VfL Bochum 1848 vs St. Pauli betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Bundesliga match on January 15th, 2025

VfL Bochum 1848 and St. Pauli will play on January 15th, 2025, Wednesday at 17:30h (UTC), in an event counting for the Bundesliga in Germany, check the VfL Bochum 1848 vs St. Pauli betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where VfL Bochum 1848 vs St. Pauli will occur

The game will be played in the small Vonovia Ruhrstadion stadium, in the city of Bochum, with a capacity for 27559 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the VfL Bochum 1848 vs St. Pauli betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Bundesliga has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 3.25 goals per game, which is very close to the 3.22 goals per game of the last championship.

VfL Bochum 1848 last match

In the last match played, VfL Bochum 1848 met FSV Mainz 05, in a match valid for the Bundesliga. The match ended in a loss by 2-0. The coach D. Hecking's on that occasion lined the team up with a 3-5-2 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 5.00 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Ivan Ordets leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

St. Pauli last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for Bundesliga, St. Pauli, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Eintracht Frankfurt team with a final score of 0-1.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 2.15, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

VfL Bochum 1848 vs St. Pauli h2h

When these teams last played against each other in 2. Bundesliga, VfL Bochum 1848 ranked 2nd place while St. Pauli was in 16th place. VfL Bochum 1848 initiated hostilities with a 4-2-3-1 formation while St. Pauli played using a 4-3-1-2 tactic.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 28-01-2021, in the 2020/2021 season of the 2. Bundesliga, which ended with a 2-3 win for VfL Bochum 1848.

The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.

The VfL Bochum 1848 team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 3 wins, compared to the St. Pauli team, which won only 1 game.

VfL Bochum 1848

Bundesliga leaderboard now

With 6 points won, VfL Bochum 1848 is in 18th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 11 losses, plus 3 draws.

The team, has a slight disadvantage of 2 points against Holstein Kiel team who occupies position 17 in the 17th round.

VfL Bochum 1848 analysis

At the end of matchday 16 we see that VfL Bochum 1848 conceded more goals than they scored, with 37 goals conceded and 13 scored.

In terms of form, the team comes from a 5 losses streak in the Bundesliga, which is not a good omen for this next match.

Recent results have shown that VfL Bochum 1848 is struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they have failed to score. This may indicate that they need to work on creating better chances and improving their attacking efficiency.

VfL Bochum 1848 averaged 3.5 attempts toward the opponent's goal per match played, which may say a lot about the team's offensive skills and its ability to score.

The average ball possession of VfL Bochum 1848 in this league is 41.56%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against St. Pauli they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

With a jam-packed schedule, VfL Bochum 1848 might struggle to maintain their level of play when faced with a flurry of games in a short timeframe. Although the odds suggest a close match with both teams having odds of over 2 to win, the team's rigorous schedule could be a decisive factor in determining the final outcome.

Best goalscorer from VfL Bochum 1848

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Matúš Bero is the player to highlight. Helping VfL Bochum 1848 with 3 goals scored this season, the Midfielder has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

St. Pauli

Bundesliga leaderboard now

St. Pauli arrives in this game with 14 points, and in 14th place in the Bundesliga, having won 4 games in total and lost 9 times, making a total of 2 draws.

Which means that the team has the same score, in the 17th round, with the TSG Hoffenheim team in hot pursuit at 15th place.

St. Pauli analysis

St. Pauli, with 12 goals scored and 20 conceded, has a negative goal difference after 16 rounds.

St. Pauli is in an excellent moment! With a sequence of 2 wins in the Bundesliga, there doesn't seem to be any doubt of who is the favorite.

Recent games have demonstrated that St. Pauli is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

The odds are certainly not in favor of the team, which in addition to playing in a difficult away match will have to deal with the difficulties shown in the offensive phase. At the moment, in fact, it has no more than 0.75 goals scored on average per match.

Best goalscorer from St. Pauli

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Morgan Guilavogui so far in the competition. With 2 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team St. Pauli to achieve victorious results this season.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

For those looking to bet, noting that most goals occur 75-90 minutes into the game could be helpful.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by VfL Bochum 1848 0.86 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team St. Pauli 1.13 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.8.

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 3.78 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 3.31 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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