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VfL Bochum

LWLLLL 📉

VfL Bochum won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 2-1 Bundesliga 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Freiburg.

In that game, VfL Bochum managed 46% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for VfL Bochum was Myron Boadu (45'). At the other end, Freiburg had 25 shots on goal with 9 of them on target. Junior Chukwubuike Adamu (58', 61') scored for Freiburg.

An interesting trait of more recent VfL Bochum games is the number of results with a nil in them.

From their previous sextet of clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on BTTS would have been a losing one.

Going into this encounter, VfL Bochum haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Holstein Kiel

DWWLLL 📉

After tasting defeat last time out to Bayern Munich in Bundesliga 1 action, Holstein Kiel and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Holstein Kiel managed 29% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target. For Holstein Kiel, the goalscorers were Nicolai Remberg (13' Own goal) and Armin Gigović (82'). For their opponents, Bayern Munich had 23 shots at goal with 12 on target. Jamal Musiala (1'), Harry Kane (7', 43', 91') and Michael Olise (65') scored for Bayern Munich.

Holstein Kiel have been dangerous up front in their most recent fixtures, scoring 9 goals in their last 6 matches. While their manager Marcel Rapp will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Holstein Kiel have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same matches. Having said that, we must now wait to see if that pattern might be sustained in this next match or not.

Coming into this clash, Holstein Kiel have not won against VfL Bochum when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes going back to 22/09/2018 shows that VfL Bochum have won 2 of these & Holstein Kiel 3, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A combined total of 21 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 9 from Bochum and 12 coming from Holstein Kiel. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league contest featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 27 on 03/04/2021 and the score finished VfL Bochum 2-1 Holstein Kiel.

That day, VfL Bochum had 47% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Simon Zoller (5', 60').

On the other side, Holstein Kiel had 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Alexander Mühling (81') was the scorer.

The referee was Martin Petersen.

🗞️ Team News: VfL Bochum

Ivan Ordets (Shoulder injury) and Bernardo (Knock) aren’t available for VfL Bochum gaffer Peter Zeidler.

In our view, Bochum look set to line up in a 4-4-2 formation this time, utilising Patrick Drewes, Felix Passlack, Jakov Medic, Erhan Masovic, Maximilian Wittek, Koji Miyoshi, Ibrahima Sissoko, Dani de Wit, Matus Bero, Moritz Broschinski and Myron Boadu.

📰 Team News: Holstein Kiel

From a largely healthy squad, there’s just the one fitness issue for the Holstein Kiel boss Marcel Rapp to be concerned about. Colin Kleine-Bekel (Cruciate ligament injury) won’t be playing here.

It’s our belief that Holstein Kiel seem likely to play in a 4-3-1-2 lineup, giving starts to Timon Weiner, Timo Becker, Carl Johansson, Patrick Erras, Dominik Javorcek, Finn Porath, Magnus Knudsen, Nicolai Remberg, Lewis Holtby, Benedikt Pichler and Shuto Machino.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Holstein Kiel are likely to breach the defence of this VfL Bochum outfit, but that probably won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.

Our selection here is for a 2-1 advantage for VfL Bochum by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Definitely a tough call.

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Andre Moura, 13:04 21/09/2024