We have to say that both squads are capable in this league, Borussia Dortmund holding a 11 point advantage on VfL Bochum 1848 in the tables. Let's start!
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago.
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Bundesliga games here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion for VfL Bochum 1848. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. There’s a good atmosphere here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion after three straight home wins.
It's back home for VfL Bochum 1848, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Augsburg away with the result 3-2. Polter (2) and Holtmann found the net in that victory. Sebastian Polter, a striker, was the champion performer for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 9.05 (out of 10). Polter scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Freiburg.There will be little rest for VfL Bochum 1848 after this match as they are travelling to Arminia Bielefeld for a Bundesliga game in only three days.
Bochum have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion with 9 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Bochum have conceded only 4 goals.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Playing away, Borussia Dortmund have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Bundesliga this season.
Borussia are travelling after their nice 5-0 home win in the Champions League against Besiktas. As mentioned above, Borussia was the only team on the pitch versus Besiktas in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Marco Reus got a player rating of 8.52 in the game. "Man of the match" Reus scored two goals, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 54 successful passes (of 58 total).
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Bayern München.A quick return to home after this game, as Borussia are hosting Greuther Furth in the Bundesliga only four days away.
The Borussia manager Rose has got the team scoring on the road, with 12 away goals in 6 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Borussia Dortmund have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Bochum-Borussia Dortmund H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: VfL Bochum 1848 two wins, Borussia Dortmund four wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 11 goals |   S. Polter 5 goals |  M. Reus 4 goals |
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| VfL Bochum 1848 | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 35 |
| 22 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 22 |
| 93% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 50% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 36% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 36% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 14 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.5 | 14.7 |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| 28% | 32% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | 43% |
| 15.2 | 13 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.3 | 11.8 |
| 5.9 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5 | 4.9 |
- Borussia Dortmund have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of VfL Bochum 1848.
- Borussia Dortmund have the most scored goals in the second half (22) in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Bundesliga
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 30 | 34 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | Hoffenheim | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 9 | Köln | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 11 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -14 | 15 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 13 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | -34 | 1 |