Paderborn 2-3 Schalke 04: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 26 April 2026

Result

Paderborn 2-3 Schalke 04

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 26 April 2026, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Paderborn 2-3 Schalke 04: match report

Paderborn were beaten by Schalke 04 2-3 in the 2. Bundesliga on Sunday 26 April 2026. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Laurin Curda opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Paderborn's goals came from Laurin Curda (13') and Stefano Marino (26'). Schalke 04 scored through Dejan Ljubicic (35'), Adil Aouchiche (40') and Dejan Ljubicic (83').

Discipline: Paderborn received no yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Paderborn were 2nd on 58 points from 30 and Schalke 04 1st on 61 points from 30. Paderborn went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and Schalke 04 1st with 70.

Paderborn lined up in a 3-5-2 and Schalke 04 in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dejan Ljubicic of Schalke 04 (7.9), ahead of Mika Baur (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Paderborn wins, 2 draws and 6 for Schalke 04.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Laurin CurdaPaderborn · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Stefano MarinoPaderborn · 2-0
  • 35'Goal · Dejan LjubicicSchalke 04 · 2-1
  • 40'Goal · Adil AouchicheSchalke 04 · 2-2
  • 83'Goal · Dejan LjubicicSchalke 04 · 2-3
  • 90+1'Yellow cardSchalke 04

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Paderborn 2, draws 2, Schalke 04 6.

Team news

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Paderborn line-up (3-5-2)

Dennis Seimen, Tjark Scheller, Felix Götze, Calvin Brackelmann, Laurin Curda, Mika Baur, Santiago Castañeda, Filip Bilbija, Jonah Sticker, Stefano Marino, Ruben Müller

Schalke 04 line-up (4-3-3)

Loris Karius, Timo Becker, Mertcan Ayhan, Hasan Kuruçay, Moussa Ndiaye, Soufiane El-Faouzi, Ron Schallenberg, Adil Aouchiche, Dejan Ljubicic, Moussa Sylla, Kenan Karaman