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Kick-off · Matchday 21

Hoffenheim vs Paderborn: Prediction

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Most likely score1-1
Expected goals (model)1.79 – 1.34
Team rating (Elo)1501 – 1497

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HoffenheimLLWWL
PaderbornWLDWD
#TeamPGDPts
1Paderborn709
2Hoffenheim7-36

Head to head

  • Paderborn 3–1 Hoffenheim2026-09-20

Why the model leans Hoffenheim

  • Hoffenheim are at home, which usually adds a few points of chance.
  • League table: Hoffenheim #16, Paderborn #10.
  • Expected goals from the model: Hoffenheim 1.8, Paderborn 1.3.

Match preview

Hoffenheim host Paderborn in the Bundesliga on 13 February 2027. Hoffenheim sit 16th on 6 points and Paderborn are 10th on 9. Hoffenheim have won 2 of their last 5 (LLWWL), while Paderborn have won 2 of 5 (WLDWD). In their last 1 meetings, Hoffenheim won 0, Paderborn won 1 and 0 ended level. TipKhel's model gives Hoffenheim 48%, the draw 23% and Paderborn 29%, so Hoffenheim are the slight favourites, with 1-1 the single most likely score. These are probabilities from past results, not guarantees: football upsets happen every week.

How this is worked out

Each club has an Elo rating that moves after every result (bigger wins move it more, home sides get a small boost). We turn the rating gap into expected goals and use a Poisson model to get win, draw and loss chances. The prediction is locked at kick-off and never edited.

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