The visiting Greuther Fürth side should be favourites in this visit to Bochum, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their 25 league games this season.
Bochum form and stats
Bochum, who have the most scored goals (28) at home in 2. Bundesliga, have played 13 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-7-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Bochum shared the glory with Darmstadt 98 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. In the match before that, Bochum hosted Sandhausen and drew the game 4-4.
Goals decide football matches and Bochum are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Bochum with 27 goals conceded in these matches.
Greuther Fürth form and stats
3 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Greuther Fürth playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Two points from the last two away games for Greuther Fürth, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Holstein Kiel (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The 2. Bundesliga match ended in a draw 1-1. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Stuttgart.
The visiting Greuther have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 13 games. Greuther have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Greuther Fürth - Bochum 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bochum won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Greuther Fürth has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  S. Ganvoula M'boussy 11 goals |  D. Blum 9 goals |   B. Hrgota 9 goals |
Bochum missing players
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| Bochum | Greuther Fürth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 40 | 28 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 18 | 37 |
| 45 | 27 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 33 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 84% | 92% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 84% |
| 64% | 77% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 38% | 48% |
| 48% | 69% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 38% | 36% |
| 24% | 38% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 15% | 12% |
| 76% | 85% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 52% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 28% |
| 16% | 8% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 28% |
| 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 6.6 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 335 | 215 | 62 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 167 | 372 |
| 109 | 75 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 60 | 123 |
| 37% | 37% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 30% | 30% |
- Bochum has the most conceded goals (27) at home
- Bochum has the most scored goals (28) at home
- Bochum have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bochum have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bochum haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Greuther Fürth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Osnabrück | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Bochum | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 24 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
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