📏 Form Guide

VfL Bochum

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VfL Bochum won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 1-0 Bundesliga 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of VfL Wolfsburg.

In that game, VfL Bochum managed 54% possession and 13 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Wolfsburg got 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Jonas Wind (43') was the scorer for VfL Wolfsburg.

It has not been often in recent times that VfL Bochum have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that VfL Bochum have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals in the process. Historical results aside, we must now wait to see whether that pattern might be sustained in this game.

Their prior results show that VfL Bochum:

• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.
• are without a home win in the past 4 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

Hoffenheim

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Hoffenheim come into this clash after a 4-3 Bundesliga 1 win with the downing of Borussia Mönchengladbach in their last match.

In that match, Hoffenheim had 59% possession and 28 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Hoffenheim, the goalscorers were Wout Weghorst (36'), Grischa Prömel (58'), Ozan Kabak (66') and Anton Stach (91'). On the other side, B. M'gladbach got 13 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Robin Hack (39', 78', 89') scored for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Hoffenheim have been dangerous up front of late, scoring 10 times in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Hoffenheim can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same games.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Hoffenheim:

• have left without a victory over VfL Bochum when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 13/02/2010 tells us that VfL Bochum have won 4 of these games & Hoffenheim 2, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per match.

The last league contest between the two was Bundesliga 1 match day 14 on 08/12/2023 when it ended Hoffenheim 3-1 VfL Bochum.

That day, Hoffenheim managed 42% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The goalscorers were Andrej Kramarić (43') and Ihlas Bebou (76').

For their opponents, VfL Bochum had 22 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Erhan Mašović (32' Own goal) and Gonçalo Paciência (90') scored.

The referee was Matthias Jöllenbeck.

🗞️ Team News: VfL Bochum

Mohammed Tolba (Cruciate ligament tear), Michael Esser (Knee injury), Niclas Thiede (Broken finger) and Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (Inner knee ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for VfL Bochum boss Heiko Butscher. The players who will not be able to play in this game through being suspended are Patrick Osterhage and Christopher Antwi-Adjei.

We think that Bochum could use the 4-4-2 formation for this one featuring Manuel Riemann, Felix Passlack, Ivan Ordets, Keven Schlotterbeck, Bernardo, Matus Bero, Anthony Losilla, Kevin Stoeger, Maximilian Wittek, Moritz Broschinski and Philipp Hofmann.

🗞️ Team News: Hoffenheim

Hoffenheim boss Pellegrino Matarazzo has some current player fitness concerns. Bambasé Conté (Ill), Mergim Berisha (Cruciate ligament tear), Stanley Nsoki (Hip problems) and Marco John (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

We believe Hoffenheim will likely play in a 3-5-2 lineup, starting the game with Oliver Baumann, Ozan Kabak, Florian Grillitsch, Tim Drexler, Pavel Kaderabek, Grischa Proemel, Umut Tohumcu, Andrej Kramaric, Robert Skov, Wout Weghorst and Maximilian Beier.

⚡ Prediction

For this match, we think that Hoffenheim should get enough chances to get a goal against this VfL Bochum outfit, however that might not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re tipping a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for VfL Bochum by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. It really should be an interesting one.

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

Andre Moura, 18:04 26/04/2024