German Cup
2025-10-29 - SC Paderborn vs Bayer Leverkusen
A Sports Betting Pick by Niko
Football; Germany: DFB Pokal 2nd Round
Home Deluxe Arena - Paderborn
Wednesday, 29th October 2025 - kickoff 18:00 CET
SC Paderborn
SC Paderborn is the team with the best form in 2.Bundesliga. They’ve won all their last six matches and await Bayer Leverkusen in great confidence.
Their 1-2 away win against Dynamo Dresden last weekend was SC Paderborn’s fifth straight match where they scored at least twice.
However, the cup competition is a different world, where they’ll face one of the contenders for winning it. SC Paderborn has lost four of the last six duels against Bayer Leverkusen, with their most recent defeat being 3-1 also in the DFB Cup, in December 2023.
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen reacted strongly to the 2-7 embarrassment against PSG by beating SC Freiburg 2-0 on Sunday. They were firmly in control of that match from start to finish, creating many chances.
That win was Bayer Leverkusen’s seventh unbeaten match in the domestic championship, and a fourth win in a row. That should motivate them nicely to keep on winning before they face Bayern Munich in a big Bundesliga match this upcoming weekend.
Bayer Leverkusen are more stable now and more efficient. They have scored twice or more in six of their last seven competitive matches.
The Betting Verdict
SC Paderborn is in excellent form, and so is Bayer Leverkusen. The Bundesliga side has more options on the bench, more quality players, and is playing fast, attractive, and offensive football.
SC Paderborn should score here, but Bayer Leverkusen should come out on top at good odds.
The Pick :
SC Paderborn 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen
