This has the potential to be an interesting fixture as VfL Bochum 1848 have their expected home advantage, while RB Leipzig are in front by 8 points in the Bundesliga standings.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
RB Leipzig could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Real Sociedad. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for VfL Bochum 1848 so far this season.
The VfL Bochum 1848 coach Reis and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Stuttgart (placed 17th).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bayern München in a game that was won 4-2.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the DFB Pokal game versus Freiburg in only three days. This game is also played here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion.
The Bochum fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. VfL Bochum 1848 have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
RB Leipzig form and stats
RB Leipzig have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 2-4-5 (11 played).
Defender Gvardiol was the best team player with a rating of 7.61. Gvardiol won 8 of 9 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 6-1 at Hertha BSC.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Leipzig manager Tedesco as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hannover 96.
RB Leipzig find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, RB Leipzig have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The newest logged history between these participants is the RB Leipzig - VfL Bochum 1848 3-0 played previously this season. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's zero Bochum victories, zero draws and six RB Leipzig wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Nkunku 13 goals |  A. Valente Silva 9 goals |   S. Polter 7 goals |
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| VfL Bochum 1848 | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 49 |
| 33 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 82% | 91% |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 27% | 57% |
| 22% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 43% |
| 13% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 30% |
| 43% | 45% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | 61% |
| 26% | 45% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 22% |
| 35% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 17% |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6 | 5.4 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 8.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 13 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 13 | 14.1 |
| 4 | 5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 27% | 31% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 28% | 37% |
| 15 | 13.7 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 14 | 11.1 |
| 5.3 | 4.3 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 4 |
- RB Leipzig haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 | Bayern München | 23 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 48 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 36 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 27 | 49 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 21 | 41 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 37 |
| 5 | Hoffenheim | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | Köln | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | -2 | 35 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 34 |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 34 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 31 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 27 |
| 13 | Borussia M'gladbach | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 46 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -16 | 26 |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 23 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 51 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | -26 | 23 |
| 16 | FC Augsburg | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 19 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 61 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 44 | -40 | 13 |
