Paderborn 5-3 Kaiserslautern: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Saturday 15 March 2025

Result

Paderborn 5-3 Kaiserslautern

2. Bundesliga · Saturday 15 March 2025, 12:00 UTC · half-time 3-2

Paderborn · Kaiserslautern · 2. Bundesliga predictions

Paderborn 5-3 Kaiserslautern: match report

Paderborn beat Kaiserslautern 5-3 in the 2. Bundesliga on Saturday 15 March 2025. It was 3-2 at half-time.

Aaron Zehnter opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Paderborn's goals came from Aaron Zehnter (2'), Raphael Obermair (8', penalty), Filip Bilbija (15'), Adriano Grimaldi (72') and Aaron Zehnter (90+5'). Kaiserslautern scored through Daniel Hanslik (45+1', penalty), Ragnar Ache (45+8') and Ragnar Ache (61').

Discipline: Paderborn received 3 yellow cards; Kaiserslautern received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Paderborn were 5th on 42 points from 25 and Kaiserslautern 3rd on 43 points from 25. Paderborn went on to finish that season 4th with 55 points, and Kaiserslautern 7th with 53.

Paderborn lined up in a 3-5-2 and Kaiserslautern in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Zehnter of Paderborn (9.6), ahead of Ragnar Ache (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Paderborn win, 0 draws and 2 for Kaiserslautern.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Goal · Aaron ZehnterPaderborn · 1-0
8'Penalty goal · Raphael ObermairPaderborn · 2-0
15'Goal · Filip BilbijaPaderborn · 3-0
36'Yellow card · Ilyas AnsahPaderborn
45+1'Penalty goal · Daniel HanslikKaiserslautern · 3-1
45+8'Goal · Ragnar AcheKaiserslautern · 3-2
50'Yellow card · Laurin CurdaPaderborn
55'Yellow card · Tim BreithauptKaiserslautern
61'Goal · Ragnar AcheKaiserslautern · 3-3
72'Goal · Adriano GrimaldiPaderborn · 4-3
84'Yellow card · Adriano GrimaldiPaderborn
89'Yellow card · Julian KrahlKaiserslautern
90+5'Goal · Aaron ZehnterPaderborn · 5-3

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Paderborn 1, draws 0, Kaiserslautern 2.

Kaiserslautern 3-0 Paderborn2. Bundesliga · 19 Oct 2024
Kaiserslautern 1-2 Paderborn2. Bundesliga · 10 Feb 2024
Paderborn 1-2 Kaiserslautern2. Bundesliga · 25 Aug 2023

Team news

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Hendrick ZuckKaiserslautern · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Luis EngelnsPaderborn · injury (Capsule Rupture)
Jan GyamerahKaiserslautern · injury (Thigh Problems)
Calvin BrackelmannPaderborn · injury (Torn Muscle Bundle)
Shawn BlumKaiserslautern · injury (Ill)
Marlon RitterKaiserslautern · suspension (Yellow Card Suspension)
Tjark SchellerPaderborn · suspension (Yellow Card Suspension)
Aaron OpokuKaiserslautern · injury (Flu)
Jannis HeuerKaiserslautern · injury (Hip Flexor Problems)
Mika HaasKaiserslautern · injury (Flu)
Philipp KlementKaiserslautern · injury (Fitness)

Paderborn line-up (3-5-2)

Manuel Riemann, Laurin Curda, Felix Götze, Marcel Hoffmeier, Raphael Obermair, Martin Ens, Santiago Castañeda, Marvin Mehlem, Aaron Zehnter, Filip Bilbija, Ilyas Ansah

Kaiserslautern line-up (4-2-3-1)

Julian Krahl, Jean Zimmer, Jan Elvedi, Maximilian Bauer, Florian Kleinhansl, Filip Kaloc, Luca Sirch, Tim Breithaupt, Kenny-Prince Redondo, Daniel Hanslik, Ragnar Ache