📏 Form Guide

VfL Bochum

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VfL Bochum will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 3-1 Bundesliga losing effort in their last game against Bayer Leverkusen.

In that game, VfL Bochum managed 34% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for VfL Bochum was Felix Passlack (26'). At the other end, Bayer Leverkusen had 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Aleix García (20'), Victor Boniface (60') and Amine Adli (87') scored for Bayer Leverkusen.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where VfL Bochum haven’t conceded. The facts show that VfL Bochum have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 10 goals during that time.

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

Stuttgart

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Stuttgart will go into this meeting following on from a 3-1 DFB-Pokal win with the downing of RB Leipzig in their last game.

In that match, Stuttgart had 32% possession and 9 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Stuttgart, goals were scored by Angelo Stiller (5'), Nick Woltemade (57') and Jamie Leweling (73'). At the other end, RB Leipzig had 25 shots at goal with 5 on target. Benjamin Šeško (62') scored for RB Leipzig.

The numbers tell their own story, and Stuttgart have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 11 goals in total. In defence, Stuttgart certainly have room for improvement. We will have to find out if that trend will be continued on here.

Going into this encounter, Stuttgart are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 19/02/2022 tells us that VfL Bochum have won 1 of these & Stuttgart 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

20 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them from Bochum and 15 coming from Stuttgart. The average goals per game has been 3.33.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Bundesliga match day 11 on 23/11/2024 when it ended Stuttgart 2-0 VfL Bochum.

That day, Stuttgart had 58% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. Goals were scored by Chris Führich (53') and Justin Diehl (78').

VfL Bochum got 9 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Benjamin Brand.

📰 Team News: VfL Bochum

Bernardo (Achilles tendon problems) and Koji Miyoshi (Torn muscle fiber) won’t be playing for VfL Bochum manager Dieter Hecking.

In our view, Bochum should opt for a 5-3-2 formation and select Timo Horn, Tim Oermann, Ivan Ordets, Maximilian Wittek, Felix Passlack, Gerrit Holtmann, Matus Bero, Ibrahima Sissoko, Tom Krauss, Philipp Hofmann and Giorgos Masouras.

📰 Team News: Stuttgart

Stuttgart boss Sebastian Hoeneß has to choose a team with limited availability. Anrie Chase (Torn muscle fiber in the adductor area), Luca Raimund (Torn muscle bundle), Justin Diehl (muscular problems), Nikolas Nartey (Hamstring injury), Dan-Axel Zagadou (Outer ligament problems) and Josha Vagnoman (muscular problems) will not be playing here.

We reckon that Stuttgart might elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Alexander Nuebel, Leonidas Stergiou, Finn Jeltsch, Jeff Chabot, Ramon Hendriks, Atakan Karazor, Enzo Millot, Jamie Leweling, Nick Woltemade, Chris Fuehrich and Ermedin Demirovic.

💡 Prediction

In our opinion, Stuttgart will probably convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

In contrast, VfL Bochum might well find it difficult to score but we do see them managing to get on the scoresheet, too.

Accordingly, we see a controlled 1-3 win for Stuttgart after 90 minutes.

Victor Martins, 13:04 05/04/2025