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Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 5-1 Bundesliga 1 defeat last time out to Stuttgart.

In that match, Borussia Dortmund had 48% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Borussia Dortmund was Serhou Guirassy (75'). On the other side, Stuttgart got 17 shots on goal with 9 on target. Deniz Undav (4', 90'), Ermedin Demirović (21'), Enzo Millot (62') and El Bilal Touré (80') scored for Stuttgart.

Fixtures with Borussia Dortmund have tended to be entertaining ones lately with a lot of goalmouth action being a common characteristic. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum total of 22 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 14 of them coming from Borussia Dortmund.

Their prior results show that Borussia Dortmund:

• are unbeaten in the league by VfL Bochum in their previous 4 matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.

VfL Bochum

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In their previous fixture, VfL Bochum drew 2-2 in the Bundesliga 1 match with Holstein Kiel.

In that game, VfL Bochum had 45% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For VfL Bochum, goals were scored by Matúš Bero (22') and Lukas Daschner (35'). Holstein Kiel had 14 shots at goal with 4 on target. Benedikt Pichler (15') and Shuto Machino (89') scored for Holstein Kiel.

The stats tell the story, and VfL Bochum have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in total. In defence, VfL Bochum have seen their frailties exposed. We will find out if that trend can be sustained here.

Analysis of their past results shows that VfL Bochum:

• have not beaten Borussia Dortmund in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 30/04/2022 shows that Borussia Dortmund have won 3 of these games & VfL Bochum 1, with the tally of drawn games being 2.

A combined total of 21 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 13 for Dortmund and 8 netted by Bochum. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.

The last league game featuring these sides was Bundesliga 1 match day 19 on 28/01/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Borussia Dortmund 3-1 VfL Bochum.

On that day, Borussia Dortmund had 64% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Niklas Füllkrug (6', 72', 91') and Nico Schlotterbeck (45' Own goal).

On the other side, VfL Bochum had 11 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The referee was Benjamin Brand.

🗞️ Team News: Borussia Dortmund

Almugera Kabar (Broken nose bone) and Giovanni Reyna (Groin strain) are not available for Borussia Dortmund boss Nuri Şahin.

In all likelihood, Dortmund may well make use of the 3-4-2-1 system for this one, beginning the first half with Gregor Kobel, Waldemar Anton, Niklas Suele, Nico Schlotterbeck, Yan Couto, Jamie Gittens, Marcel Sabitzer, Pascal Gross, Julian Brandt, Karim Adeyemi and Serhou Guirassy.

📋 Team News: VfL Bochum

VfL Bochum boss Peter Zeidler has not got a full squad to pick from. Ivan Ordets (Shoulder injury) and Bernardo (Knock) are those who can’t be considered.

We believe Bochum appear most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 system, settling for Patrick Drewes, Felix Passlack, Jakov Medic, Noah Loosli, Maximilian Wittek, Dani de Wit, Lukas Daschner, Ibrahima Sissoko, Matus Bero, Philipp Hofmann and Myron Boadu.

✨ Prediction

In this match, Borussia Dortmund are likely to be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

At the other end, VfL Bochum won’t find it easy to score - but, we do see them managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.

We’re therefore expecting to see a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Borussia Dortmund after 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 18:04 27/09/2024