Paderborn take on the visitors Karlsruher in the round 1 match of German Bundesliga 2. The match will be played on Sunday, July 17th at Home Deluxe Arena (Paderborn).
Paderborn have a status of mid-table team in Bundesliga 2. The White-Blues have managed to rise to the German top flight twice in the last decade. But in both cases, everything ended with an instant departure, and from the last place. Moreover, between these events, between this they managed to fall into the 3rd division of the country for 2 seasons. Now it seems to be the middle peasant of its league. In the draw before last, immediately after returning from the "elite", they managed to take only 9th place, according to the results of the 2021/2022 championship, they climbed 2 positions higher. This progress was enough for the Pole Kwasnek to keep the post of head coach, which he has occupied since last year. Obviously under the mentor comes Grishkevich from Gurnik, who, it seems, should replace Collins, who moved to Cardiff.
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Karlsruhe have added in recent years. The "Eurofighter" in 2017 flew to the 3rd division of the country. And they were able to return from there only after 2 years. At first, after rising to the Bundesliga 2, there was a struggle for survival, and it turned out to be successful: they finished on 15th position. And in the 2020/2021 draw, they managed to climb to 6th place! True, after that there was a rollback outside the "equator" of the final table, to the 12th. But 41 points were scored, which was also quite a worthy result, at least, they didn’t have to worry about the risk of being relegated. As a result, Christian Eichner continues his work as head coach - he has been in this position since 2020. There has even been a definite boost to the squad, including the loan of Nebel from Mainz, a young midfielder who came on as a relatively regular substitute in Bundesliga 1 last season.
In the 2020/2021 season, Karlsruhe, who returned to the Bundesliga 2, took 4 points in a pair of head-to-head meetings. But in the next draw Paderborn answered with the same. Experts believe, judging by the quotes, that Paderborn can win at home. But at the start of the season, we will limit ourselves to a neutral option with "under 3.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Under 3.5 scored goals.
