Bochum – Wolfsburg betting tips, predictions & odds – 04/22/2023 Bundesliga

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VfL Bochum – VfL Wolfsburg

The most exciting time of the soccer year has begun. Now every game in the Bundesliga has a higher significance once again. Already at the start of the 29th matchday, an extremely important match in the relegation battle is scheduled for Friday evening (for Augsburg – Stuttgart tip). One day later, VfL Bochum will face the bottom of the table at Castroper Straße. The Bochum team has a three-point lead over the relegation places before the match day and occupies 15th place. Their opponents from Wolfsburg, on the other hand, are still fighting for an international spot. The Wolves are four points behind Leverkusen in sixth place and still have a chance of reaching the Europa League.

On Saturday, a lot of experience will meet youthful freshness in the Ruhr area. VfL Bochum represents the side of the more aged players. Bochum’s fielded players have averaged just over 29 in the league so far, making them the oldest team in the Bundesliga. By comparison, VfL Wolfsburg’s average age is just 24.9, making them the second-youngest team in the Bundesliga behind VfB Stuttgart. Even with the help of their veterans, VfL Bochum managed a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin the previous week, while Wolfsburg managed a 0-0 draw at home to Leverkusen. Find out who will prevail on Saturday in our Bochum – Wolfsburg betting tips.

Bochum – Wolfsburg info:

Date & Time: 04/22/2023, 15:30 hrs.
Game venue: Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum
Competition: Bundesliga, Matchday 27
TV broadcast: Sky

Bochum form & balance check

VfL Bochum are in an extremely precarious situation and are still struggling to stay in Germany’s top division. However, under the tactical direction of Thomas Letsch, the team recorded important points in recent matches, including brilliant victories against Cologne and Leipzig.

Last week, Bochum managed a 1-1 draw in Berlin at the Alte Försterei, which cemented the men from Castroper Straße in 15th place in the table. However, Bochum is only three points ahead of 17th place, which Schalke 04 currently occupies. Against VfL Wolfsburg, the team now wants to fight again with passion for the next three points.

Bochum home strength

Since the ghost games are history and fans are making pilgrimages back to the stadiums, home games have become more important again in soccer. VfL Bochum is the best example of this. Although the team from the Ruhr region has only scored eight points in away games in the Bundesliga, it seems to be almost unbeatable at home in the Ruhrstadion. Since coach Thomas Letsch took over the team, there have only been three defeats on home soil.

Even top teams like Leipzig, Frankfurt and Union Berlin have dropped points in Bochum. Striker Philipp Hofmann is VfL Bochum’s most prolific scorer this Bundesliga season with eight goals, though he has also been successful mainly at home. He has scored his last seven goals all at the Ruhrstadion.

Bochum facts & analysis

Three games in the league without a win.
The worst defense in the league
Three points ahead of the relegation place

Wolfsburg form & balance check

After a bumpy start, many fans in the Autostadt were already dreaming of European participation as coach Niko Kovač’s team steadily improved to remain unbeaten for ten games in a row. But at the end of January, that streak came to an end with a narrow 2-1 defeat to Werder Bremen, and since then the Wolves’ engine doesn’t seem to be running properly.

In the following eleven games, the team from Lower Saxony recorded only a measly two wins, which led to a significant drop in performance and dropped VfL from seventh to ninth place in the table. In the previous week, however, Wolfsburg managed a 0-0 draw against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. However, the Wolves also benefited from the Werkself’s poor finishing.

Course Europe?

The 4-0 first leg win against VfL Wolfsburg was the start of a hard-to-beat streak for the Wölfe. VfL Wolfsburg put together an impressive run of six straight wins in the first leg of the Bundesliga after the Bochum game, making them the best team in the league at the time.

If this wave of success is repeated and all teams repeat the form from the final phase of the Hinrunde in the last six games of the season, Wolfsburg would end the season in seventh place with 58 points and still have a chance of international business.

Wolfsburg facts & analysis

First two wins in the second half of the season.
Currently in ninth place in the Bundesliga
Recently twice without scoring a goal of their own

Predicted lineup – last update on April 20, 2023

VfL Bochum is expected to line up with a 4-3-3 system again. Masovic last played at the Alte Försterei in defensive midfield. However, with Anthony Losilla returning from his yellow suspension, the Serbian will probably play a chain further back again.

For the Wolves, we expect a 4-3-3 again, with Felix Nmecha back in central midfield. His brother Lukas, on the other hand, will probably be out injured for the rest of the season. The two full-backs Otávio and Fischer are also missing due to injury.

Bochum – Wolfsburg direct comparison & statistics

Bochum have won 14 of their 30 meetings with VfL Wolfsburg so far. The Wolves, on the other hand, have only been successful twelve times. However, the Lower Saxons have won three of the last four encounters. This was also the case in the first leg, when the Wolves had the upper hand with a commanding 4-0 win.