📏 Form Guide

VfL Bochum

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VfL Bochum will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 2-0 Bundesliga defeat last time out to Mainz.

In that game, VfL Bochum managed 42% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Mainz 05 had 10 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Jonathan Burkardt (23', 69') was the scorer for Mainz.

It’s been seldom in recent times that VfL Bochum have kept a clean sheet. In fact, VfL Bochum have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 6 goals during that time. While that may be of interest, it remains to be seen whether that pattern will persist in this match.

Coming into this fixture, VfL Bochum haven't lost in the league to St. Pauli in their previous 5 games.

St. Pauli

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Eintracht Frankfurt in Bundesliga action, St. Pauli and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, St. Pauli had 43% possession and 18 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Eintracht Frankfurt got 14 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Omar Marmoush (32') was the scorer for Eintracht Frankfurt.

The numbers tell their own story, and St. Pauli have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 8 goals in all. Defensively, St. Pauli seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

Heading into this contest, St. Pauli are winless against VfL Bochum in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their prior head-to-head meetings stretching back to 10/12/2018 shows us that VfL Bochum have won 2 of them and St. Pauli 1, with the tally of drawn games being 3.

A total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 9 for Bochum and 8 for St. Pauli. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league match between these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 18 on 28/01/2021 when it finished St. Pauli 2-3 VfL Bochum.

The match was refereed by Harm Osmers.

🗞️ Team News: VfL Bochum

Mats Pannewig (Back problems), Tim Oermann (concussion) and Anthony Losilla (Ill) will be missing for VfL Bochum manager Dieter Hecking.

It seems likely that Bochum should use the 3-4-1-2 formation for this game and select Patrick Drewes, Jakov Medic, Ivan Ordets, Bernardo, Felix Passlack, Maximilian Wittek, Matus Bero, Ibrahima Sissoko, Dani de Wit, Moritz Broschinski and Philipp Hofmann.

🗞️ Team News: St. Pauli

St. Pauli boss Alexander Blessin has to choose a team with limited availability. Sören Ahlers (Knee surgery), Sascha Burchert (surgery), Simon Zoller (muscular problems), Karol Mets (Patellar tendon problems), Lars Ritzka (Back problems), Connor Metcalfe (muscular problems), Elias Saad (Fitness) and Robert Wagner (Hamstring injury) are those who can’t be considered.

We reckon that St. Pauli appear most likely to utilise a 3-4-2-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Nikola Vasilj, Hauke Wahl, Eric Smith, David Nemeth, Manolis Saliakas, Philipp Treu, Jackson Irvine, Carlo Boukhalfa, Morgan Guilavogui, Oladapo Afolayan and Danel Sinani.

✨ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that St. Pauli and VfL Bochum could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We’re therefore predicting a close game with a 1-1 draw at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:03 15/01/2025