Bochum vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction & Betting Tips - Bundesliga

Prediction published on 25/08/2023, 06:52  by Daniel Ngulu in Bundesliga Predictions

Bochum will welcome Borussia Dortmund in their second Bundesliga game of the 2023/24 season. Ahead of the game at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion Dortmund are seventh and Bochum 18th. On Match Day 1 Bochum suffered the heaviest defeat, going down 5-0 to Stuttgart. This will be another tough outing, having also lost in the season opening DFB Pokal encounter. Their run in the Bundesliga has just two wins in 20 and they’ve lost four. In the last five league matches, Bochum have one clean sheet and failed to score in two. They conceded two or more goals in three of their last five league matches. Three of their last four matches in the league produced over 2.5 goals. three of the last four meetings between these two sides have produced over 2.5 goals. In their last five meetings, both teams have scored in four matches.

Borussia Dortmund come into this game with two wins in two. They thrashed Schott Mainz 6-1 in the German Cup before beating Cologne 1-0 in Bundesliga. That marked their 10th unbeaten game in competitive matches. In the Bundesliga, they are unbeaten in the last nine matches, winning six. They come into this game having scored at least two goals in four of their last five matches in the league. After narrowly missing out on the Bundesliga title last season, Dortmund will want to do better this time. Courtesy of their good scoring form, eight of Dortmund’s last 10 league matches have had over 2.5 goals. They don’t have many away wins in the league but their scoring run is outstanding. In four of their last five away league matches, they’ve scored two or more goals.