Bochum vs Bayern Munich prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-10-26 14:30.
[p]Sunday’s Bundesliga action opens at the home of Bochum, who after making a triumphant return to the Bundesliga back in 2021, have done amazingly well here against the former 11-time consecutive champions, Bayern Munich. That’s because the hosts have won two of their three home H2Hs, though fans will likely need to cling on to those former fond memories as their side are yet to win in league action this season (D1, L6), matching their equally horrific start from 2022/23 when they lost this home fixture 7-0 to their visitors![/p]
[p]Eventually securing their safety that season, all hope isn’t dashed just yet for Bochum even if in midweek they became the first Bundesliga club to sack their manager this season, with Peter Zeidler failing to win any of his seven Bundesliga games at the helm. Markus Feldhoff takes charge for this fixture, with his first priority to overcome some rotten home form, as the strugglers remain winless at home despite scoring four times across their last two outings here.[/p]
[p]Perhaps playing into Bochum’s hands is the fact that Bayern travel here on the back of an unsuccessful and energy-sapping midweek trip to Barcelona, though fewer preparation days may not faze the visitors, who have scored eight times across their two league games directly following a European evening (W1, D1). Rarely matched in attack, Vincent Kompany’s Bayern have equalled the club record for Bundesliga goals scored (24) at this stage of the season. [/p]
[p]Plenty more goals await away from home if form is to be believed, as Bayern travel here having scored in every Bundesliga away game, barring a 1-0 loss against champions Leverkusen, since September 2022. That scoring form has been needed to say the least, as they’ve now kept just one clean sheet across their previous 15 away league games (W7, D2, L6).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Given the club’s injuries, Bochum’s Lukas Daschner could shoulder some responsibility after matching his haul of 2023/24 goal contributions in his last three appearances (G1, A1). Scoring his first Bundesliga hat-trick in a 7-0 rout of Bochum last season, Bayern’s Harry Kane scored his sixth treble in just 39 appearances last weekend to set a new Bundesliga record. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Ten of Bayern’s last 11 away league games featured at least two goals by half-time.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Matthew Billon[/i][/p]