Borussia Dortmund vs VfL Bochum Preview

Borussia Dortmund vs VfL Bochum

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – SIGNAL IDUNA PARK

Date: 27th September 2024

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

Borussia Dortmund will look to return to winning ways when they welcome Bochum to Signal Iduna Park this Friday for their fifth league game of the season.

The hosts suffered their first league defeat under new manager Nuri Sahin last time as they were beaten 5-1 by Stuttgart. Not only was it their first loss of the season, but it was also the first time Dortmund had conceded five in a Bundesliga game since February 2022. The result left them eighth in the table at the end of the round, already five points down from first place.

Dortmund will be looking to bounce back here to avoid falling further behind in the top four race. The timing of this game could be crucial to the home side bouncing straight back as they tend to thrive at Signal Iduna Park in Friday night games.

Dortmund’s Friday night win here against Heidenheim (4-2) two weeks ago saw them equal the Bundesliga record set by Werder Bremen of 37 unbeaten home league games played on a Friday (W28, D9). Boosting confidence in the home camp further should be only one home H2H loss in their last eleven (W8, D2), winning the last two.

Meanwhile, Bochum will be looking to record their first win of the season when they travel to Signal Iduna Park for this game. The visitors came close to winning their first game of the season last weekend against fellow strugglers Kiel.

They conceded a late equaliser however, leaving them winless in four games (D1, L3) and currently stationed in the relegation zone.

Bouncing back here will be their target. Yet Bochum’s poor away record suggests that it will be another long night. The visitors have been notorious poor travellers since their promotion in 2021, winning just eight away league games in 53 (D9, L36).

Yet, Bochum fans could point to the fact that one of their only away wins came in this stadium against Dortmund. The Black and Yellow are statistically one of Bochum’s favourite away opponents. The visitors have won a joint-club high six times here in their Bundesliga history.

However, Bochum’s record of just one win in their last 13 away league games (D2, L10) doesn’t inspire much pre-match hope they can add to that record against Dortmund this time.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

December 21, 2024
Stuttgart 15:30 FC St. Pauli
Holstein Kiel 15:30 Augsburg 1907
Eintracht Frankfurt 15:30 Mainz
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Werder Bremen 15:30 Union Berlin
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18:30 SC Freiburg
December 22, 2024
VFL Bochum 15:30 Heidenheim
Wolfsburg 17:30 Borussia Dortmund
January 10, 2025
Borussia Dortmund 20:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
January 11, 2025
Mainz 15:30 VFL Bochum
FC St. Pauli 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt
Heidenheim 15:30 Union Berlin
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15:30 Wolfsburg
SC Freiburg 15:30 Holstein Kiel
Borussia Mönchengladbach 18:30 Bayern Munich
January 12, 2025
RB Leipzig 15:30 Werder Bremen
Augsburg 1907 17:30 Stuttgart

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayern Munich 15 11 3 1 47 13 +34 36
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14 8 5 1 32 20 +12 29
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 14 8 3 3 34 20 +14 27
4 RB Leipzig 15 8 3 4 24 20 +4 27
5 SC Freiburg 14 7 3 4 20 19 +1 24
6 Stuttgart 14 6 5 3 29 24 +5 23
7 Mainz 14 6 4 4 25 19 +6 22
8 Borussia Dortmund 14 6 4 4 25 21 +4 22
9 Werder Bremen 14 6 4 4 22 24 -2 22
10 Wolfsburg 14 6 3 5 31 25 +6 21
11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 14 6 3 5 23 19 +4 21
12 Union Berlin 14 4 5 5 13 15 -2 17
13 Augsburg 1907 14 4 4 6 16 27 -11 16
14 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 14 3 5 6 19 26 -7 14
15 FC St. Pauli 14 3 2 9 11 19 -8 11
16 Heidenheim 14 3 1 10 18 31 -13 10
17 Holstein Kiel 14 1 2 11 14 37 -23 5
18 VFL Bochum 14 0 3 11 11 35 -24 3

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