📏 Form Guide

VfL Bochum

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VfL Bochum will be looking for an improved result here following a 0-4 Bundesliga defeat last time out to Stuttgart.

In that game, VfL Bochum had 54% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 on target. For their opponents, Stuttgart got 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Jeff Chabot (8') and Ermedin Demirović (11', 48', 85') scored for Stuttgart.

Fixtures with VfL Bochum have tended to be absorbing affairs of late with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes alone, the sum total of 20 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 6 of them belonging to VfL Bochum.

Analysis of their past results shows that VfL Bochum:

• are winless against Augsburg in their last 3 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 3 league games.

Augsburg

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After a loss in their previous game against Bayern Munich in Bundesliga action, Augsburg and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Augsburg had 30% possession and 6 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Augsburg, the goals were scored by Dimitrios Giannoulis (30') and Chrislain Matsima (93' Own goal). On the other side, Bayern Munich got 19 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Jamal Musiala (42') and Harry Kane (60') scored for Bayern Munich.

A succession of hard-working displays from the Augsburg defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 fixtures in total. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 7. We will find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

Their prior results show that Augsburg:

• have not won against VfL Bochum when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 7 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head meetings going back to 24/04/2022, there has been little to separate the clubs with VfL Bochum winning 2 of those games, Augsburg 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A sum of 15 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 7 of them for Bochum and 8 belonging to Augsburg. The average goals per game has been 2.5.

The previous league game featuring the two was Bundesliga match day 12 on 30/11/2024 when it finished Augsburg 1-0 VfL Bochum.

On that occasion, Augsburg managed 53% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player to score was Phillip Tietz (38').

At the other end, VfL Bochum got 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Tobias Reichel.

🗞️ Team News: VfL Bochum

It looks as if Bochum look set to employ a 3-5-2 system for the game and select Timo Horn, Tim Oermann, Jakov Medic, Bernardo, Felix Passlack, Matus Bero, Ibrahima Sissoko, Tom Krauss, Maximilian Wittek, Philipp Hofmann and Giorgos Masouras.

🗞️ Team News: Augsburg

Augsburg manager Jess Thorup has a number of players out of action. Yusuf Kabadayi (Knee surgery) and Reece Oxford (Fitness) are not ready for selection.

From our viewpoint, Augsburg appear most likely to make use of a 4-4-2 system with a starting lineup of Finn Dahmen, Chrislain Matsima, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Keven Schlotterbeck, Marius Wolf, Kristijan Jakic, Frank Onyeka, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Fredrik Jensen, Alexis Claude and Samuel Essende.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that Augsburg certainly have the ability to find the back of the net against this VfL Bochum outfit, however that is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for VfL Bochum at the end of the match. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

Peter Guest, 13:07 12/04/2025