Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th April 2023
Bochum welcome Borussia Dortmundon Friday in the Bundesliga, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 30 match.
Borussia Dortmund enjoy the view from the top of the table with 60 points after 29 league matches this season. Meanwhile, Bochum find themselves positioned as number 15 in the Bundesliga with 27 points following 29 rounds.
Although Bochum are behind Borussia Dortmund in the table by double digits, beating the league leaders in the Bundesliga would be huge for the hosts.
Bochum scored eight goals, conceded 20 and fought their way to two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.
Borussia Dortmund are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 28 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 2.8 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of 13 goals, and while Borussia Dortmund claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 1.3 goals per match.
The last time these two teams squared up, B. Dortmund ran out 3-0 winners which they surely won't mind doing again at Vonovia Ruhrstadion.
Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction
Bochum Form
A solitary draw point prevents Bochum from having nothing to show for their previous three games. They came up short in a 2-3 defeat against VfB Stuttgart, before drawing 1-1 with Union Berlin. They came up empty-handed once again when Wolfsburg ran out as 1-5 winners. Bochum only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Bundesliga matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored nine and conceded 14 goals.
Borussia Dortmund Form
Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating Union Berlin by 2-1. This was followed by a 3-3 with VfB Stuttgart and a 4-0 win against Eintracht. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, Borussia Dortmund have three wins, they've drawn two and lost one one. They scored 12 while also conceding nine times. They also experienced two draws and one defeat.
We trust neither defence to be able to keep their opponent at bay, when Bochum welcome Borussia Dortmund this coming Friday. Goals should be flowing at both ends of the pitch.
Borussia Dortmund claimed eight wins from 25 goals scored and nine conceded in the previous eight encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Bundesliga. This earned them a total of 26 points. Bochum show off a record of eight wins, three draws and 18 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Borussia Dortmund so far pulled off 19 wins, three draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga.
Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund Stats
- Bochum have conceded in 25 of the last 27 home matches
- Bochum have conceded in 19 of the last 21 matches
- In 9 of the last 10 Bochum matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 matches in a row Bochum played, both teams scored
- In 5 of the last 6 Bochum matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- B. Dortmund have scored in 17 of the last 19 matches
- B. Dortmund have scored in 12 of the last 14 away matches
- In 5 of the last 6 matches B. Dortmund played, both teams scored
- B. Dortmund have conceded in the last 8 matches in a row
- In 5 of the last 6 B. Dortmund matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund Squads
Bochum Squad
The 54-year-old Bochum manager, Thomas Letsch, will select the lineup against Borussia Dortmund from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Bundesliga this season):
Manuel Riemann (0/29), Marko Johansson (0/0), Michael Esser (0/0), Paul Grave (0/0), Cristian Gamboa (0/17), Danilo Soares (0/21), Dominique Heintz (0/8), Erhan Masovic (4/24), Ivan Ordets (0/25), Jordi Osei-Tutu (0/20), Keven Schlotterbeck (1/11), Konstantinos Stafylidis (0/16), Mohammed Tolba (0/0), Saidy Janko (0/15), Vassilios Lambropoulos (0/13), Anthony Losilla (0/26), Jacek Goralski (0/4), Kevin Stoeger (4/28), Patrick Osterhage (0/21), Philipp Foerster (2/21), Pierre Kunde (1/10), Christopher Antwi-Adjej (2/24), Gerrit Holtmann (1/21), Moritz Broschinski (2/8), Philipp Hofmann (8/29), Silvere Ganvoula (0/15), Simon Zoller (3/22), Takuma Asano (2/20).
Borussia Dortmund Squad
Listed below is the full squad of Borussia Dortmund players that the manager Edin Terzic will choose from for the upcoming game:
Alexander Meyer (0/7), Gregor Kobel (0/22), Luca Unbehaun (0/0), Marcel Lotka (0/0), Antonios Papadopoulos (0/0), Julian Ryerson (1/25), Mateu Morey (0/0), Mats Hummels (1/25), Nico Schlotterbeck (4/27), Nico Schulz (0/0), Niklas Suele (1/24), Raphael Guerreiro (3/23), Soumaila Coulibaly (0/1), Tom Rothe (0/2), Abdoulaye Kamara (0/0), Emre Can (2/22), Felix Passlack (0/2), Giovanni Reyna (6/17), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (3/15), Jude Bellingham (5/28), Julian Brandt (8/27), Justin Njinmah (0/0), Mahmoud Dahoud (0/9), Marco Reus (6/20), Marius Wolf (1/20), Salih Oezcan (0/23), Thomas Meunier (0/10), Anthony Modeste (2/17), Donyell Malen (7/21), Julien Duranville (0/0), Karim Adeyemi (3/19), Sebastien Haller (4/14), Youssoufa Moukoko (7/22).
Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund Team News
Bochum just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Borussia Dortmund at Vonovia Ruhrstadion.
Paul Grave sit this one out for Bochum due to an injury.
Borussia Dortmund could have up to nine players on the injured and absent players for their match this coming Friday atVonovia Ruhrstadion
Emre Can, Thomas Meunier, Mats Hummels, Anthony Modeste, Marius Wolf, Tom Rothe, Abdoulaye Kamara, Mateu Morey and Sebastien Haller all face a spell on the sidelines for Borussia Dortmund due to various injuries.
Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund Lineups
Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund H2H
The last time these two teams squared up, B. Dortmund ran out 3-0 winners which they surely won't mind doing again at Vonovia Ruhrstadion. All in all, Borussia Dortmund have a fine reading on Bochum in previous seasons with a 5-3-2 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Borussia Dortmund to win this match at best price odds of 3/5.
Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund Results
Both teams found the back of the net six times in the past ten matches between home side Bochum and Borussia Dortmund. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 4/7.
Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund Betting Tips
Bochum against Borussia Dortmund is also a battle between Kevin Stoeger and Donyell Malen with both in decent form. The former scored three while the latter has six Bundesliga goals in their last six games respectively.
Vonovia Ruhrstadion witnessed Bochum winning three times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing one and losing six as well. Borussia Dortmund claimed five wins, two draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Of the previous 10 outings away from home, Borussia Dortmund scored the opening goal six times, whereas their hosts were first on target in two of their last 10 games on home soil.
Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Bochum and Borussia Dortmund, with the latter scoring 2.1 goals on average in these. Bochum managed an average of 1.3 goals as both teams scored six times in this run. Bochum saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in seven of Borussia Dortmund's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.2 goals in these matches.
