FC Koln vs Bochum Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th April 2024

When Bochum come to RheinEnergieSTADION for the Bundesliga match on Saturday, FC Koln will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

The upcoming game against Bochum offers a good opportunity for FC Koln to get some much-needed points to their account. The final part of the season could be a tough ride, should they fail to claim 3 points in a match like this.

FC Koln go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of one per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane ten times, while conceding 19. That amounts to an average of 1.9 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Bochum scored 13 goals, conceded 22 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

FC Koln and Bochum had to settle for a point each in their most recent match, which finished with a 1-1 scoreline. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 5/2.

FC Koln vs Bochum Prediction

FC Koln Form

FC Koln have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Borussia Moenchengladbach, they gained a point in a 3-3 draw, before coming up short against RB Leipzig, who ran out 1-5 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 1-1 draw with Augsburg. FC Koln claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Bundesliga, which also saw them drawing one and losing four matches, in which they scored four and conceded 13 goals.

Bochum Form

In their previous three games, Bochum lost 1-2 and 2-0 against Freiburg and Mainz 05, respectively, before drawing 2-2 with Darmstadt. Bochum came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by 18 goals to five.

FC Koln have experienced several draws in recent matches, which makes the stalemate look like a tasty bet on Saturday against Bochum at RheinEnergieSTADION.

FC Koln won ten points from their last seven encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won two, scored ten and let in eight goals. Bochum claimed two wins from 13 goals scored and 17 conceded from their past eight matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them nine points to their account. FC Koln have a record of three wins, ten draws and 14 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bochum enjoy a record of five wins, 11 draws and 11 defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Koln vs Bochum Squads

FC Koln Squad

Timo Schultz will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Bochum from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Jonas Nickisch (0/0), Marvin Schwaebe (0/27), Matthias Koebbing (0/0), Philipp Pentke (0/0), Benno Schmitz (0/16), Dominique Heintz (0/8), Julian Chabot (0/25), Leart Paqarada (0/16), Luca Kilian (0/13), Max Finkgrafe (1/18), Rasmus Carstensen (0/22), Timo Huebers (0/24), Dejan Ljubicic (0/23), Denis Huseinbasic (0/21), Eric Martel (1/24), Faride Alidou (4/19), Florian Kainz (3/26), Jacob Steen Christensen (0/5), Jan Thielmann (1/16), Linton Maina (1/24), Damion Downs (1/6), Davie Selke (6/18), Florian Dietz (0/4), Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (2/16), Justin Diehl (0/6), Mark Uth (0/7), Sargis Adamyan (1/14), Steffen Tigges (0/18).

Bochum Squad

Below is the full team squad of Bochum. The manager Letsch will pick his starting XI against FC Koln from these players:

Andreas Luthe (0/1), Hugo Roelleke (0/0), Manuel Riemann (0/26), Michael Esser (0/0), Niclas Thiede (0/0), Bernardo (1/26), Cristian Gamboa (0/18), Danilo Soares (0/5), Erhan Masovic (0/23), Ivan Ordets (1/19), Keven Schlotterbeck (3/20), Maximilian Wittek (1/14), Mohammed Tolba (0/0), Moritz Roemling (0/0), Noah Loosli (0/10), Tim Oermann (0/12), Agon Elezi (0/0), Anthony Losilla (1/25), Felix Passlack (0/9), Kevin Stoeger (5/25), Lukas Daschner (1/15), Matus Bero (1/17), Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (0/11), Patrick Osterhage (2/18), Philipp Foerster (0/12), Christopher Antwi-Adjej (1/21), Goncalo Paciencia (3/17), Moritz Broschinski (2/20), Philipp Hofmann (3/22), Takuma Asano (6/23).

FC Koln vs Bochum Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for FC Koln, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Davie Selke and Mark Uth are missing from the squad, FC Koln will field against Bochumon Saturday.

At the time of writing, Bochum just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Saturday.

Names like Mohammed Tolba and Michael Esser most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play FC Koln.

FC Koln vs Bochum Lineups

FC Koln vs Bochum H2H

It finished all square on when FC Koln last faced Bochum. With both denying to back down, the scoreboard said 1-1 in the end. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 5/2. FC Koln have a 30% win rate in the against Bochum, who won two of these matches. The total record reads 3-5-2, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

FC Koln vs Bochum Results

Betting on both teams to score in recent matches between FC Koln and Bochum would have made you a decent profit. Both teams found their way to the goal seven times in their previous ten matches. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 2/3 with the bookies.

FC Koln vs Bochum Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Faride Alidou, who is performing well for FC Koln. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Bundesliga outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Bochum.The visitors will be looking to Philipp Hofmann to find the net once again, after managing three Bundesliga goals for Bochum in recent matches.

FC Koln won only once in their last 10 outings at RheinEnergieSTADION, but they drew four and lost five in this run. Bochum won one, drew three and lost six of their last 10 games away from home. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in recent matches. While FC Koln managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the games at RheinEnergieSTADION, Bochum kept their hosts from scoring in two of their last 10 away games.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet three times. FC Koln managed an average of 1.2 goals, with Bochum averaging 1.1 goals. FC Koln saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.2 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Bochum, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.3 times goals per game themselves.