Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Bochum Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 25th January 2025

Mid-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach face relegation-threatened Bochum at Borussia-Park in round 19 of the Bundesliga in a match that kick-offs on Saturday. The visitors have a lot more at stake, but are lacking in quality.

Borussia Moenchengladbach are placed 11th with 24 points after 18 matches. Bochum occupy a position as 17th in the league on 12 points.

Borussia Moenchengladbach came away with three points from the latest encounter with Bochum. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other this coming Saturday.

Borussia Moenchengladbach step into their next home match on Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 16 goals, while also allowing 16 goals against. That is an average of 1.6 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet two times in those matches.

Bochum scored ten goals, conceded 18 and kept their opponents from scoring two times in ten matches.

Borussia Moenchengladbach go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 5-2 and 2-0 the last two times they played Bochum.

Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Bochum Prediction

Borussia Moenchengladbach Form

Borussia Moenchengladbach have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 0-1 by Bayern Munich, before Wolfsburg ran out 5-1 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Bayer Leverkusen, who came out 3-1 winners. Borussia Moenchengladbach won four of their last six Bundesliga matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded six and scored 14 goals.

Bochum Form

Bochum have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Mainz 05, they came out empty-handed in a 2-0 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 1-0 win against St. Pauli. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 3-3 draw against RB Leipzig. Bochum managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Bundesliga. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 15 time and letting in five.

Borussia Moenchengladbach need to show they are capable of rising to the occasion after the recent setbacks, losing their previous two matches. We favour them to get a real boost of out playing in front of their home crowd and to claim a win.

Borussia Moenchengladbach showed very little mercy in their last six games against teams from the bottom six. They claimed 18 points and six wins after scoring 14 goals and conceding four. No other side in the Bundesliga claimed as many points against teams from the bottom. Borussia Moenchengladbach claimed seven wins, three draws as well as eight defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bochum are looking at three wins, three draws and 12 defeats in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Bochum Squads

Borussia Moenchengladbach Squad

The 46-year-old coach of the home team, Gerardo Seoane, 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:

Jonas Omlin (0/3), Moritz Nicolas (0/15), Tobias Sippel (0/0), Fabio Chiarodia (0/8), Joseph Scally (0/17), Ko Itakura (1/18), Luca Netz (0/11), Lukas Ullrich (0/10), Marvin Friedrich (0/11), Nico Elvedi (1/12), Simon Walde (0/0), Stefan Lainer (0/12), Charles Herrmann (0/0), Florian Neuhaus (0/6), Franck Honorat (2/12), Julian Weigl (0/17), Kevin Stoeger (2/17), Niklas Swider (0/0), Philipp Sander (1/17), Robin Hack (1/17), Rocco Reitz (0/18), Alassane Plea (6/18), Grant-Leon Ranos (0/2), Nathan N'Goumou (0/9), Noah Pesch (0/0), Shio Fukuda (1/3), Tim Kleindienst (10/17), Tomas Cvancara (1/15), Yannick Michaelis (0/0), Yvandro Borges Sanches (0/0).

Bochum Squad

Below is the full team squad of Bochum. The manager Hecking will pick his starting XI against Borussia Moenchengladbach from these players:

Andreas Luthe (0/0), Hugo Roelleke (0/0), Manuel Riemann (0/0), Patrick Drewes (0/18), Paul Grave (0/0), Timo Horn (0/0), Bernardo (0/8), Cristian Gamboa (1/5), Erhan Masovic (0/10), Ivan Ordets (0/12), Jakov Medic (0/14), Maximilian Wittek (0/18), Mohammed Tolba (0/0), Noah Loosli (0/0), Tim Oermann (0/13), Anthony Losilla (0/14), Dani de Wit (2/16), Felix Passlack (0/18), Ibrahima Sissoko (1/18), Koji Miyoshi (1/12), Lennart Koerdt (0/0), Lukas Daschner (1/13), Mats Pannewig (0/6), Matus Bero (3/16), Gerrit Holtmann (0/10), Moritz Broschinski (1/18), Myron Boadu (5/8), Philipp Hofmann (2/18), Samuel Bamba (0/3).

Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Bochum Team News

Bochum just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Borussia Moenchengladbach at the Borussia-Park. Matus Bero is suspended from the Bochum squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Bochum Lineups

Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Bochum H2H

Borussia Moenchengladbach go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 5-2 and 2-0 the last two times they played Bochum. Borussia Moenchengladbach have been slightly more successful than Bochum in recent meetings. With a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match, betting on Borussia Moenchengladbach has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 7/10.

Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Bochum Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bochum. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/13 with the bookies on Saturday.

Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Bochum Betting Tips

Myron Boadu shows decent form right now for Bochum, as he scored three goals in his last six games in the Bundesliga. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Borussia Moenchengladbach, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Alassane Plea also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Bundesliga matches.

Borussia Moenchengladbach claimed a modest seven wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing one. Bochum won zero of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost nine of the games in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Borussia Moenchengladbach on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Bochum in their last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams scored seven times in the last ten encounters between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bochum, while over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Borussia Moenchengladbach scored 2.1 goals on average, while Bochum pulled 1.4 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Borussia Moenchengladbach, who scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in two of Bochum's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.