Borussia Dortmund vs Bochum Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th January 2024

Bochum travel to Signal Iduna Park for a renewal of the rivalry with Borussia Dortmund, as another derby looms in the Bundesliga. Who gets the upper hand? The answer arrives this coming Sunday.

Borussia Dortmund are placed fifth with 33 points after 18 matches. Bochum occupy a position as 14th in the league on 20 points.

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

Borussia Dortmund step into their next home match this coming Sunday having scored a nice average of two goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 20 goals, while also allowing 17 goals against. That is an average of 1.7 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet two times in those matches.

Bochum managed a bearable 14 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.4 goals per game. They conceded 13 goals in total, and while claiming three clean sheets, they conceded 1.3 goals an average per game.

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Borussia Dortmund played Bochum. The pair split the points in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bochum Prediction

Borussia Dortmund Form

Borussia Dortmund should be high on confidence, as their last three matches saw them gain seven points. They started off drawing 1-1 with Mainz 05, before beating first Darmstadt by 0-3, then FC Koln in a 0-4 win. Borussia Dortmund won three of their previous six matches at Signal Iduna Park in the Bundesliga. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring 12 goals to 12 against.

Bochum Form

In their past three matches, Bochum lost 4-0 against Bayer Leverkusen, drew 1-1 with Werder Bremen and won 1-0 against VfB Stuttgart. Bochum claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by ten goals to four.

The last two encounters between Borussia Dortmund and Bochum finished with a 1-1 scoreline, and who says either party can break the deadlock this time around? We find it tempting to look for another stalemate.

Borussia Dortmund scored 21 goals and conceded seven in their last ten games against teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. They collected 24 points and seven victories. Bochum claimed one win and six points in their last seven games against teams from the top six. They scored three times in these matches, but also conceded 18 goals. Borussia Dortmund are looking at a record of nine wins, six draws and three defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bochum are looking at four wins, eight draws and six defeats in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bochum Squads

Borussia Dortmund Squad

The 41-year-old coach of the home team, Edin Terzic, will select the lineup against Bochum from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Alexander Meyer (0/1), Gregor Kobel (0/18), Marcel Lotka (0/0), Ian Maatsen (0/2), Julian Ryerson (3/10), Mateu Morey (0/0), Mats Hummels (2/14), Nico Schlotterbeck (1/17), Niklas Suele (1/13), Ramy Bensebaini (0/13), Abdoulaye Kamara (0/0), Emre Can (1/14), Felix Nmecha (0/10), Giovanni Reyna (0/10), Jadon Sancho (0/2), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (1/10), Julian Brandt (6/18), Marcel Sabitzer (2/13), Marco Reus (4/15), Marius Wolf (0/12), Ole Pohlmann (0/0), Salih Oezcan (0/11), Thomas Meunier (0/6), Donyell Malen (7/17), Julien Duranville (0/0), Karim Adeyemi (0/11), Niclas Fuellkrug (6/18), Sebastien Haller (0/11), Youssoufa Moukoko (3/10).

Bochum Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 55 year-old Bochum manager Letsch will select his starting XI from these players:

Manuel Riemann (0/18), Michael Esser (0/0), Niclas Thiede (0/0), Bernardo (1/18), Cristian Gamboa (0/14), Danilo Soares (0/5), Erhan Masovic (0/16), Ivan Ordets (0/10), Jordi Osei-Tutu (0/0), Keven Schlotterbeck (1/12), Maximilian Wittek (0/10), Mohammed Tolba (0/0), Moritz Roemling (0/0), Noah Loosli (0/8), Tim Oermann (0/7), Anthony Losilla (1/17), Felix Passlack (0/7), Kevin Stoeger (4/16), Lukas Daschner (1/11), Mats Pannewig (0/0), Matus Bero (1/11), Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (0/6), Patrick Osterhage (2/13), Philipp Foerster (0/9), Christopher Antwi-Adjej (1/16), Goncalo Paciencia (3/12), Moritz Broschinski (0/11), Philipp Hofmann (0/15), Takuma Asano (5/16).

Borussia Dortmund vs Bochum Team News

Borussia Dortmund are sweating on the fitness of no less than nine players before their match this coming Sunday. Borussia Dortmund have to alter their line-up, as both Sebastien Haller and Ramy Bensebaini get a day in the shade.

Niklas Suele, Emre Can, Mats Hummels, Sebastien Haller, Karim Adeyemi, Julian Ryerson, Felix Nmecha, Julien Duranville and Julien Duranville are missing from the squad, Borussia Dortmund will field against Bochumthis coming Sunday.

More than a handful of players could be forced out of the next match for Bochum, who are looking at eight players nursing various problems. Bernardo and Takuma Asano racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Bochum travelling party for their next match.

Bochum need to do without Mohammed Tolba, Danilo Soares, Keven Schlotterbeck, Kevin Stoeger, Mats Pannewig, Keven Schlotterbeck, Jordi Osei-Tutu and Michael Esser, who are not fit enough to travel to Signal Iduna Park.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bochum Lineups

Borussia Dortmund vs Bochum H2H

Borussia Dortmund and Bochum had to make do with a point each in their latest encounter, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 19/4. Borussia Dortmund enter the match against Bochum with a 4-5-1 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 40%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bochum Results

In seven of the previous ten matches between Borussia Dortmund and Bochum both teams scored.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bochum Betting Tips

Goncalo Paciencia shows decent form right now for Bochum, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Bundesliga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Borussia Dortmund, who are strong favourites this coming Sunday. Siding with Donyell Malen also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Bundesliga matches.

Borussia Dortmund claimed all three points four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing four along the way. They endured defeat in two of the games in this run. Bochum won one of their last 10 games away, while drawing four and losing five in this series of matches. Borussia Dortmund have a justified hope of getting on the scoresheet at Signal Iduna Park, since Bochum only managed three clean sheets in their 10 most recent away matches. The hosts claimed two clean sheets in their last 10 matches on home soil.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet three times in the last ten encounters between Borussia Dortmund and Bochum as under 2.5 goals happened four times. Borussia Dortmund scored an average of 2.1 goals a game, with Bochum averaging 1.2 goals in this run. Borussia Dortmund saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Bochum, who managed to score 1.4 times in those matches.