📏 Form Guide

VfL Bochum

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VfL Bochum head into this fixture following on from a 0-0 Bundesliga drawn game versus Heidenheim.

In that match, VfL Bochum managed 54% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. At the other end, Heidenheim had 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

VfL Bochum have found it difficult to unlock defences in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 vs opposition teams during their last six outings. In those games, VfL Bochum have also seen the number of goals against them come to 11. We will find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Pre-game facts show that VfL Bochum:

• have not registered a win against Mainz in their previous 6 matches in the league.
• are without a win at home for the past 5 matches in the league. That's never good.

Mainz

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In their last game, Mainz drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga match with Eintracht Frankfurt.

In that game, Mainz had 65% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Mainz was Jonathan Burkardt (57'). Eintracht Frankfurt got 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Rasmus Kristensen (16') scored for Eintracht Frankfurt.

The stats don’t lie, and Mainz have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 12 goals in all. In defence, Mainz have some weaknesses to address.

Leading up to this clash, Mainz:

• are undefeated by VfL Bochum when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• are without an away win for the past 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 18/01/2022 shows us that VfL Bochum have won 1 of them & Mainz 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 22 in total which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.

The previous league clash featuring these sides was Bundesliga match day 16 on 11/01/2025 when it finished Mainz 2-0 VfL Bochum.

In that match, Mainz had 58% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jonathan Burkardt (23', 69').

At the other end, VfL Bochum got 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Benjamin Brand.

ℹ️ Team News: VfL Bochum

Mohammed Tolba (Adductor pain) and Philipp Hofmann (Rib fracture) are not available for VfL Bochum manager Dieter Hecking.

In all likelihood, Bochum will possibly opt for a 4-4-2 formation for the game, utilising Timo Horn, Tim Oermann, Ivan Ordets, Bernardo, Felix Passlack, Ibrahima Sissoko, Tom Krauss, Maximilian Wittek, Matus Bero, Moritz Broschinski and Giorgos Masouras.

🗞️ Team News: Mainz

We reckon that Mainz could decide to make use of a 3-4-2-1 formation with a starting lineup of Robin Zentner, Silvan Widmer, Stefan Bell, Andreas Hanche-Olsen, Anthony Caci, Kaishu Sano, Nadiem Amiri, Philipp Mwene, Paul Nebel, Jae-Sung Lee and Jonathan Burkardt.

💡 Prediction

We envisage that Mainz and VfL Bochum could well end up finding themselves trading goals here.

Looks like a high-scoring draw might be possible, as we’re expecting it to be that close. Therefore, we predict a hard-fought draw at full-time.

Victor Martins, 13:05 10/05/2025