Bochum vs St. Pauli Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th January 2025

Bochum enjoy home advantage, when visitors St. Pauli swing by on Wednesday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Bochum are number 18 in the table on eight points after 16 matches. St. Pauli rank as number 14 with 14 points after 16 matches played.

Their upcoming match is a difficult challenge for Bochum, who next face St. Pauli in their continuous fight to avoid relegation. They should be highly motivated to spring a surprise, even against a tough opponent like St. Pauli.

Bochum scored seven times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.7 goals a game. They conceded 23 and managed one clean sheets.

St. Pauli travel to their next Bundesliga match, averaging a lowly 0.8 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of eight goals, while also conceding 11 goals. That amounts to an average of 1.1 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

This is the first time Bochum squares up against St. Pauli in the Bundesliga in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent.

Bochum vs St. Pauli Prediction

Bochum Form

Bochum have seen it all in their last three matches, which added four points to their account. They first shared the points in a 1-1 draw with Union Berlin, before claiming 3 points in a 2-0 win against FC Heidenheim. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Mainz 05. Bochum only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in the Bundesliga. They also drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded 12 goals.

St. Pauli Form

It is all or nothing with St. Pauli, who only triumphed once in their previous three outings. They were defeated 0-2 against Werder Bremen, before beating VfB Stuttgart 0-1. Unable to build on that, they lost 0-1 against Eintracht Frankfurt. St. Pauli won three of a possible six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored eight while also conceding six times.

Both Bochum and St. Pauli are having a hard time finding their way to the net. With the teams clashing in this round 17, we find a low scoring match is the natural pick.

Bochum won four points from their last four encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won one, scored five and let in six goals. St. Pauli claimed two wins from six goals scored and six conceded from their past four matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them six points to their account. Bochum claimed two wins, two draws as well as 12 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. St. Pauli are looking at four wins, two draws and ten defeats in the Bundesliga.

Bochum vs St. Pauli Squads

Bochum Squad

Dieter Hecking will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against St. Pauli from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Andreas Luthe (0/0), Hugo Roelleke (0/0), Manuel Riemann (0/0), Patrick Drewes (0/16), Paul Grave (0/0), Timo Horn (0/0), Bernardo (0/6), Cristian Gamboa (1/5), Erhan Masovic (0/8), Ivan Ordets (0/10), Jakov Medic (0/13), Maximilian Wittek (0/16), Mohammed Tolba (0/0), Noah Loosli (0/0), Tim Oermann (0/12), Anthony Losilla (0/14), Dani de Wit (2/14), Felix Passlack (0/16), Ibrahima Sissoko (1/16), Koji Miyoshi (1/11), Lennart Koerdt (0/0), Lukas Daschner (1/12), Mats Pannewig (0/6), Matus Bero (3/14), Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (0/7), Aliou Balde (0/5), Gerrit Holtmann (0/8), Moritz Broschinski (1/16), Myron Boadu (2/7), Philipp Hofmann (1/16), Samuel Bamba (0/3).

St. Pauli Squad

Here is the full team squad of St. Pauli. The 51 year-old Alexander Blessin will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Ben Alexander Voll (0/0), Eric Oelschlaegel (0/0), Nikola Vasilj (0/16), Sascha Burchert (0/0), Soeren Ahlers (0/0), Conor Metcalfe (0/4), David Nemeth (0/6), Emil Staugaard (0/0), Eric Smith (1/15), Fin Stevens (0/0), Julien Yanda (0/0), Karol Mets (0/10), Lars Ritzka (0/10), Luca Guenther (0/0), Philipp Treu (0/15), Adam Dzwigala (0/9), Carlo Boukhalfa (1/14), Erik Ahlstrand (0/5), Hauke Wahl (0/16), Jackson Irvine (0/16), James Sands (0/1), Manolis Saliakas (1/15), Noah Weisshaupt (0/4), Robert Wagner (0/8), Scott Banks (0/6), Abdoulie Ceesay (0/0), Andreas Albers (1/13), Danel Sinani (0/11), Elias Saad (2/6), Johannes Eggestein (2/15), Maurides (0/1), Morgan Guilavogui (2/14), Oladapo Afolayan (2/16), Simon Zoller (0/0).

Bochum vs St. Pauli Team News

Bochum vs St. Pauli Lineups

Bochum vs St. Pauli H2H

Having never played each other in the Bundesliga in the 21st century, this is the first time Bochum comes up against St. Pauli in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. Bochum picked up two wins in their previous ten matches against St. Pauli, while the latter claimed four wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 5/2.

Bochum vs St. Pauli Results

Bochum vs St. Pauli Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Bundesliga, Matus Bero will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. St. Pauli hope Johannes Eggestein can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Bundesliga goals in his last six Bundesliga games.

Bochum won five of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Vonovia Ruhrstadion. They drew two and lost three as well, while St. Pauli won three of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost six. Keep an eye out for both teams not to score at Vonovia Ruhrstadion, as BTTS only came out five times in the previous 10 Bundesliga matches here for Bochum. Both teams scored in four of the previous 10 away games for St. Pauli.

Bochum saw over 2.5 goals in one of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of St. Pauli's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.9 goals in these matches.