A disc brake for a vehicle, comprising: a brake disc; at least two brake pads, the at least two brake pads including a clamping side brake pad located on a clamping side of the brake disc and a rear side brake pad located on a rear side of the brake disc; a brake carrier configured to accommodate the at least two brake pads in respective clamping side and rear side brake pad slots (15, 16), the brake carrier having at least one brake horn (5a, 5'a, 5b, 5'b) at a lateral side of at least the clamping side brake pad slot; a brake caliper configured to straddle the brake disc when in an installed position on the brake mount with a clamping side and arranged to apply the clamping side brake pad against the clamping side of the brake disc and a rear side arranged to apply the rear side brake pad against the rear side of the brake disc, wherein the clamping side brake pad is located in form-fitting engagement with the clamping side pad slot with respect to a radial direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the brake disc, includes at least one pad retaining spring (7, 70) configured to be supported on the at least one clamping side brake carrier horn (5a, 5'a) and to exert a radially outward tensile force on the clamping side brake pad, wherein the form-fitting engagement of the clamping side brake pad with the clamping side pad slot includes form-fitting engagement of a pad rear plate of the clamping side brake pad with a contour of the at least one clamping side brake carrier horn (5a, 5'a), wherein the contour of the at least one clamping side brake carrier horn (5a, 5'a) includes an undercut surface configured to engage an undercut surface of an opposing protrusion (3c, 3'c) of the pad rear plate without play when the clamping side brake pad is subject to the radially outward tensile force exerted by the at least one pad retaining spring (7, 70), characterized in that the at least one pad retaining spring (7, 70) is mounted on the pad rear plate, wherein the at least one pad retaining spring (7, 70) is located on a top side of the pad rear plate. a brake disc; at least two brake pads, the at least two brake pads including a clamping side brake pad located on a clamping side of the brake disc and a rear side brake pad located on a rear side of the brake disc; a brake carrier configured to accommodate the at least two brake pads in respective clamping side and rear side brake pad slots (15, 16), the brake carrier having at least one brake horn (5a, 5'a, 5b, 5'b) at a lateral side of at least the clamping side brake pad slot; a brake caliper configured to straddle the brake disc when in an installed position on the brake mount with a clamping side and arranged to apply the clamping side brake pad against the clamping side of the brake disc and a rear side arranged to apply the rear side brake pad against the rear side of the brake disc, wherein the clamping side brake pad is located in form-fitting engagement with the clamping side pad slot with respect to a radial direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the brake disc, includes at least one pad retaining spring (7, 70) configured to be supported on the at least one clamping side brake carrier horn (5a, 5'a) and to exert a radially outward tensile force on the clamping side brake pad, wherein is located in form-fitting engagement with the clamping side pad slot with respect to a radial direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the brake disc, includes at least one pad retaining spring (7, 70) configured to be supported on the at least one clamping side brake carrier horn (5a, 5'a) and to exert a radially outward tensile force on the clamping side brake pad, wherein the form-fitting engagement of the clamping side brake pad with the clamping side pad slot includes form-fitting engagement of a pad rear plate of the clamping side brake pad with a contour of the at least one clamping side brake carrier horn (5a, 5'a), wherein the contour of the at least one clamping side brake carrier horn (5a, 5'a) includes an undercut surface configured to engage an undercut surface of an opposing protrusion (3c, 3'c) of the pad rear plate without play when the clamping side brake pad is subject to the radially outward tensile force exerted by the at least one pad retaining spring (7, 70), characterized in that the at least one pad retaining spring (7, 70) is mounted on the pad rear plate, wherein the at least one pad retaining spring (7, 70) is located on a top side of the pad rear plate.