Werder Bremen vs Bochum prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-05-17 13:30.
[p]Werder Bremen are still dreaming of earning their first Bundesliga top-half finish since 2018/19. They start this season’s final round in 11th place, but they can still climb into the coveted eighth place that may come with European football if they bow out with a win over Bochum and a host of other results, including the upcoming DFB-Pokal final, fall in their favour.[/p]
[p]The home side are unbeaten in four Bundesliga games (W2, D2) following a 1-1 draw in Leipzig last weekend, a run helped by opening the scoring three times in that period. Stretching that rin here against a relegation-threatened team may not be as easy as it sounds on the basis of Bremen failing to win their last three Bundesliga home games against current bottom-half clubs (D2, L1).[/p]
[p]Bochum need just one more point to finally extend their Bundesliga stay for a fourth season running irrespective of other results this weekend. Even a loss will be enough if either Mainz or Union Berlin fail to win their final match, but a repeat of the 1-1 draw in the reverse H2H will spare them from a nervous check of the scores at full-time. As the team with the joint-second worst goal difference ahead of this round, they certainly wouldn’t want that to come into the equation. [/p]
[p]The visitors have collected fewer than one-third of their total points on the road this Bundesliga season (W2, D4, L10) even after winning their previous away game with an entertaining 4-3 triumph at Union Berlin which was crucial in maintaining their advantageous position. They raced away to a 3-0 half-time lead in what was a very uncharacteristic performance, for it was just the fourth time this league season they drew first blood away from home and the first in which they led at the break.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: In their previous home league win against a current bottom-half club (2-0 vs Augsburg), Niklas Stark opened the scoring with his first season goal for Werder, while his second and latest goal was an injury-time equaliser in the reverse fixture. For the visitors, Maximilian Wittek scored the first two goals of Bochum’s last away win.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Bremen have lost just one of their 34 Bundesliga home H2Hs (W26, D7, L1). Their win rate of 77% at home to Bochum is their best against all current Bundesliga clubs.[/p]