Head-to-Head: Bayer Leverkusen vs SC Paderborn 07

Bayer Leverkusen vs SC Paderborn 07 is a rare German matchup crossing league and cup contexts, with Leverkusen carrying the clearer status advantage. Paderborn pushed Leverkusen into extra time before a 4–2 defeat in the DFB-Pokal on 29 October 2025; Leverkusen had won 3–1 in the same competition on 6 December 2023. A future meeting will show whether the cup setting again narrows the gap.

Past matches, Bayer Leverkusen vs SC Paderborn 07

29 October 2025 2nd Round

SC Paderborn 07

2 - 4

Bayer Leverkusen

Home Deluxe Arena
6 December 2023 Round of 16

Bayer Leverkusen

3 - 1

SC Paderborn 07

BayArena
21 July 2023 Club Friendlies 3

Bayer Leverkusen

1 - 2

SC Paderborn 07

IMS Arena
19 January 2020 Regular Season - 18

SC Paderborn 07

1 - 4

Bayer Leverkusen

Benteler-Arena
29 October 2019 2nd Round

Bayer Leverkusen

1 - 0

SC Paderborn 07

BayArena

Match center

SC Paderborn 07

2 - 4

29 October 2025

AET

Bayer Leverkusen

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Starting eleven

Substitutes SC Paderborn 07

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2
M
3
D
5
M
9
M
11
F
26
M
27
F
30
F

Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes

G
28
D
4
M
9
F
11
F
18
F
19
F
30
M
42
F
35

Match events

45'

90'

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43'

Aleix García Yellow Card
46'

E. Poku E. Ben Seghir
46'

C. M. Kofane P. Schick
58'

Felix Götze Red Card
60'
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A. Grimaldo Normal Goal
61'

J. Sticker M. Worner
66'

J. Quansah J. Belocian
66'

M. Terrier Arthur
72'

S. Tigges L. Copado
73'

N. Batzner F. Bilbija
73'

S. Marino M. Hansen
82'

Robert Andrich Yellow Card
83'

I. Maza J. Hofmann
84'

S. Michel L. Engelns
90'
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S. Marino Normal Goal (Asst: R. Obermair)
96'
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S. Michel Normal Goal (Asst: N. Batzner)
105'
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J. Quansah Normal Goal (Asst: E. Poku)
108'

Raphael Obermair Yellow Card
110'

Stefano Marino Yellow Card
119'

Mika Baur Yellow Card
120'
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I. Maza Normal Goal (Asst: C. M. Kofane)
120'
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A. Garcia Normal Goal (Asst: R. Andrich)

Stats for this game

Matchup Bayer Leverkusen VS SC Paderborn 07

A status gap with a cup route

Bayer Leverkusen bring greater competitive weight to this pairing, while SC Paderborn 07 have found their strongest opportunities to unsettle the hierarchy in cup football. Leverkusen won 3–1 at the BayArena on 6 December 2023, and their 4–1 league victory in Paderborn on 19 January 2020 underlined the difference in baseline resources. The DFB-Pokal meeting at Paderborn on 29 October 2025 was more demanding: the hosts drew 1–1 in normal time, led 2–1 in extra time, and eventually lost 4–2.

Context changes the challenge

In Leverkusen, Paderborn must protect its resistance against sustained responsibility from the favourite. In Paderborn, Leverkusen face a setting where the hosts can turn urgency and cup possibility into a closer contest, as the 2025 extra-time fight illustrates. The teams’ paths can cross in different divisions and competitions, so neither context should be treated as a permanent identity. A new meeting will ask whether Leverkusen establish the expected margin or Paderborn again extend the challenge beyond ninety minutes.