📏 Form Guide

Bayer Leverkusen

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Bayer Leverkusen, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 3-4 Bundesliga triumph over Stuttgart.

In that match, Bayer Leverkusen managed 57% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Bayer Leverkusen, the scorers were Jeremie Frimpong (56'), Granit Xhaka (62' Own goal), Piero Hincapié (67') and Patrik Schick (94'). On the other side, Stuttgart had 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Ermedin Demirović (15'), Nick Woltemade (48') and Angelo Stiller (88' Own goal) scored for Stuttgart.

It’s not been often in recent times that Bayer Leverkusen have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Bayer Leverkusen have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 11 goals in the process.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Bayer Leverkusen:

• have not lost a league tie with VfL Bochum in their last 3 games.
• are without a win at home for the past 2 league games.

VfL Bochum

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga action, VfL Bochum and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, VfL Bochum managed 51% possession and 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for VfL Bochum was Gerrit Holtmann (73'). On the other side, Eintracht Frankfurt had 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Rasmus Kristensen (27'), Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (32') and Michy Batshuayi (96') scored for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Looking at their form, and VfL Bochum have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 9 goals overall. In defence, VfL Bochum have clearly had some problems. Nevertheless, time will tell if that trend might be maintained in this match.

A look at their previous results shows us that VfL Bochum:

• have not registered a win against Bayer Leverkusen in games played away from home for the previous 6 matches in the league. Not the best of away records.
• are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 10/04/2022 tells us that Bayer Leverkusen have won 3 of them & VfL Bochum 1, with the number of drawn games being 2.

A sum of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 12 of them from Leverkusen and 4 coming from Bochum. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The last league game featuring these clubs was Bundesliga match day 10 on 09/11/2024 which ended up with the score at VfL Bochum 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen.

On that occasion, VfL Bochum managed 29% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer was Koji Miyoshi (89').

On the other side, Bayer Leverkusen had 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Patrik Schick (18') was the scorer.

The referee was Robert Hartmann.

📰 Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

We think that Leverkusen may well go for a 4-4-2 formation for this one and select Lukas Hradecky, Nordi Mukiele, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapie, Jeremie Frimpong, Granit Xhaka, Robert Andrich, Alejandro Grimaldo, Aleix Garcia, Amine Adli and Patrik Schick.

📰 Team News: VfL Bochum

VfL Bochum manager Dieter Hecking has multiple availability issues to deal with. Bernardo (Achilles tendon problems) and Koji Miyoshi (Torn muscle fiber) miss out here.

We’re of the thinking that Bochum might make use of a 3-5-2 formation, going with Timo Horn, Tim Oermann, Ivan Ordets, Jakov Medic, Felix Passlack, Matus Bero, Ibrahima Sissoko, Tom Krauss, Maximilian Wittek, Philipp Hofmann and Giorgos Masouras.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Bayer Leverkusen should see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

Conversely, VfL Bochum won’t find it easy getting on the scoresheet although we do think it’s probable that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet here.

We’re predicting a 3-1 winning score for Bayer Leverkusen at the conclusion of the game.

Peter Guest, 19:02 28/03/2025