Betting preview: VfL Bochum 1848 faced with a tough challenge when Borussia Dortmund visits

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vonovia Ruhrstadion (27559 seats)

It's only match two of the Bundesliga for these squads. And fresh optimism here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion as VfL Bochum 1848 greet Borussia Dortmund. Check out this preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats

In the previous season, VfL Bochum 1848's league results were 10 wins, 5 draws and 19 losses, results that produced 14th spot in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored {40 goals} and let in 72. Playing at their own stadium in the last season VfL Bochum 1848 produced 8-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with {28 goals} and 32 conceded.

VfL Bochum 1848 are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-5 away versus Stuttgart. VfL Bochum 1848 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Defender Bernardo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.34/10. Bernardo won 13 of 17 duels.

In the game before, 2-2 away to Arminia Bielefeld (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties) (DFB Pokal).

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Let's have a look at how Borussia Dortmund performed last season in the Hybrid Friendlies: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 22 victories, 5 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 83 and conceded {44 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 28/27 goals scored/conceded.

Malen scored in Borussia's previous match, the home game against FC Köln that ended 1-0. Midfield player Brandt was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Brandt hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).

Ahead of that, the DFB Pokal victory away at Schott Mainz.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two VfL Bochum 1848 victories, three draws and five Borussia Dortmund wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Borussia DortmundD. Malen
D. Malen
1 goals

VfL Bochum 1848 missing players

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Total First Half Second Half
VfL Bochum 1848 Borussia Dortmund
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
5 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
4 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 13
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
21 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 11
9 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
VfL Bochum 1848 Last season Borussia Dortmund
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 8   Won W   8 22
5 2   Drew D   3 5
19 7   Lost L   6 7
40 28   Scored S   28 83
72 32   Conceded C   27 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
91% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 85%
59% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 71%
35% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 50%
24% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 35%
50% 59%   BTTS BTTS   53% 56%
15% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 35%
35% 24%   Failed to Score F T   18% 9%
 
4.1 5   Corners for (avg) C F   7 6.7
5.7 5.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.5
1.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
12.4 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   16.4 16.5
4.1 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.5 6.7
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 36%
 
15.7 14.8   Shots against (avg) S A   14.4 12.3
5.9 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stuttgart 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 VfL Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Borussia M'gladbach 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 1
8 Augsburg 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Darmstadt 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RB Leipzig 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 FC Köln 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Heidenheim 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Werder Bremen 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 VfL Bochum 1848 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0
Last season 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 34 21 8 5 92 38 17 11 5 1 53 17 17 10 3 4 39 21 54 71
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 83 44 17 14 2 1 55 17 17 8 3 6 28 27 39 71
3 RB Leipzig 34 20 6 8 64 41 17 13 2 2 38 18 17 7 4 6 26 23 23 66
4 Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 8 12 57 49 17 8 3 6 35 23 17 6 5 6 22 26 8 50
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 11 10 58 52 17 9 5 3 35 18 17 4 6 7 23 34 6 50
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 57 48 17 6 7 4 34 25 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 49
9 Mainz 05 34 12 10 12 54 55 17 6 6 5 31 25 17 6 4 7 23 30 -1 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 11 10 13 52 55 17 10 3 4 33 18 17 1 7 9 19 37 -3 43
11 FC Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 17 7 2 8 28 29 17 3 4 10 20 28 -9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 17 5 2 10 26 28 17 5 4 8 25 36 -13 36
14 VfL Bochum 1848 34 10 5 19 40 72 17 8 2 7 28 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -32 35
15 Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 3 11 26 39 -21 34
16 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 22 17 2 6 9 22 35 -12 33
17 Schalke 04 34 7 10 17 35 71 17 5 5 7 23 36 17 2 5 10 12 35 -36 31
18 Hertha BSC 34 7 8 19 42 69 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 2 2 13 18 42 -27 29

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stuttgart 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
3 VfL Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Bayer Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Freiburg 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Borussia Dortmund 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Borussia M'gladbach 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 1
8 Augsburg 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Darmstadt 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 RB Leipzig 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Hoffenheim 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 FC Köln 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
16 Heidenheim 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Werder Bremen 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0
18 VfL Bochum 1848 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 -5 0

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