.50
74% Save rateContext 62%
46% PossessionIn forecast 40%
443 PassesContext 346
357 Accurate passesContext 270
81% Pass accuracyContext 78%
6.88 Team ratingContext 6.54
10.50 FoulsContext 14.17
10.83 Fouls sufferedContext 12.83
1.33 Yellow cardsContext 1.33
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 2.10
1.16 xGVia Att/Def 1.11
1.69 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.63
-0.06 Goals minus xGContext +0.19
50% Scored inContext 70%
30% Clean sheetsContext 10%
14.50 ShotsContext 11.60
4.75 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.00
26% On target shareContext 35%
10.38 Shots in the boxContext 6.90
60% Box shareContext 59%
8% ConversionContext 11%
1.33 OffsidesContext 1.86
16.00 Shots allowedContext 16.40
5.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.30
5.11 BlocksContext 4.56
4.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.40
79% Save rateContext 64%
48% PossessionIn forecast 40%
451 PassesContext 348
366 Accurate passesContext 275
81% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.94 Team ratingContext 6.71
10.80 FoulsContext 12.40
10.60 Fouls sufferedContext 12.20
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
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
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km302 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
Hamburger SV
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel220 km968 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 70 · 9 pts vs 6.6 for an average club · +3.6 vs expected
  • W17 OctH · VfB Stuttgart1–01.0 xPts
  • W10 OctA · 1899 Hoffenheim3–20.9 xPts
  • W19 SepH · 1.FC Köln2–11.5 xPts
  • L13 SepA · RB Leipzig0–50.6 xPts
  • L6 SepH · FSV Mainz 050–51.4 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 Hamburger SV
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Bundesliga 2026-2027, 17 Oct7Bundesliga 2026-2027, 17 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km220 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways302 km968 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 21 / 2 / 2
Next matchdays after this one78.1

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
Hamburger SV Last XI · not confirmed
3-5-2 · vs VfB Stuttgart (H) 1–0, 17 Oct
1D. Heuer Fernandes(G)
17W. Omari 33S. Bornauw 24N. Capaldo
37Louis Lemke 28M. Muheim 4B. Nadir 5M. Adeline 3D. Møller Wolfe
15Y. Poulsen 20Fábio Vieira

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 No reported absences
Hamburger SV No reported absences
Total impact vs full squads
  • SC Paderborn 07+0.0 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Hamburger SV+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

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
Hamburger SV · Away 1.00points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
1-0-2
Scored
1.00
Conceded
3.00

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 4 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
Hamburger SV6 games · scored 6 · conceded 15
1 1 0-15
3 16-30
1 3 31-45
1 2 46-60
2 61-75
3 4 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
Hamburger SV10 games · scored 13 · conceded 21
2 1 0-15
5 16-30
2 4 31-45
3 3 46-60
3 2 61-75
3 6 76-90

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

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