It's advantage Bochum so far with their 6th position in the 2. Bundesliga table, welcoming Fortuna Düsseldorf who are placed 7th.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Bochum form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Bochum at their home stadium (Vonovia Ruhrstadion) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
A good away victory last time out for Bochum, who won 1-0 against Hamburger SV (placed 1st). Preceding that match was the home game against Greuther Furth that was lost 0-2.
The manager T. Reis will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Holstein Kiel in only four days.
Bochum are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 4 games. Bochum have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.
Fortuna Düsseldorf are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the 2. Bundesliga against Sandhausen (placed 14th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Nurnberg that ended 1-1.
After this away game Düsseldorf return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Darmstadt 98. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Düsseldorf as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league. Düsseldorf have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Bochum-Fortuna Düsseldorf H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bochum two wins, Fortuna Düsseldorf four wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Zoller 4 goals |  R. Zulj 2 goals |   K. Karaman 2 goals |
Bochum missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Bochum | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 102 | 61 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 27 | 73 |
| 31 | 17 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 32% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | 32% |
- All of Fortuna Düsseldorf's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have yet to win a game away.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Osnabruck | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Greuther Furth | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Bochum | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Nurnberg | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Würzburger Kickers | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 1 |
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