Bundesliga: Top-drawer vs subpar, at least according to the league table. Borussia Dortmund - VfL Bochum 1848. Home victory or a surprise result?
- Borussia Dortmund have the most scored goals (47) at home in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Bundesliga
Borussia are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Signal-Iduna-Park as Borussia Dortmund have scored 47 goals to get 36 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 12-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Borussia Dortmund faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bayern München (1-3). Midfielder Can was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Can scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Bayern München.Borussia Dortmund are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew zero and lost zero.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Borussia is on fire here. A stunning 47 from 15 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Borussia Dortmund defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
VfL Bochum 1848 have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 3-2-10 (15 played).
VfL Bochum 1848 aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 301 league minutes without a goal. Asano was the last player to find the net.
Bochum failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Augsburg (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 0-2. Defender Gamboa was the best team player with a rating of 7.44. Gamboa hit one key pass and won 8 of 8 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Freiburg wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.Many goals are not expected from the visiting VfL Bochum 1848 as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. VfL Bochum 1848 struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games. Bochum has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
These teams played each other earlier on this match year: VfL Bochum 1848 - Borussia Dortmund 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Borussia victories, four draws and two VfL Bochum 1848 wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 18 goals |  M. Reus 9 goals |   S. Polter 8 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | VfL Bochum 1848 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 20 | 12 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 77 | 47 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 30 |
| 46 | 23 | 2 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | 45 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 90% | 93% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 71% |
| 74% | 87% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 53% | 42% |
| 55% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 13% | 16% |
| 42% | 60% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 10% |
| 74% | 73% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 47% | 42% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 23% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 47% | 42% |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 15.3 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.8 | 12.1 |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 44% | 50% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| 11 | 9.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.8 | 15.7 | 14.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.2 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
- Borussia Dortmund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of VfL Bochum 1848.
- Borussia Dortmund have the most scored goals (47) at home in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 31 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 62 | 75 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 31 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 77 | 46 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 31 | 63 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 72 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 28 | 55 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 54 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 52 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 52 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 50 |
| 7 | Köln | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 47 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 47 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | -2 | 40 |
| 10 | Mainz 05 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 39 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 38 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 31 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 51 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -12 | 37 |
| 13 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -15 | 36 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -11 | 35 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 34 | 66 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 35 | -32 | 32 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -19 | 28 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 26 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 76 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 46 | -51 | 17 |
