SC Paderborn 07 vs VfB Stuttgart Prediction & Betting Tips

How both sides have been ticking along

Stuttgart's overall sample across the last 20 matches shows 11 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, with 55 scored and 28 conceded. That figure includes some lopsided pre-season friendly results against lower-league sides, so it's worth taking the goal tally with a pinch of salt. In actual competitive football recently they've lost to Dortmund and Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga but beaten Köln 4-1 at home.

SC Paderborn 07: 20 completed matches; VfB Stuttgart: 20 completed matches.

SC Paderborn 07

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

37

Conceded

30

Difference

+7

VfB Stuttgart

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

55

Conceded

28

Difference

+27

Paderborn's record over the same length of sample reads 10 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, with 37 for and 30 against. Their most recent Bundesliga games show a home win over Hoffenheim, then defeats away at Dortmund and at home to Freiburg. Neither side looks to be flying, but neither looks out of form either.

Both teams have shown they can beat decent opposition but also lose to it, which doesn't point to a clear favourite on current form alone.

Comparative Team Statistics: SC Paderborn 07 vs VfB Stuttgart

A thin history between them

There are only three recorded meetings here, stretching back to 2014. Stuttgart won the last DFB Pokal tie between them 2-1 back in January 2023, and they also won 2-1 in a 2015 Bundesliga fixture. The other meeting, back in December 2014, finished 0-0.

So in the meetings we have on record, Paderborn haven't beaten Stuttgart. That said, the sample is small and old enough that it tells us little about either side's current form.

What we know about personnel

The player data here is limited to single-match snapshots rather than full season rankings. D. Pejčinović shows a hat-trick in the one match recorded for Stuttgart, while D. Undav and Tiago Tomás both picked up assists in their sample games.

SC Paderborn 07:

Penalty cards:

R. Obermair x 1

VfB Stuttgart:

Best scorers:

D. Pejčinović - 3

Best assist providers:

D. Undav - 2

Tiago Tomás - 1

For Paderborn, R. Obermair is the only name flagged, with a yellow card in his one recorded match. None of this tells us much about who'll actually start this cup tie a month out.

Cup tie wildcards

This is a knockout fixture, and both clubs have already tasted cup upsets this season. Stuttgart were beaten 4-0 away at Hansa Rostock in the previous round, while Paderborn lost 4-2 away to Phönix Lübeck. That's two big underdog results against these very teams within the same competition this season.

It's a reminder that league form doesn't always carry over cleanly into cup football, especially with squad rotation likely a month out from this one.

Given both sides' recent cup vulnerability, this looks like a genuinely open tie rather than a formality for the away side.