Struggling Bochum will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Stuttgart in the upcoming league round. It's 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Bochum and Stuttgart should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Bochum form and stats
3-6-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Bochum so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Bochum, their manager T. Reis and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A strong away win for Bochum against Wehen Wiesbaden the last match, as Simon Zoller were on target. Preceding that match was a defeat to Hamburger SV (1-3).
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 11 games), Bochum's attacking play is working. Bochum have conceded 22 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Stuttgart form and stats
The visitors are W2-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. It's three draws from Stuttgart's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.
Stuttgart won their last game, 3-0 versus Erzgebirge Aue played at home. Prior to that match, the Stuttgart manager P. Matarazzo faced defeat when travelling to Bayer Leverkusen and losing 1-2.
Stuttgart are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Stuttgart have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Stuttgart - Bochum 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Bochum won one, Stuttgart won five and four draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Ganvoula M'boussy 10 goals |  D. Blum 6 goals |  S. Zoller 6 goals |
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| Bochum | Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 34 | 24 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 37 |
| 39 | 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 17 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 81% |
| 67% | 82% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 52% | 73% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 29% |
| 24% | 36% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 81% | 91% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 62% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 14% |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 7.7 | 6.5 |
| 6.4 | 5.5 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 291 | 187 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 180 | 378 |
| 95 | 66 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 61 | 123 |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 21% | 30% |
- All of Bochum's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bochum have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bochum have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Bochum have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bochum haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Stuttgart has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
| 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 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 40 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Osnabrück | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 14 | Bochum | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 21 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 20 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
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