On Saturday Mar 12th, in week 26, Paderborn hosts Fortuna Düsseldorf in a clash of these two closely matched 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Paderborn recorded a 4-3 win against Holstein Kiel. Ron Schallenberg scored the first goal for Paderborn in the 19th minute, but Jann-Fiete Arp got the equalizer for Holstein Kiel in the 23rd minute , but fortunately for Paderborn it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Paderborn looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while fortuna Düsseldorf sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Ingolstadt. Daniel Ginczek struck first for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 4th minute on a feed from Khaled Narey, then Matthias Zimmermann added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Jakub Piotrowski In the end, Ingolstadt couldn’t muster any offence and Fortuna Düsseldorf ran away with the shutout win. Fortuna Düsseldorf is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Merkur Spiel-arena, Paderborn was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Sven Michel struck first for Paderborn in the 9th minute on a feed from Robin Yalçın, then Rouwen Hennings got the equalizer for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 34th minute on a feed from Khaled Narey , but luckily for Paderborn it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win.
Rouwen Hennings has been the most prolific scorer on Fortuna Düsseldorf in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Paderborn’s top weapon lately has been Dennis Srbeny, who has two goals in the last five matches.