There are huge celebrations on Eintracht's side. Paderborn scored early in the second half to make it 2-1 and pushed for the decisive goal. After the hour mark, however, the visitors opted to protect their lead. Following a loss of possession, Tachie and Philippe punished their inactivity. Bell Bell turned the match around. Grimaldi missed the best chance to equalise when unmarked.

There will be four minutes of added time.

Paderborn have pushed the home team deep into their own half and are trying for a breakthrough with crosses. Most recently, Zehnter headed the ball well over the crossbar.

This has only happened once before this season, at the beginning of November during the 3-1 home victory over Hamburg.

It's his first goal for Eintracht! Previously he had scored only once in 71 second division matches; in September 2023 during Magdeburg's legendary 6-4 victory against Hertha.

The ever-important momentum has now swung in the home side's favour. Tachie's shot from the edge of the penalty area is blocked. Paderborn's dominance and control has largely disappeared.

It's Philippe's tenth goal of the season but only his first since November.

In the last five minutes, Paderborn are no longer pushing for the decisive goal. The visitors are going through a safety phase to avoid being caught on the counter-attack. The hosts have not been able to generate anything from this yet.

In the last few minutes, Braunschweig have had more possession and have been making an effort to play forward. They're not posing much of a goal threat yet.

Adriano Grimaldi has set a new personal season record today with five shots on goal. The goal to make it 2-1 was already his sixth goal in the second half of the season. In total, he stands at eight goals, equalling Bilbija.

The second half is underway.

The visitors started with a lot of possession from the beginning, having the first four attempts. Bilbija converted the fifth one to take the lead. Even after that, Paderborn remained the clearly better side. However, the final passes rarely found their target. And as so often happens: Braunschweig punished this and equalised with their first real chance shortly before half-time.

For the ninth time this season, Paderborn are ahead away from home. So far they have never lost (five wins, three draws). Braunschweig, on the other hand, have not yet won after falling behind this season. The last time they managed this was in January 2024 in Kiel (coming back to win 2-1 after trailing 1-0)

Eight goals this season is a new record for Bilbija in the Bundesliga 2 before! In 2021/22, he scored seven times for Ingolstadt. Bilbija is now Paderborn's sole top scorer (with Grimaldi one behind on seven). It's also his third goal in the last five matches - before that, he had gone five months without scoring.

Check over: it remains 1-0.

A potential handball is currently being reviewed.

Paderborn are definitely on top here with four shots on goal for the visitors to the host's zero. They are also winning the clear majority of the duels so far.

Grimaldi's header was Paderborn's 14th crossbar hit this season. Only HSV and Karlsruhe have had more bad luck. Grimaldi also hit the woodwork in the 0-0 draw in Regensburg.

Braunschweig, on the other hand, are trying to get in behind the relatively high defensive line of Paderborn. Kaufmann applies pressure on the right after a long ball. It's energetic, but hasn't led to anything yet.

As expected, the visitors start strongly with the first spells of possession, controlling the proceedings.They're yet to threaten the Braunschweig goal yet, though.

The ball is rolling in Braunschweig.

The hosts are also without two players as Johan Gomez and Fabio Di Michele Sanchez are not available, and Max Marie also begins on the bench. New to the team are Fabio Kaufmann, Robin Krauße and, in his first start in the second half of the season, Sanoussy Ba. It remains to be seen whether Ba, normally a right winger, will take over Di Michele Sanchez's position on the left flank.

Lukas Kwasniok has to do without Sven Michel and Marvin Mehlem, and also puts Casper Terho on the bench. Instead, super sub Adriano Grimaldi, Ilyas Ansah and Laurin Curda, who returns from suspension, are brought into the team.

Riemann - Götze, Hoffmeier, Scheller, Curda - Obermair, Bilbija, Castaneda, Zehnter - Grimaldi, Ansah

Hoffmann - Rittmüller, Jaeckel, Nikolaou, Ba - Kaufmann, Köhler, Krauße, Tempelmann - Tachie, Polter

"We're facing an absolute top-class team tomorrow. Their team unity is impressive; they're uncomfortable to play against and good in every phase of the game. We know this, but in a home match on a Friday evening, such circumstances don't necessarily mean much. We believe we can win this match tomorrow."

"For Braunschweig, everything is at stake, and for us, everything is at stake. We need to keep the ball circulating without falling victim to counter-attacks. That's where Braunschweig's strength lies."

Daniel Scherning is a native of Paderborn and played for his local club for nine years (1996-2005). He was also assistant manager during the wild times under Steffen Baumgart, when the East Westphalians marched from the third division to the Bundesliga. As a manager, Scherning has faced his former club three times (always away), remaining undefeated (one win and one draw with Braunschweig and a win with Bielefeld).

In the previous 12 home matches against Paderborn across all competitions (seven wins, five draws), Braunschweig have conceded only three goals in total and kept eight clean sheets.

Last season, Paderborn celebrated their first ever win at Braunschweig, winning 3-1 at Hamburger Straße in October 2023.

The reverse fixture ended 0-0 (Paderborn were reduced to 10 men when Marcel Hoffmeier was shown a red card in the closing stages). Overall the record after 17 encounters in Bundesliga 2 between these teams is balanced (five wins each and seven draws).

Welcome along and thanks for joining us for build-up and live coverage of this Matchday 28 fixture between Eintracht Braunschweig and Paderborn.