Bochum vs Werder Bremen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th January 2024

Werder Bremen travel to Bochum on Sunday, when they pair of them go toe-to-toe at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in a exciting Bundesliga encounter.

Placed 14th in the table Bochum have amassed 16 points after 16 matches. On 16 points, Werder Bremen rank 13th with 16 matches played this season.

Werder Bremen will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Bochum. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win this coming Sunday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

Bochum are relatively average in the art of goal-scoring these days. They scored a steady 13 goals in their previous ten matches, for an average of 1.3 per game. They simultaneously allowed their opponents 14 goals, or an average of 1.4 a game. Furthermore, they fought their way to three clean sheets in this run.

Werder Bremen scored 13 goals, conceded 16 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

A 3-0 win was the follow-up to a 2-0 victory, when Werder Bremen last faced Bochum, no doubt raising the spirits ahead of their next trip.

Bochum vs Werder Bremen Prediction

Bochum Form

Bochum lost two of their last three matches, as they went down 3-1 in a meeting with Hoffenheim. They replied by beating Union Berlin 3-0, before losing again, this time 4-0 against Bayer Leverkusen. In their last six Bundesliga home matches, Bochum have two wins, while they've drawn three and lost one. They scored 11 and conceded eight goals.

Werder Bremen Form

In their previous three outings, Werder Bremen won by 2-0 against Augsburg, drew 2-2 with Borussia Moenchengladbach, before also drawing 1-1 against RB Leipzig. Werder Bremen came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by 15 goals to eight.

Werder Bremen and Bochum seem to find it tough getting their defensively lines in order, as they both concede too many goals. We hope the trend continues on Sunday, as we aim for both teams to score.

Bochum won eight points from their last four encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won two, scored eight and let in four goals. Werder Bremen earned three wins and nine points from their past four matches against teams placed in the bottom six of the Bundesliga table. They scored ten and allowed five goals against on their way. Bochum are looking at a record of three wins, seven draws and six defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Werder Bremen enjoy a record of four wins, four draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga.

Bochum vs Werder Bremen Squads

Bochum Squad

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

Manuel Riemann (0/16), Michael Esser (0/0), Niclas Thiede (0/0), Bernardo (1/16), Cristian Gamboa (0/13), Danilo Soares (0/5), Erhan Masovic (0/14), Ivan Ordets (0/9), Jordi Osei-Tutu (0/0), Keven Schlotterbeck (1/11), Maximilian Wittek (0/9), Mohammed Tolba (0/0), Moritz Roemling (0/0), Noah Loosli (0/7), Tim Oermann (0/5), Anthony Losilla (1/15), Felix Passlack (0/7), Kevin Stoeger (4/15), Lukas Daschner (1/10), Mats Pannewig (0/0), Matus Bero (0/9), Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (0/6), Patrick Osterhage (1/11), Philipp Foerster (0/7), Christopher Antwi-Adjej (1/14), Goncalo Paciencia (3/10), Lys Mousset (0/0), Moritz Broschinski (0/10), Philipp Hofmann (0/13), Takuma Asano (5/16).

Werder Bremen Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 35 year-old Werder Bremen manager Werner will select his starting XI from these players:

Dudu (0/0), Jiri Pavlenka (0/7), Michael Zetterer (0/9), Amos Pieper (0/6), Anthony Jung (0/15), Christian Gross (0/8), Cimo Roecker (0/0), Felix Agu (0/6), Marco Friedl (0/12), Milos Veljkovic (1/13), Mitchell Weiser (1/16), Niklas Stark (1/8), Jens Stage (2/16), Justin Njinmah (3/14), Kein Sato (0/0), Leon Opitz (0/2), Leonardo Bittencourt (1/13), Naby Keita (0/3), Nicolai Rapp (0/2), Olivier Deman (1/12), Romano Schmid (1/16), Senne Lynen (0/15), Dawid Kownacki (0/9), Marvin Ducksch (7/16), Nick Woltemade (0/12), Rafael Santos Borre (4/13).

Bochum vs Werder Bremen Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Bochum, as they prepare to meet Werder Bremen, since eight could be missing.

Goncalo Paciencia, Niclas Thiede, Ivan Ordets, Mats Pannewig, Keven Schlotterbeck, Jordi Osei-Tutu, Michael Esser and Lys Mousset are missing from the squad, Bochum will field against Werder Brementhis coming Sunday.

Werder Bremen have five players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match on Sunday against Bochum.

Names like Milos Veljkovic, Felix Agu, Amos Pieper, Nicolai Rapp and Leon Opitz most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Bochum.

Bochum vs Werder Bremen Lineups

Bochum vs Werder Bremen H2H

The last time these two sides facing off here came up against each other, Werder Bremen came away with a 3-0 win. They have a similar outcome in mind at Vonovia Ruhrstadion, but face stern opposition, of course. Werder Bremen go into the match against Bochum with a 7-2-1 advantage. The bookies have Werder Bremen to win this match at best price odds of 21/10.

Bochum vs Werder Bremen Results

The past ten matches between Bochum and Werder Bremen have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet eight times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals this coming Sunday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 2/3 with the bookies.

Bochum vs Werder Bremen Betting Tips

Goncalo Paciencia scored twice in the six most recent games for Bochum, with Marvin Ducksch providing three goals for Werder Bremen in his last six.

Bochum racked up four wins from a possible 10 across all tournaments at Vonovia Ruhrstadion, drew four and lost two. Werder Bremen won one of their previous 10 away, drew two and lost seven times. It is a little hit or miss who gets the first goal in, when looking at Bochum's recent at Vonovia Ruhrstadion, They scored the opening goal six times in 10 here, whereas their visitors scored the opener in four of their last 10 games away from home.

There were more than three goals scored five times in the past ten encounters between Bochum and Werder Bremen, with the former averaging 0.9 goals a game. Werder Bremen scored 2.7 goals per game, while both teams to score paid out five times in this run. Bochum performed an average of 1.6 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Betting on over 2.5 goals in the last ten Werder Bremen-matches would have returned some winnings in six of them. Werder Bremen managed to score an average of 1.3 times goals per game.