The visiting Bochum side should be favourites in this visit to Osnabrück, as the away team holds a 14 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
- Osnabrück has the fewest points (7) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Bochum has the most points from losing position (13) in 2. Bundesliga
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a DFB Pokal game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at RB Leipzig. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Osnabrück form and stats
With {2 2. Bundesliga wins}, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Osnabrück, who have the fewest points (7) at home in 2. Bundesliga, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Osnabrück with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Holstein Kiel game, 33 days ago, have they avoided a loss. The home stadium (Stadio Comunale Mirco Aghetoni) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Osnabrück it's been a house of straw as the last six games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Stress levels are on the rise for Osnabrück's attacking players as they have now played 365 minutes without scoring in a league game. L. Ihorst was their last goal scorer.
The fans are hoping that Osnabrück will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the 2. Bundesliga game against Hannover 96 (placed 7th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Greuther Furth (0-1).
Osnabrück's goalkeeper Philipp Kühn was extremely busy against Hannover 96, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning seven saves.
Osnabrück are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Osnabrück defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Bochum form and stats
5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Bochum playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Bochum, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus RB Leipzig. Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Karlsruher SC.
Bochum lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The travelling fans enjoy Bochum's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 9 league matches away. 13 goals have been conceded by Bochum in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Bochum - Osnabrück 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Osnabrück two wins, two draws and Bochum three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Zoller 10 goals |  R. Zulj 9 goals |   S. Kerk 7 goals |
Osnabrück missing players
Bochum missing players
| Osnabrück | Bochum | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 15 | 36 |
| 29 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 13 | 21 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 68% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 47% | 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | 63% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 37% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 22% | 16% |
| 53% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 37% |
| 37% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 11.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 11.4 | 12.9 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 29% | 24% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 42% | 40% |
- Bochum has the most points from losing position (13) in 2. Bundesliga
- Bochum haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Osnabrück has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Osnabrück has the fewest points (7) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Osnabrück has the fewest scored goals (9) at home in 2. Bundesliga
- Osnabrück have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Osnabrück have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Osnabrück haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 40 |
| 2 | Bochum | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 36 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Greuther Furth | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 26 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Jahn Regensburg | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Osnabrück | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -7 | 19 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -16 | 18 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 | -21 | 17 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -18 | 12 |
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