SC Paderborn 07 0-1 VfB Stuttgart: result and AI prediction

AI match recap

This is a quick rematch in which Stuttgart carry the stronger overall expectation, but Paderborn have already shown they can make the Home Deluxe Arena uncomfortable. The hosts come in with renewed confidence after beating Hamburger SV and will look to make the cup tie physical, direct and rich in second-ball contests. Stuttgart need the response demanded by Hoeneß after Gladbach, although their defensive depth is reduced by injuries. The first period after Paderborn’s initial press fades should reveal whether Stuttgart’s midfield can impose control.

Head-to-head analysis

Stuttgart have avoided defeat in the listed recent meetings and won the last three, including the league match in Paderborn earlier this month. That match was closer than the final margin suggests, as Paderborn grew into it after Stuttgart’s first-half lead.

Injuries and absences

Stuttgart’s absence list removes Vagnoman’s athletic overlap and trims options in defence and attack, placing greater strain on the available full-backs and substitutes. Paderborn’s reported doubt over Vidovic would reduce their creativity between the lines if he cannot start.

Form (last 5)

SC Paderborn 07 vs VfB Stuttgart stats

Last meetings

• 2026-10-10SC Paderborn 07 0-2 VfB Stuttgart
• 2023-01-31SC Paderborn 07 1-2 VfB Stuttgart
• 2015-05-23SC Paderborn 07 1-2 VfB Stuttgart
• 2014-12-20VfB Stuttgart 0-0 SC Paderborn 07

Other DFB-Pokal matches

• VfL Bochum – FSV Mainz 05
• SG Sonnenhof Grossaspach – FC Augsburg
• Hamburger SV – Eintracht Frankfurt
• Rot-Weiß Essen – RB Leipzig
• Borussia Mönchengladbach – Karlsruher SC
• Borussia Dortmund – Werder Bremen
• SV Elversberg – SV Darmstadt 98
• 1. FC Köln – Union Berlin