Borussia Dortmund will be bidding to extend their unbeaten run to six games across all competitions this Saturday when they host VfL Bochum at Signal Iduna Park in the 13th game week of the Bundesliga. Kickoffs at 17:30 EAT.
The hosts have moved back into the Champions League qualification spot (4th) with 22 points so far following successive league wins against Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt. Coming into this game, Borussia Dortmund lost only one of their last six matches (LWWDWD).
Borussia Dortmund shared the spoils 1-1 Champions League with FC Copenhagen in their most recent match. In that game, Borussia Dortmund had 57% possession, 13 shots with one of them on target and a goal scored by Thorgan Hazard (23′). FC København got 22 shots with nine of them on target and a goal by Hákon Arnar Haraldsson (41′).
Meanwhile, Bochum has undoubtedly improved since appointing Thomas Letsch as manager to replace Thomas Reis, who has since joined relegation rivals Schalke 04, with six points from their last four matches moving them above Reis’s new side in the table. However, both of those wins have came at home, with successive away defeats to Stuttgart and Wolfsburg meaning that they are still yet to claim a single point on the road this season.
VfL Bochum comes into this game looking to make amends following 4-0 Bundesliga trashuing at the hands of Wolfsburg in their last outing. In that game, VfL Bochum managed 48% possession and 11 shots with two of them on target. Wolfsburg got 20 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Felix Nmecha (27′, 58′), Ridle Baku (35′) and Jonas Wind (80′).
Borussia Dortmund vs. VfL Bochum head to head
Borussia Dortmund has a slightly better record in the head to head history of this fixture having won 16 times from the 34 meetings since 1992; VfL Bochum won nine times while nine other matches ended in draws.
- Dortmund 3-4 Bochum 30/04/22
- Bochum 1-1 Dortmund 11/12/21
- Dortmund 1-3 Bochum 17/07/21
- Dortmund 1-3 Bochum 28/08/20
- Bochum 2-2 Dortmund 22/07/17
Home
- Copenhagen 1-1 Dortmund
- Frankfurt 1-2 Dortmund
- Dortmund 0-0 Man City
- Dortmund 5-0 Stuttgart
- Hannover 0-2 Dortmund
Away
- Wolfsburg 4-0 Bochum
- Bochum 2-1 Union Berlin
- Elversberg 0-1 Bochum
- Stuttgart 4-1 Bochum
- Bochum 3-0 Frankfurt
Borussia Dortmund team news
Boss Edin Terzić has a long list of injuries heading into this game; Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Marco Reus, Gregor Kobel, Mahmoud Dahoud, Raphaël Guerreiro, Abdoulaye Kamara, Mats Hummels, Mateu Morey Bauzà, Sébastien Haller, Thomas Meunier, Marius Wolf and Tom Rothe will be sidelined following injuries.
VfL Bochum team news
Erhan Masovic, Jacek Goralski,Paul Grave and Takuma Asano will also be unavailable for boss Thomas Letsch’s selection for this match.
Prediction and odds
Borussia Dortmund Win
Goals over 2.5
Both teams to score
