Paderborn host Stuttgart in DFB-Pokal round of 32

SC Paderborn 07 will host VfB Stuttgart on 28 October 2026 at 20:00 Saudi time (the same as Damascus time), in the round of 32 of the DFB-Pokal for the 2026 season.

Paderborn go into this match after mixed results in their last five games, having beaten Hamburg 1-0 at home on 24 October 2026, drawn away with Werder Bremen 2-2 on 17 October 2026, before losing to Stuttgart themselves 0-2 at home on 10 October 2026. They also beat Hoffenheim 3-1 on 20 September 2026, and lost to Borussia Dortmund 0-3 away on 12 September 2026.

As for Stuttgart, their recent results were as follows: a 2-3 home defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach on 23 October 2026, a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid on 20 October 2026, then a 0-1 away defeat to Hamburg on 17 October 2026. The team beat Slovan Bratislava 3-0 away on 14 October 2026, and beat Paderborn 2-0 also away on 10 October 2026.

In head-to-head meetings between the two sides, Stuttgart have won the last three matches, the most recent of which finished 2-0 at Paderborn's ground on 10 October 2026. Before that, Stuttgart won 2-1 on 31 January 2023, and also won 2-1 on 23 May 2015, while the match on 20 December 2014 at Stuttgart's ground ended in a goalless draw 0-0.