VfL Bochum 1848 are hosting TSG Hoffenheim for another vital fixture after their 2-5 result versus 11th-placed FSV Mainz 05.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the most conceded goals (44) in Bundesliga
- TSG Hoffenheim is in the worst form (0-1-5)
The visiting TSG Hoffenheim played their last game only three days ago, a DFB Pokal match. That game, against RB Leipzig, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for TSG Hoffenheim.
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
VfL Bochum 1848 have collected 13 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 4-1-3. Ever since the FC Köln game VfL Bochum 1848 has been unbeatable here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion producing four straight wins.
In their previous game, the manager Letsch led his VfL Bochum 1848 to a defeat away at FSV Mainz 05. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion. A goal frenzy last time out for Bochum, with a total of 7 goals in the match against FSV Mainz 05. Fun stuff to watch! Midfielder Kunde was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Kunde scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Heartbreak before that as VfL Bochum 1848 lost 0-2 at Bayer Leverkusen's place.Goal party? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 most recent league matches with this side has contained three or more goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Borussia Dortmund are coming to town in four days.
VfL Bochum 1848 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion with 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
TSG Hoffenheim form and stats
TSG Hoffenheim have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Bundesliga, after 2-2-4 (8 played). TSG Hoffenheim seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for Hoffenheim, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 against RB Leipzig in the DFB Pokal. Midfielder Baumgartner was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.35. Baumgartner dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Borussia M'gladbach.Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
TSG Hoffenheim are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. TSG Hoffenheim struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is what happened when the participants met earlier this campaign; TSG Hoffenheim - Bochum 3-2. Last seven meetings between these contenders: VfL Bochum 1848 won four, TSG Hoffenheim triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been rough and physical, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven duels.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 5 goals |   A. Kramarić 5 goals |  S. Zoller 4 goals |
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
TSG Hoffenheim missing players
| VfL Bochum 1848 | TSG Hoffenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 19 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 44 | 15 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 67% |
| 44% | 25% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 44% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 22% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 67% |
| 11% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 39% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.1 | 13.4 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 9.6 | 13.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 3.2 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 32% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 46% | 32% |
| 15.7 | 14.1 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.8 | 12.6 |
| 6.1 | 5.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
- All of VfL Bochum 1848's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- TSG Hoffenheim have the most dropped points from leading position (13) in Bundesliga
- TSG Hoffenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- TSG Hoffenheim is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- VfL Bochum 1848 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the most conceded goals (44) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Bundesliga
- VfL Bochum 1848 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 37 |
| 2 | FC Union Berlin | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 34 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | FC Köln | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | TSG Hoffenheim | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -10 | 16 |
| 16 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 10 |
