Bochum vs Bayern Munich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th February 2024

When Bayern Munich come to Vonovia Ruhrstadion for the Bundesliga match this coming Sunday, Bochum will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

One spot behind the leader of the table, Bayern Munich have claimed 50 points after 21 rounds, while Bochum have amassed 22 points and are now ranked as number 14 in the Bundesliga standings.

Top side Bayern Munich will be hoping to inflict more misery on lowly placed Bochum on Sunday. The hosts should simply be able to bring far too much to the table for the visitors to have any say on Sunday.

Bochum go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 14. That amounts to an average of 1.4 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Bayern Munich scored 17 times in their previous ten matches, an average of 1.7 per game. They also conceded 13 goals for an average of 1.3 a game, pulling off four clean sheets in these.

Bayern Munich didn't concede even once in their previous three meetings with Bochum in the Bundesliga, winning 7-0, 3-0 and 7-0.

Bochum vs Bayern Munich Prediction

Bochum Form

In their last three matches, Bochum lost 3-1 against Borussia Dortmund, drew 1-1 with Augsburg and shared the points in a 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt. Bochum claimed three wins in their last six matches at home in the Bundesliga, while also drawing three but lost none. They scored ten and conceded four goals.

Bayern Munich Form

Bayern Munich have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it started with a 3-1 win against Borussia Moenchengladbach. Unable to follow that up, they went down 3-0 against Bayer Leverkusen, before handing over all three points in a 1-0 defeat against Lazio. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, Bayern Munich won a very acceptable four times. They've also drawn none and lost twice, scoring 11 while also conceding 11 times.

We expect Bayern Munich to return from their trip to Vonovia Ruhrstadion with a win, but Bochum will do anything to avoid getting pummelled on home soil. Thus, we combine the away win with under 3.5 goals.

Bochum fought their way to one win and seven points from their last nine games against teams inside the top six. They were on target five times in these matches, but also let in 22 goals. Bochum are looking at a record of four wins, ten draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayern Munich are looking at 16 wins, two draws and three defeats in the Bundesliga.

Bochum vs Bayern Munich Squads

Bochum Squad

The 55-year-old coach of the home team, Thomas Letsch, will select the lineup against Bayern Munich from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Andreas Luthe (0/0), Manuel Riemann (0/21), Michael Esser (0/0), Niclas Thiede (0/0), Bernardo (1/20), Cristian Gamboa (0/15), Danilo Soares (0/5), Erhan Masovic (0/18), Ivan Ordets (0/13), Keven Schlotterbeck (1/14), Maximilian Wittek (0/12), Mohammed Tolba (0/0), Moritz Roemling (0/0), Noah Loosli (0/8), Tim Oermann (0/10), Agon Elezi (0/0), Anthony Losilla (1/20), Felix Passlack (0/7), Kevin Stoeger (4/19), Lukas Daschner (1/11), Mats Pannewig (0/0), Matus Bero (1/14), Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (0/8), Patrick Osterhage (2/16), Philipp Foerster (0/9), Christopher Antwi-Adjej (1/19), Goncalo Paciencia (3/13), Moritz Broschinski (2/14), Philipp Hofmann (0/17), Takuma Asano (5/17).

Bayern Munich Squad

Below is the full team squad of Bayern Munich. The manager Tuchel will pick his starting XI against Bochum from these players:

Daniel Peretz (0/0), Manuel Neuer (0/13), Sven Ulreich (0/8), Tom Huelsmann (0/0), Alphonso Davies (1/18), Bouna Sarr (0/2), Dayot Upamecano (1/17), Eric Dier (0/4), Matthijs de Ligt (2/13), Min-Jae Kim (1/16), Noussair Mazraoui (0/13), Raphael Guerreiro (2/11), Sacha Boey (0/2), Tarek Buchmann (0/0), Aleksandar Pavlovic (2/10), Bryan Zaragoza (0/0), Joshua Kimmich (1/15), Konrad Laimer (0/18), Leon Goretzka (2/17), Noel Aseko-Nkili (0/0), Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (2/18), Harry Kane (24/21), Jamal Musiala (5/16), Kingsley Coman (3/15), Leroy Sane (8/21), Mathys Tel (3/17), Serge Gnabry (0/5), Thomas Muller (1/19).

Bochum vs Bayern Munich Team News

At the time of writing, Bochum have five players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Bayern Munich on Sunday. There is no need for Matus Bero to show up in the Bochum dressing room, as he is suspended.

Due to various ailments Mohammed Tolba, Mats Pannewig, Keven Schlotterbeck and Michael Esser will be absent from the squad, Bochum are able to field against Bayern Munich on Sunday.

Bayern Munich could have a whole host of players on the injured and absent players for their next match, as nine players are nursing various problems.

Alphonso Davies, Kingsley Coman, Noel Aseko-Nkili, Konrad Laimer, Daniel Peretz, Serge Gnabry, Bouna Sarr, Tarek Buchmann and Raphael Guerreiro all face a spell on the sidelines for Bayern Munich due to various injuries.

Bochum vs Bayern Munich Lineups

Bochum vs Bayern Munich H2H

Bochum were unable to penetrate the Bayern Munich defence the last three times they met in the Bundesliga. The latter ended up winning by a 7-0, 3-0 and 7-0 scoreline. Bayern Munich will be excited about a meeting with Bochum, who have found it hard to deal with their upcoming visitors. Bayern Munich go into the match with a 8-1-1 advantage. The bookies have Bayern Munich to win this match at best price odds of 1/3.

Bochum vs Bayern Munich Results

Keep an eye out for goals as Bayern Munich visit Bochum, since their ten matches saw over 2.5 goals scored ten times. Best priced odds on over 2.5 goals are 2/5 at the bookmakers.

Bochum vs Bayern Munich Betting Tips

It has been an excellent season for Harry Kane who managed to score an impressive 24 goals in total during the current campaign. He also seems on a good run currently, hitting the target three times in his last six outings. Bayern Munich are looking to him against Bochum, hoping he keeps his momentum going.

Vonovia Ruhrstadion saw Bochum winning five, drawing four and losing one of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. Bayern Munich won five of their 10 most recent away games, drew one and lost four. Goals are usually flowing for Bochum on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened five times for Bayern Munich in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came up ten times in the previous ten encounters between Bochum and Bayern Munich, as Bochum scored one goal on average per game and Bayern Munich averaging 4.3 goals. Both teams scored in five times of these matches. In the past ten matches for Bochum across all competitions, over 2.5 goals happened in five times of them with an average of 1.3 goals goals scored by themselves. In the previous ten matches for Bayern Munich, betting on over 2.5 goals turned out to be a winning bet in six of them. On average, Bayern Munich scored 1.6 times goals per game.