Stuttgart vs Bochum Prediction & Match Preview

Arun - August 18, 2023

Stuttgart vs Bochum
German Bundesliga
Date: Saturday, 19 August 2023
Kick-off at 14:30 UK / 15:30 CET
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Arena (Stuttgart).

• Stuttgart had a brilliant pre-season with wins against Sheffield United and Vitesse and backed it up by a morale boosting away win at Balingen in the DFP Pokal last week.
• Things haven’t gone well for Bochum as they were knocked out from the cup competition and left the pre-season without a win.

Stuttgart vs Bochum Betting Tips

• Stuttgart to win @ 1.70 odd

• Over 1.5 team goals by Stuttgart @ 1.61 odd

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Stuttgart will be hosting visiting rivals Bochum at Mercedes-Benz Arena on Saturday in this Bundesliga fixture.

Stuttgart are a team that usually targets a mid-table finish at the most in the German top flight. They had secured a 15th place finish the last season in the Bundesliga

Going on they have been totally winless in the new campaign. In fact, they are struggling with their offense and defense for quite some time now.

Against any other squad it might have meant something but this weekend they are pitted against none other than The Undescendables.

Bochum had finished 13th in the German topflight the last season. It seems that they have carried this dismal form even into this new campaign.

They are winless so far barring a single fixture and worryingly lost a lion share of their fixtures in this season. The defensive line of Bochum have been letting goals in huge numbers.

It also deserves special mention that no other team in the whole tournament have scored fewer goals than them. Such a slump in the beginning has affected their position and are currently at bottom spot in the league standings.

On top of that they rather have an inferior head to head form against this opponent for the past several years. Thus, expect a victory for the home side Stuttgart on Saturday.

Stuttgart vs Bochum Head-to-head (h2h)

• Bochum is currently on a 7-fixture winless streak against Stuttgart.
• Fewer than 3 goals were scored in 9 of the past 10 head to head meetings between these two teams.
• At this venue, the guests are having a 3-decade long winless streak against Stuttgart.

Stuttgart vs Bochum Prediction

In the last five home matches, Stuttgart managed to stay unbeaten in three. This would have been a below average record against any other team, but with their rivals being the worst in the whole competitions, this form is enough to have spirits.

Moreover, Stuttgart possess an exceptional home form against Bochum for the past several decades. Taking into account all these observations, expect a victory for Stuttgart on Saturday.

Stuttgart vs Bochum Betting Tips

• Stuttgart -1.5 Asian Handicap @ 2.60 Odds.

• Clean Sheet win for Stuttgart @ 2.37 Odds.

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