📏 Form Guide

VfL Bochum

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VfL Bochum will be hoping to bounce back here after the 1-0 Bundesliga defeat last time out to Werder Bremen.

In that match, VfL Bochum had 52% possession and 12 shots at goal with 1 on target. Werder Bremen had 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. Mitchell Weiser (80') scored for Werder Bremen.

Matches with VfL Bochum have usually been exciting ones lately with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past six games alone, the sum total of 21 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 6 of them belonging to VfL Bochum.

Their previous form shows that VfL Bochum:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Union Berlin in their last 5 games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 4 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Union Berlin

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In their previous fixture, Union Berlin drew 4-4 in the Bundesliga match with Stuttgart.

In that game, Union Berlin had 22% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Union Berlin, the goalscorers were Andrej Ilić (5', 45'), Diogo Leite (19') and Leopold Querfeld (38'). On the other side, Stuttgart got 13 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Deniz Undav (23'), Enzo Millot (29'), Jeff Chabot (43') and Chris Führich (45') scored for Stuttgart.

Steffen Baumgart's Union Berlin have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 10 times in the course of their most recent six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that period comes to 7.

Pre-game facts show that Union Berlin:

• have not emerged victorious against VfL Bochum in games played away from home for the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 14/05/2022 tells us that VfL Bochum have won 4 of these games & Union Berlin 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 22 in total which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Bundesliga match day 14 on 14/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Union Berlin 0-2 VfL Bochum.

In that match, Union Berlin managed 70% possession and 22 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Benedict Hollerbach (33').

VfL Bochum got 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Ibrahima Sissoko (23') scored.

The referee was Martin Petersen.

ℹ️ Team News: VfL Bochum

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just one fitness concern for the VfL Bochum gaffer Dieter Hecking to be concerned with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Koji Miyoshi (Torn muscle fiber) will miss out.

It’s our opinion that Bochum could make use of the 3-4-3 formation in the match, beginning the first half with Timo Horn, Tim Oermann, Jakov Medic, Bernardo, Felix Passlack, Matus Bero, Tom Krauss, Maximilian Wittek, Giorgos Masouras, Philipp Hofmann and Gerrit Holtmann.

ℹ️ Team News: Union Berlin

Union Berlin boss Steffen Baumgart has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Josip Juranovic (Calf problems), Robert Skov (Foot injury), Jérôme Roussillon (Knock), Aljoscha Kemlein (Foot surgery) and Woo-yeong Jeong (Ankle injury) won’t be making appearances.

We are inclined to think that Union appear most likely to make use of a 3-5-2 formation using Frederik Roennow, Danilho Doekhi, Leopold Querfeld, Diogo Leite, Christopher Trimmel, Andras Schafer, Rani Khedira, Janik Haberer, Tom Rothe, Andrej Ilic and Benedict Hollerbach.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Union Berlin could find themselves struggling to score goals against this VfL Bochum lineup who we think will likely get the win and a maybe even keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore seeing a very even match with a 1-0 advantage for VfL Bochum when all is said and done.

Should be a close one.

Andre Moura, 13:01 27/04/2025