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FC Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum 1848 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 23rd Aug, 19:30 BST, Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

Leonid Kuchuk welcomes Alexander Tunchev to the Veltins-Arena on Saturday evening, as their FC Schalke 04 and VfL Bochum 1848 charges meet in the Bundesliga 2. Our predictions are based on extensive statistical analysis of each side, across 17 major betting markets. The data and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head to head (H2H) stats are included for all.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Schalke
50%
--
Draw
21%
--
VfL Bochum
28%
--
Schalke 2-1
9%
--
Draw 1-1
9%
--
Draw 2-2
7%
--
VfL Bochum 2-1
7%
--
Schalke 3-1
6%
--
Schalke 2-0
6%
--
Schalke 1-0
6%
--
Schalke 3-2
5%
--
VfL Bochum 1-0
4%
--
Schalke 3-0
4%
--
VfL Bochum 3-2
3%
--
VfL Bochum 3-1
3%
--
VfL Bochum 2-0
3%
--
Schalke 4-1
3%
--
Draw 0-0
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
69%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
31%
--
Home 1st Goal
52%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
--
No 1st Goal
1%
--
BTTS - Yes
68%
--
BTTS - No
32%
--
BTTS - Home Win
31%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
18%
--
Home/draw
72%
--
Away/draw
50%
--
Home/away
79%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
87%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
13%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
47%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
53%
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Over 4.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
15%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
85%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
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Home DNB
65%
--
Away DNB
43%
--
Schalke win to nil
19%
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VfL Bochum win to nil
10%
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Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table
Won
Draw
Lost
Schalke
VfL Bochum
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arminia220066 
Mar 8
Oct 5
Dec 7
May 3
2
Darmstadt220046 
Oct 26
Mar 22
Jan 18
l
 
4-1A
3
Hannover220036 
Mar 15
Oct 19
May 10
Dec 14
4
E. Braun220026 
May 17
Dec 21
Apr 12
Nov 9
5
Paderborn211014 
Nov 30
Apr 26
Feb 15
Sep 12
6
Karlsruher211014 
Apr 5
Nov 2
Dec 21
May 17
7
Greuther210103 
Sep 26
Mar 1
Apr 26
Nov 30
8
Schalke210103 
-
-
Feb 1
Aug 23
9
Magdeburg210103 
Feb 22
Sep 20
Nov 2
Apr 5
10
Kaiserslautern210103 
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
Mar 8
Oct 5
11
VfL Bochum2101-13 
Aug 23
Feb 1
-
-
12
Elversberg2101-13 
Nov 9
Apr 12
w
 
2-0F
Jan 25
13
Preussen Munster2011-11 
Apr 19
Nov 23
Aug 30
Feb 8
14
H.Berlin2011-11 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 18
Oct 19
Mar 15
15
Dresden2002-20 
Feb 8
Aug 31
Nov 23
Apr 19
16
Nurnberg2002-20 
Dec 14
May 10
Feb 22
Sep 20
17
Holstein2002-30 
Sep 13
Feb 15
Mar 22
Oct 26
18
Dusseldorf2002-60 
May 3
Dec 7
Sep 27
Mar 1
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Schalke 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
38
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Schalke2 - 1H.Berlin
Schalke1 - 2Elversberg
Schalke0 - 2Paderborn
Schalke2 - 2Hamburg
Schalke2 - 1Ulm
Schalke1 - 2Hannover
Schalke1 - 0Preussen Munster
Schalke2 - 1Karlsruher
Schalke2 - 5Magdeburg
Schalke3 - 1Nurnberg
Schalke1 - 1Dusseldorf
Schalke0 - 3Kaiserslautern
Schalke2 - 0Regensburg
Schalke3 - 4Greuther
Schalke2 - 2H.Berlin
Schalke3 - 5Darmstadt
Schalke1 - 3Köln
Schalke5 - 1E. Braun
Schalke2 - 1Rostock
Schalke1 - 1Dusseldorf
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
D
3
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASchalke0 - 1Kaiserslautern
HSchalke2 - 1H.Berlin
HSchalke1 - 2Elversberg
ASchalke0 - 2Dusseldorf
HSchalke0 - 2Paderborn
ASchalke1 - 2Kaiserslautern
HSchalke2 - 2Hamburg
ASchalke0 - 2Regensburg
HSchalke2 - 1Ulm
ASchalke3 - 3Greuther
HSchalke1 - 2Hannover
ASchalke2 - 1H.Berlin
HSchalke1 - 0Preussen Munster
ASchalke0 - 2Darmstadt
HSchalke2 - 1Karlsruher
ASchalke0 - 1Köln
HSchalke2 - 5Magdeburg
HSchalke3 - 1Nurnberg
ASchalke0 - 0E. Braun
ASchalke4 - 1Elversberg
VfL Bochum 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Darmstadt4 - 1VfL Bochum
St. Pauli0 - 2VfL Bochum
Heidenheim0 - 0VfL Bochum
W.Bremen1 - 0VfL Bochum
Leverkusen3 - 1VfL Bochum
Bayern2 - 3VfL Bochum
Wolfsburg1 - 1VfL Bochum
Holstein2 - 2VfL Bochum
B. M'gladbach3 - 0VfL Bochum
Mainz2 - 0VfL Bochum
Union Berlin1 - 1VfL Bochum
Augsburg1 - 0VfL Bochum
Stuttgart2 - 0VfL Bochum
E.Frankfurt7 - 2VfL Bochum
Hoffenheim3 - 1VfL Bochum
Dortmund4 - 2VfL Bochum
Freiburg2 - 1VfL Bochum
RB Leipzig1 - 0VfL Bochum
W.Bremen4 - 1VfL Bochum
Union Berlin3 - 4VfL Bochum
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
5
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HVfL Bochum2 - 0Elversberg
AVfL Bochum1 - 4Darmstadt
AVfL Bochum2 - 0St. Pauli
HVfL Bochum1 - 4Mainz
AVfL Bochum0 - 0Heidenheim
HVfL Bochum1 - 1Union Berlin
AVfL Bochum0 - 1W.Bremen
HVfL Bochum1 - 2Augsburg
HVfL Bochum0 - 4Stuttgart
AVfL Bochum1 - 3Leverkusen
HVfL Bochum1 - 3E.Frankfurt
AVfL Bochum3 - 2Bayern
HVfL Bochum0 - 1Hoffenheim
AVfL Bochum1 - 1Wolfsburg
HVfL Bochum2 - 0Dortmund
AVfL Bochum2 - 2Holstein
HVfL Bochum0 - 1Freiburg
AVfL Bochum0 - 3B. M'gladbach
HVfL Bochum3 - 3RB Leipzig
HVfL Bochum1 - 0St. Pauli
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.1 is decent for FC Schalke 04 in their clash with VfL Bochum 1848, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 17 consecutive Bundesliga 2 games.

