Paderborn vs Bayern Munich Predictions

It’s not unusual for Bayern Munich to find themselves playing the role of Goliath in the Bundesliga. They will once again assume that role this Saturday, as they take on bottom-of-the-table Paderborn. It is difficult to see the outcome of this fixture as much more than a formality. 

This fixture will be a meeting between one of the Bundesliga’s 3 remaining undefeated sides, in Bayern and the Bundesliga’s only winless side, in Paderborn. Paderborn have managed to pick up just one point from their opening 5 league fixtures of the season. 

This game is also a clash between the league’s highest goalscorers and the league’s worst defence. Bayern scored an impressive 16 goals in their opening 5 games. Meanwhile, Paderborn have conceded an alarming 14 goals thus far. 

Paderborn’s defensive quality will leave them at the mercy of Bayern’s ruthless attack this Saturday. However, interestingly enough, Paderborn have shown glimpses of quality in their attacking efforts. 

Paderborn are the only team in the bottom 5 to have scored in all of their Bundesliga games this season. Despite sitting at the bottom of the table, they have shown glimpses of quality in attack. 

Paderborn have managed to put goals past some of the top teams in the league. They scored 2 goals away to Bayer Leverkusen. They also managed to find the net against both Schalke and high-flying Freiburg. Despite their league position, they have the ability to threaten Bayern’s defence. 

Paderborn have got the highest expected goals (xG) in the bottom 8 of the Bundesliga, with 6.79. This indicates that they are a team capable of creating quality chances. 

Bayern have failed to keep clean sheets vs the Bundesliga’s struggling teams of late. They failed to keep a clean sheet vs 17th placed Mainz at the end of August. On top of that, they conceded 2 in their opening fixture when they drew 2-2 vs 15th placed Hertha Berlin. This was also a trend last season. Bayern failed to keep a clean sheet versus all 3 of the eventually relegated sides in the second half of last season. Even if Bayern ultimately outclass Paderborn, we feel that there may be a goal in this for the home side. We feel that there is a good chance of both teams scoring in this game. 

Bayern are on an impressive streak of 19 games unbeaten in the Bundesliga. We feel that they will stretch this run to 20 games unbeaten this Saturday vs Paderborn. 

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Bayern’s last 6 games. Bayern managed to score at least 2 in these fixtures also. We feel that Bayern will end up winning this game comfortably and that a 4-1 scoreline could be the end result.