Paderborn vs RB Leipzig Predictions

Second-placed RB Leipzig will travel to bottom-placed Paderborn this Saturday in German Bundesliga action. Leipzig will be hoping to earn a fourth straight Bundesliga victory in Saturday’s contest. They will have to overcome a Paderborn side who will be full of confidence after last weekend’s draw with Dortmund. 

Paderborn will be proud to have earned a 3-3 draw with Borussia Dortmund last weekend. However, they will be disappointed to have given up a 3-0 lead in last weekend’s game. Last weekend’s fixture epitomised the story of Paderborn’s season. They have been able to score goals, but they can’t stop their opponents from scoring. 

Paderborn’s defensive issues have been the biggest detriment to their season. This is clear by their Bundesliga defensive record. They have conceded 29 goals in their 12 Bundesliga games, thus far. This is the Bundesliga’s worst defensive record. 

They will undoubtedly struggle to prevent RB Leipzig from opening them up on a few occasions this weekend. Leipzig have scored 33 goals in their 12 Bundesliga games. This gives them the Bundesliga’s joint-best goalscoring record, with Bayern Munich. 

We feel that Leipzig are very likely to score plenty of goals in Saturday’s fixture. They have been in impressive goalscoring form in recent weeks. They have scored over 2.5 goals in four of their last six competitive games, only failing to do so in two Champions League games. 

Leipzig have also been in impressive goalscoring form away from home this season. They have scored over 2.5 goals in six of their 10 competitive away games. Furthermore, Paderborn have conceded over 2.5 goals in seven of their 12 Bundesliga fixtures. 

We are backing Leipzig to score over 2.5 goals in Saturday’s fixture. 

Paderborn will have confidence in their attacking ability after last weekend’s game versus Dortmund. We are confident that they will manage to get on the scoresheet in this game. 

Paderborn have scored over 1.5 goals versus Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund this season. All three of those teams are possession-based, attacking sides. Paderborn have been dangerous on the counter-attack this season and they are likely to get counter-attacking opportunities versus Leipzig.

Both teams scored in four of Paderborn’s six home Bundesliga games. Meanwhile, both teams also scored in four of Leipzig’s six Bundesliga away games. Furthermore, both teams have scored in 14 of Leipzig’s 19 competitive games this season, including eight of their last 10. 

Ultimately, we expect Leipzig to outscore Paderborn in this game. Paderborn came out on the losing end of five of their six home Bundesliga games. Meanwhile, Leipzig have won 25 of their last 28 Bundesliga fixtures.

Leipzig have scored at least four goals in their last three Bundesliga games. We predict that they will do this again versus Paderborn. We feel that a 4-2 win for Leipzig is a likely result of this game.