Werder Bremen vs Bochum prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-02-24 14:30.
Werder Bremen will play host to Bochum for the first time in more than a decade, with Ole Werner’s men looking to preserve their faint hopes of a European place that have been dented by a run of six defeats from their last eight Bundesliga matches (W2). Their latest setback was away to Eintracht Frankfurt (2-0), with striker Niclas Füllkrug admitting his side lacked "the courage or willingness to take risks” as the newly-promoted outfit continued to slide down the table.
Perhaps their trepidation comes from their awful defensive record in the Bundesliga this term, with only upcoming opponents Bochum (51) conceding more goals than Werder (41). This is a fixture that therefore comes at the perfect time then, with Die Werderaner boasting a dominant H2H record (W45, D17, L10), suffering just one of those losses in home league games (W25, D7, L1).
Bochum will travel to the Weserstadion looking to improve on the Bundesliga’s worst away record (W1, L10), where they’ve failed to score in six of those road trips and not led any of them at half-time! Thomas Letsch’s men sit inside the relegation zone on goal difference, with their survival bid being dented by defeat at home to Freiburg (2-0) in their most recent outing, leaving Letsch lamenting that his side ‘lacked that little bit of luck’.
Bochum’s current total of 19 points is their lowest at this stage of a season since 2008/09 (18), but they did manage to avoid the drop in that campaign, perhaps providing inspiration to the current squad. Repeating the act surely depends on shoring up at the back, with their huge 32 goals conceded on the road at least eight more than any other side in the division.
Players to watch: Werder frontman Marvin Ducksch has scored six times from seven personal H2Hs (W4, D1, L2) – his second-best tally against any single opposition. Bochum’s good luck charm may prove to be Christopher Antwi-Adjei, who has seen all of his goal contributions come in wins this term (G2, A6).
Hot stat: Bochum’s Bundesliga matches in 2022/23 are averaging 3.57 total goals, second only to those involving Bayern Munich.