Old friends: Florian Kohfeldt and SCP head coach Steffen Baumgart are no strangers to one another. “We keep running into each other,” said Kohfeldt, adding, “I’m happy about it because we get on really well.” The two coaches successfully completed their DFB coaching training together. Nevertheless, not all of Kohfeldt’s memories with the 48-year-old are happy ones. When SC Paderborn were playing in the third division back in the 2017/18 season, Kohfeldt was in charge of the SV Werder U23s at the time, who fell to a 7-1 loss at the hands of his counterpart at the Benteler-Arena; his biggest ever loss in his professional coaching career.
An even record: SCP and SVW have met on three occasions in Germany’s top division. And each occasion has yielded a different result; one win apiece and a draw. However, Bremen have netted a total of six goals in these three fixtures compared to Paderborn’s three; something they will be looking to repeat on Saturday.
The officials: Due to the corona pandemic, the DFL are only allocating the referees on matchday, providing the officials test negative for the virus.