VfL Bochum 1848 vs DSC Arminia Bielefeld match preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 06.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vonovia Ruhrstadion (27559 seats)

The home followers await a win in this match, and the home advantage should be put to good use against a struggling visitor. VfL Bochum 1848 are in 11th spot while the guesting DSC Arminia Bielefeld sweat at 17th.

Insights:
  • VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) in Bundesliga
  • DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals (25) in Bundesliga

Bochum can neither be promoted or relegated from Bundesliga. DSC Arminia Bielefeld are struggling to avoid relegation.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats

VfL Bochum 1848 have collected 25 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 7-4-5.

It's back home for Bochum, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Borussia Dortmund away with the result 4-3. Pantović, Locadia, Polter and Holtmann found the net in that victory. A goal frenzy last time out for VfL Bochum 1848, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Borussia Dortmund. Fun stuff to watch! Riemann loved the game against Borussia Dortmund. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-3 victory. Midfielder Pantović was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Pantović scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Augsburg (0-2).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does VfL Bochum 1848 handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and one defeat.

Bochum has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats

There's been little loot from DSC Arminia Bielefeld's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 16 away games in the Bundesliga. DSC Arminia Bielefeld only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. A depressing six defeats in a row for DSC Arminia Bielefeld in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Eintracht Frankfurt.

DSC Arminia Bielefeld played 1-1 against Hertha BSC in their previous match. Ramos was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.6. The defender Ramos won 10 of 13 duels.

Prior to that match, the Bielefeld manager Kostmann faced defeat when travelling to Köln and losing 1-3.

DSC Arminia Bielefeld are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bielefeld as they have only managed to score 11 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as DSC Arminia Bielefeld have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two duelists also played each other previously this match year: DSC Arminia Bielefeld - Bochum 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): VfL Bochum 1848 one win, three draws and DSC Arminia Bielefeld six victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VfL Bochum 1848S. Polter
S. Polter
9 goals
DSC Arminia BielefeldM. Okugawa
M. Okugawa
8 goals
VfL Bochum 1848G. Holtmann
G. Holtmann
5 goals

VfL Bochum 1848 missing players

DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players

Total First Half Second Half
VfL Bochum 1848 DSC Arminia Bielefeld
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
11 7 1 Won W 1 3 5
6 4 1 Drew D 0 3 12
15 5 3 Lost L 4 10 15
34 19 3 Scored S 2 11 25
48 16 8 Conceded C 11 28 50
94% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
72% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 75%
44% 31% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 38%
19% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 28%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 44%
22% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 22%
41% 38% 60% Failed to Score F T 80% 50% 41%
 
3.6 3.7 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 3.9 4.5
5.6 5.2 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.4 7.1 5.8
1.6 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.6 1.2 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.1 13.4 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 10.1 10.8
4 4.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 2.9
27% 28% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 23% 27%
 
14.3 12.4 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.6 18.1 15.8
5.3 3.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 6.4 5.4
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • DSC Arminia Bielefeld have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals (25) in Bundesliga
  • DSC Arminia Bielefeld have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Bundesliga
  • DSC Arminia Bielefeld haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (7) 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 32 24 3 5 93 33 16 13 1 2 46 13 16 11 2 3 47 20 60 75
2 Borussia Dortmund 32 20 3 9 80 50 16 12 0 4 50 27 16 8 3 5 30 23 30 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 Freiburg 32 15 10 7 56 40 16 8 5 3 31 21 16 7 5 4 25 19 16 55
5 RB Leipzig 31 16 6 9 66 33 16 10 2 4 39 17 15 6 4 5 27 16 33 54
6 Köln 32 14 10 8 51 46 16 9 4 3 27 20 16 5 6 5 24 26 5 52
7 Union Berlin 32 14 9 9 43 41 16 9 5 2 22 15 16 5 4 7 21 26 2 51
8 Hoffenheim 32 13 7 12 55 51 16 8 4 4 32 20 16 5 3 8 23 31 4 46
9 Mainz 05 32 12 6 14 46 42 16 10 4 2 31 9 16 2 2 12 15 33 4 42
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 31 10 10 11 42 44 16 4 6 6 19 21 15 6 4 5 23 23 -2 40
11 VfL Bochum 1848 32 11 6 15 34 48 16 7 4 5 19 16 16 4 2 10 15 32 -14 39
12 Wolfsburg 32 11 5 16 40 52 16 7 2 7 23 19 16 4 3 9 17 33 -12 38
13 Borussia M'gladbach 31 10 8 13 45 58 15 6 4 5 25 25 16 4 4 8 20 33 -13 38
14 Augsburg 32 9 8 15 37 51 16 6 4 6 23 25 16 3 4 9 14 26 -14 35
15 Hertha BSC 32 9 6 17 35 67 16 6 3 7 23 31 16 3 3 10 12 36 -32 33
16 Stuttgart 32 6 11 15 37 56 16 5 4 7 26 31 16 1 7 8 11 25 -19 29
17 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 32 5 12 15 25 50 16 2 9 5 14 22 16 3 3 10 11 28 -25 27
18 Greuther Furth 32 3 9 20 26 77 16 3 5 8 14 30 16 0 4 12 12 47 -51 18

Bundesliga:
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Table
  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 32 24 3 5 93 33 16 13 1 2 46 13 16 11 2 3 47 20 60 75
2 Borussia Dortmund 32 20 3 9 80 50 16 12 0 4 50 27 16 8 3 5 30 23 30 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 Freiburg 32 15 10 7 56 40 16 8 5 3 31 21 16 7 5 4 25 19 16 55
5 RB Leipzig 31 16 6 9 66 33 16 10 2 4 39 17 15 6 4 5 27 16 33 54
6 Köln 32 14 10 8 51 46 16 9 4 3 27 20 16 5 6 5 24 26 5 52
7 Union Berlin 32 14 9 9 43 41 16 9 5 2 22 15 16 5 4 7 21 26 2 51
8 Hoffenheim 32 13 7 12 55 51 16 8 4 4 32 20 16 5 3 8 23 31 4 46
9 Mainz 05 32 12 6 14 46 42 16 10 4 2 31 9 16 2 2 12 15 33 4 42
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 31 10 10 11 42 44 16 4 6 6 19 21 15 6 4 5 23 23 -2 40
11 VfL Bochum 1848 32 11 6 15 34 48 16 7 4 5 19 16 16 4 2 10 15 32 -14 39
12 Wolfsburg 32 11 5 16 40 52 16 7 2 7 23 19 16 4 3 9 17 33 -12 38
13 Borussia M'gladbach 31 10 8 13 45 58 15 6 4 5 25 25 16 4 4 8 20 33 -13 38
14 Augsburg 32 9 8 15 37 51 16 6 4 6 23 25 16 3 4 9 14 26 -14 35
15 Hertha BSC 32 9 6 17 35 67 16 6 3 7 23 31 16 3 3 10 12 36 -32 33
16 Stuttgart 32 6 11 15 37 56 16 5 4 7 26 31 16 1 7 8 11 25 -19 29
17 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 32 5 12 15 25 50 16 2 9 5 14 22 16 3 3 10 11 28 -25 27
18 Greuther Furth 32 3 9 20 26 77 16 3 5 8 14 30 16 0 4 12 12 47 -51 18

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