FC Bayern München will not ask for any gifts from their host VfL Bochum 1848 in this Bundesliga fixture. Here's your thorough preview!
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (68) in Bundesliga
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!
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what VfL Bochum 1848 have to build on here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in the Bundesliga.
The VfL Bochum 1848 coach Reis and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Hertha BSC (placed 14th). Defender Soares got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Soares hit one key pass and won 9 of 13 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Köln.VfL Bochum 1848 has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Bochum are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
FC Bayern München form and stats
FC Bayern München have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 25 points collected from 10 Bundesliga games. 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the record so far. FC Bayern München has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against FC Augsburg.
FC Bayern München had fun at their own home (Vonovia Ruhrstadion) last time out, beating RB Leipzig 3-2. Lewandowski and Müller scored. Gnabry got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Gnabry hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 4-1 at Hertha BSC.As mentioned earlier, FC Bayern München will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 13 wins (nine by two or more goals winning margin), one draw and two surprising defeats.
The schedule is very tough for München now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Champions League game at Salzburg is waiting in only four days.
FC Bayern München are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (35 goals from 10 away games). FC Bayern München have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This duo met each other previously this season: FC Bayern München - VfL Bochum 1848 7-0. VfL Bochum 1848-FC Bayern München H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: VfL Bochum 1848 zero wins, FC Bayern München nine wins, one draw. ten of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 24 goals |  S. Gnabry 10 goals |   S. Polter 7 goals |
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
FC Bayern München missing players
| VfL Bochum 1848 | FC Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 35 | 68 |
| 30 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 21 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 38% | 30% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 19% | 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 60% | 48% |
| 38% | 40% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 38% | 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 12.9 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 19.2 | 20.3 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| 26% | 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 41% | 38% |
| 14.6 | 12.9 | 15.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.1 | 9.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
- All of FC Bayern München's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FC Bayern München have scored in all their matches so far.
- FC Bayern München have scored more than double the goals of VfL Bochum 1848.
- FC Bayern München have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most points (25) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (35) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (68) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+24) away in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+47) in Bundesliga
- FC Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Bayern München is in the best form (5-0-1) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) 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 | FC Bayern München | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 47 | 52 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 36 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 43 |
| 3 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 34 |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | Köln | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 32 |
| 7 | RB Leipzig | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 31 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 31 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 31 |
| 10 | FSV Mainz 05 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 30 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 24 |
| 13 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 23 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -20 | 23 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 22 |
| 16 | FC Augsburg | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -13 | 22 |
| 17 | VfB Stuttgart | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 18 |
| 18 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 40 | -38 | 10 |
