It's advantage Bochum so far with their 6th position in the 2. Bundesliga table, welcoming Greuther Fürth who are placed 8th.
The hosts Bochum saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 2. Bundesliga. That game was an away game at Erzgebirge Aue, so at least Bochum are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Bochum can neither be promoted or relegated from 2. Bundesliga. Greuther is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
Bochum form and stats
Bochum have played 16 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-7-3 (wins-draws-losses). Bochum haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Stuttgart, 124 days ago. It’s been three wins in a row for Bochum here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Happy days for Bochum in their previous game, a 2. Bundesliga match away at Erzgebirge Aue (placed 11th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that match, a win away at Osnabrück.
Bochum goalkeeper Manuel Riemann did an outstanding job against Erzgebirge Aue with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bochum handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, five draws and two defeats.
Goals decide football matches and Bochum are scoring many of them at home; 35 on target from 16 league matches. Bochum have conceded 28 from these games.
Greuther Fürth form and stats
As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Greuther Fürth have produced an overall stat of 4-7-5 so far.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Greuther goalkeeper Marius Funk is eager to challenge this, with his 216 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Greuther's last game was the home draw against Heidenheim (0-0). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nürnberg at their stadium, the result 1-0.
We have checked recent matches where Greuther have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were five victories, five draws and four defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Greuther have scored 21 goals in 16 league games away. Greuther have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Greuther Fürth - Bochum 3-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Bochum wins - draws - Greuther Fürth wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Ganvoula M'boussy 13 goals |  D. Blum 9 goals |   B. Hrgota 9 goals |
Bochum missing players
Greuther Fürth missing players
| Bochum | Greuther Fürth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 51 | 35 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 21 | 43 |
| 47 | 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 41 |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 81% | 94% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 81% | 81% |
| 59% | 75% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 31% | 44% |
| 38% | 56% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 31% | 31% |
| 19% | 31% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 9% |
| 66% | 75% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 62% | 53% |
| 25% | 19% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 28% |
| 19% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 25% | 28% |
| 4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
| 6.6 | 6.2 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 422 | 251 | 74 | Total Shots | T S | 71 | 205 | 465 |
| 137 | 90 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 66 | 141 |
| 37% | 39% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | 30% |
- Bochum has the most scored goals in the first half (26)
- Bochum have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bochum haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Bochum is in the best form (4-2-0)
- 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 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 59 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 32 | 64 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 55 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 55 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 60 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 54 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 52 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 46 |
| 6 | Bochum | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 51 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 45 |
| 8 | Greuther Fürth | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 43 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 51 | 51 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 42 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 53 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -5 | 42 |
| 11 | Erzgebirge Aue | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -4 | 41 |
| 12 | Sandhausen | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -5 | 40 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Osnabrück | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -5 | 36 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | -7 | 36 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 40 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 59 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | -20 | 31 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 34 | -27 | 28 |
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