Bundesliga: Union Berlin vs Bochum – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Bundesliga round 14 match between Union Berlin and Bochum and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Bookmakers favour Union Berlin to be victorious against Bochum in their upcoming Bundesliga encounter. Despite their recent unconvincing form, a win for the former seems likely this coming Saturday. They should not underestimate Bochum, though.

Ranked as number 12 in the Bundesliga standings, Union Berlin, have so far collected 16 points this season, while Bochum collected two points. This puts them up as number 18 after 13 rounds.

Team form: Union Berlin vs Bochum

Union Berlin Form

In their last three matches, Union Berlin lost 1-0 against Wolfsburg, 1-2 against Bayer Leverkusen and 3-2 against VfB Stuttgart. Union Berlin won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga, while also drawing two. They suffered one defeats, while they scored seven and conceded five goals.

Bochum Form

Bochum lost their previous three matches by 2-0 against VfB Stuttgart, 1-0 against Augsburg and 0-1 against Werder Bremen. Bochum came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew zero and lost six in which, they were outscored by 19 goals to six.

Betting stats for Union Berlin and Bochum

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Union Berlin and Bochum. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

In-form players: Union Berlin vs Bochum

Having scored just once in six Bundesliga matches, Robert Skov hope to rediscover his scoring instincts this coming Saturday. Simultaneously, Bochum hope to see Philipp Hofmann adding to his recent strike of a single goal in six Bundesliga outings.

Popular markets: Union Berlin vs Bochum

Full-time result

Union Berlin claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing three. Bochum won one of their last 10 games away, drew zero and lost nine of the games in this run. Astonishingly, Bochum failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 29 matches. Bochum have not lost to Union Berlin in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Union Berlin scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Interestingly, Bochum scored the opening goal of the match in just one of their last ten games. Bochum have failed to score in 3 consecutive games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Union Berlin managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Bochum kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches. Both Team have scored in 3 last consecutive meetings between Union Berlin and Bochum when playing at Alte Foersterei.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Union Berlin’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Bochum, who managed to score 0.9 times in those matches. Bochum did not score a single goal in 3 consecutive games