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Paderborn v VfB Stuttgart

30%Paderborn
26%Draw
44%VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart, just.

Tested

VfB Stuttgart win about 44 times in 100. The other 56: a draw (26) or a Paderborn win (30).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 18:41 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals62%
Both teams score66%
Expected goals1.4 v 1.7
Most likely score1-112% chance

Likely line-ups

Our estimate from recent matches; the confirmed ones replace it about an hour before kickoff
Paderborn5-2-35-3-2VfB Stuttgart

Players to watch

Model estimate

Each player's chance to score and to assist, from Vesta's expected goals for his team, his expected goals and goals per 90 minutes, and the minutes he is likely to play (the likely line-ups above).

Numbers to expect

Forecast by Vesta

What each side should make in this match, forecast by Vesta from both teams' recent numbers and the match forecast.

Shots14.414.8
Shots on target4.25.3
Corners4.95.2
Fouls11.710.4
Yellow cards2.11.9

What's at stake

Model estimate

The chance of each team finishing first, in the top four or in the bottom three: today, and in the simulated seasons where this match ends in each result.

What Paderborn v VfB Stuttgart changes for both teams
Team and chanceNowPaderborn winDrawVfB Stuttgart win
Paderborn
Bottom 323%16%23%28%
VfB Stuttgart
Top 415%10%12%19%
Bottom 31%2%1%<1%

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals96%
2 or more goals84%
3 or more goals62%
4 or more goals39%
5 or more goals20%

Exactly

0 goals4%
1 goal12%
2 goals22%
3 goals23%
4 goals19%
5 goals11%
6 or more goals9%

Goals by team

Tested
Paderborn: 1 or more77%
Paderborn: 2 or more41%
Paderborn: 3 or more16%
VfB Stuttgart: 1 or more84%
VfB Stuttgart: 2 or more53%
VfB Stuttgart: 3 or more25%
Both teams score66%
At least one team does not score34%

Winning margin

Tested
Paderborn by 3 or more4%
Paderborn by 29%
Paderborn by 117%
Draw26%
VfB Stuttgart by 121%
VfB Stuttgart by 214%
VfB Stuttgart by 3 or more10%

Result combinations

Tested
Paderborn win or draw56%
Either team wins (no draw)74%
VfB Stuttgart win or draw70%

Clean sheets

Tested
Paderborn keep a clean sheet16%
VfB Stuttgart keep a clean sheet23%
Paderborn win without conceding12%
VfB Stuttgart win without conceding19%
No goals at all4%

The first goal

Model estimate
Paderborn score first43%
VfB Stuttgart score first53%
No goals4%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1536%
Minutes 16-3023%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-756%
Minutes 76-90+4%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Paderborn goals down, VfB Stuttgart goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
04.16.76.23.51.40.5
15.312.29.75.52.20.7
23.97.77.73.91.60.5
31.73.43.11.90.70.2
40.61.11.00.60.30.1
50.10.30.30.10.1·

Halves

Tested
A goal in the first half75%
A goal in the second half84%
Paderborn ahead at half-time26%
Level at half-time38%
VfB Stuttgart ahead at half-time35%
Paderborn win the second half28%
Second half level34%
VfB Stuttgart win the second half38%
More goals in the first half30%
More goals in the second half46%
Same goals in both halves24%

Half-time and full-time

Tested
Paderborn ahead at half-time, Paderborn win17%
Level at half-time, Paderborn win10%
VfB Stuttgart ahead at half-time, Paderborn win3%
Paderborn ahead at half-time, draw6%
Level at half-time, draw14%
VfB Stuttgart ahead at half-time, draw6%
Paderborn ahead at half-time, VfB Stuttgart win3%
Level at half-time, VfB Stuttgart win14%
VfB Stuttgart ahead at half-time, VfB Stuttgart win27%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
PaderbornVfB Stuttgart

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works

Every player's chances

Model estimate

Everyone likely to play, by chance to score. Minutes: what we expect him to play; shots: how many he should take.

Paderborn
Paderborn: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Marvin Pieringer6216%1%7%22%1.1
Stefano Marino4416%1%5%20%1.1
Gabriel Vidovic6515%1%6%21%1.1
Steffen Tigges bench2611%<1%3%14%0.8
Santiago Castañeda729%<1%7%16%1.0
Sven Michel bench187%<1%3%10%0.5
Laurin Ulrich647%<1%8%14%0.9
Dennis Srbeny bench145%<1%2%7%0.3
Rayan Philippe bench145%<1%2%7%0.4
Laurin Curda684%<1%10%14%0.5
Raphael Obermair673%<1%4%7%0.5
Sebastian Vasiliadis bench183%<1%3%5%0.3
Christopher Antwi-Adjei bench183%<1%3%5%0.3
Jano ter Horst713%<1%4%6%0.4
Mohamed Dräger bench183%<1%3%5%0.3
Abdelhamid Sabiri bench183%<1%3%6%0.3
Tjark Scheller723%<1%4%6%0.3
Mattes Hansen652%<1%3%6%0.4
Marlon Ritter bench162%<1%2%5%0.2
Jonah Sticker bench101%<1%2%4%0.1
Oliver Batista Meier bench71%<1%1%2%0.1
Jamilu Collins bench181%<1%1%2%0.1
Laurent Jans bench181%<1%1%2%0.1
Tom Baack bench6<1%<1%<1%2%0.1
Luca Kilian bench16<1%<1%1%2%0.1
Nahuel Nicolas Noll72<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Leopold Zingerle bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart: each player's chances
PlayerMinScore2+AssistGoal or assistShots
Deniz Undav6429%5%11%37%2.3
Ermedin Demirovic5923%3%7%29%1.3
Dzenan Pejcinovic bench5417%2%4%20%1.2
Grischa Prömel7114%1%7%20%1.2
Maximilian Mittelstädt8512%<1%15%26%0.8
Chris Führich5610%<1%16%24%0.9
Joshua Vagnoman749%<1%8%17%0.6
Angelo Stiller797%<1%11%17%0.4
Bilal El Khannouss bench406%<1%9%14%0.7
Tiago Tomás bench135%<1%2%6%0.3
Jamie Leweling bench335%<1%7%11%0.5
Nikolas Nartey bench194%<1%4%7%0.2
Julian Chabot874%<1%1%5%0.6
Chema Andres bench183%<1%2%4%0.2
Finn Jeltsch722%<1%3%6%0.3
Yanik Spalt bench111%<1%1%3%0.1
Ramon Hendriks56<1%<1%3%4%0.1
Fabian Bredlow72<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0
Alexander Nübel bench18<1%<1%<1%<1%0.0