| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalen | 15 | D1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6/15 | 6-10 |
| Paderborn | 15 | D1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11/15 | 8-3 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2016-11-05 – 2017-10-21) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-21 | Paderborn | 3-0 | Aalen |
| 2017-04-15 | Aalen | 4-0 | Paderborn |
| 2016-11-05 | Paderborn | 0-0 | Aalen |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aalen | 12 | 38 | 50 | -9 | LWWLL | 10 | +2 |
| Paderborn | 2 | 38 | 83 | 57 | WWDWW | 2 | 0 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2018-03-31
On the table this was a mismatch: Paderborn (2nd, 83 pts) held a 33-point advantage over Aalen (12th, 50 pts). In league terms the two rates read 1.26/1.5 for Aalen and 2.37/0.87 for Paderborn (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.37.
Defeat had not touched Paderborn in 7 games.
The venue was Scholz Arena in Aalen, with room for 14,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Paderborn led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-5.