VfL Bochum 1848's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday evening, not least because FC Schalke 04 have conceded in each of their last 11 Bundesliga 2 matches. A PG of 1.5 for Alexander Tunchev's side suggests that run should continue.

Schalke 8th VfL Bochum 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
13%
1
26%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
15%
There is a 61% probability that Schalke will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that VfL Bochum will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Schalke’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-5
VfL Bochum’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
1.1
average goals scored
1.9
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season
Schalke
PG (predicted goals)
VfL Bochum
2.1
1.5
Attack rating
34%
better
S04
BOC
view stats
Games scored1
1
Failed to score0
0
Scored first1
0
Goals scored2
1
Avg. goals scored1
0.5
Avg. shots per game6
5
Avg. shots per goal6
9
Conversion rate for17
11
Avg. XG for1.6
1.7
KickOff rating
+34%
Defence rating
46%
better
S04
BOC
view stats
Games conceded1
1
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
1
Goals conceded1
4
Avg. goals conceded0.5
2
Avg. shots/game conceded5
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded9
4
Conversion rate against11%
29%
Avg. XG against0.6
2.7
KickOff rating
+46%

Schalke v VfL Bochum Bundesliga 2 lLine ups will show here when available.

Schalke Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2112
L KariusM SyllaP. RemmertA Gantenbein
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Karius GLK2
1
-
T. Bulut DEF2
-
F Sánchez DEF2
1
-
T Becker DEF2
1
-
A Gantenbein DEF2
2
-
V. Becker DEF2
1
-
S El-Faouzi MID2
-
R Schallenberg MID2
-
P. Remmert FWD21
-
M Sylla FWD21
-
E Højlund FWD2
1
-
C Antwi-Adjei FWD21
1
-
B Lasme FWD2
-
H Kurucay DEF1
-
M. Ayhan DEF1
-
N Katic DEF11
1
1
J Bachmann MID1
1
-
M. Grüger MID1
-
K Karaman FWD1
-
VfL Bochum Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2112
T HornI SissokoK Miyoshi L Morgalla
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Horn GLK2
-
K Vogt DEF2
1
-
R Roesch DEF2
-
P Strompf DEF2
1
-
L Morgalla DEF2
2
-
M Wittek DEF2
-
C. Lenz MID2
-
K. Wätjen MID2
1
-
M Pannewig MID2
1
-
M Bero MID2
1
-
I Sissoko MID21
2
-
M. Clairicia FWD2
-
M Broschinski FWD21
-
K. Koscierski DEF1
1
-
K Miyoshi  MID11
1
-
I Sissoko FWD1
-
P Hofmann FWD1
-
G Holtmann FWD11
-