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VfL Bochum 1848 v SV Darmstadt 98 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 18th Jan, 12:30 BST, Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum

SV Darmstadt 98 are on the road on Sunday lunch time, as manager Florian Kohfeldt takes his team to visit VfL Bochum 1848 and Uwe Rösler at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion in the Bundesliga 2. All of the key stats for the tie, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and the best odds across 17 of the biggest betting markets are included in this in-depth preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We make over 1.5 goals our top tip on this one, meaning that the sides will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both VfL Bochum and Darmstadt's current form stats suggest things will go that way, while their head-to-head (H2H) record adds further weight to the argument. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.22.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think VfL Bochum are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 39% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.38.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
VfL Bochum 39%	2.38	-
Draw 26%	3.40	-
Darmstadt 35%	2.70	-
Draw 1-1 12%	7.00	-
VfL Bochum 1-0 9%	10.00	-
Darmstadt 1-0 9%	11.00	-
VfL Bochum 2-1 8%	9.50	-
Darmstadt 2-1 8%	11.00	-
Draw 0-0 7%	13.00	-
VfL Bochum 2-0 6%	13.00	-
Darmstadt 2-0 6%	15.00	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12.00	-
VfL Bochum 3-1 4%	19.00	-
Darmstadt 3-1 4%	21.00	-
VfL Bochum 3-0 3%	23.00	-
VfL Bochum 3-2 3%	23.00	-
Darmstadt 3-0 3%	29.00	-
Darmstadt 3-2 2%	26.00	-
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	1.73	-
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	2.08	-
Home 1st Goal 49%	1.83	-
Away 1st Goal 47%	2.00	-
No 1st Goal 4%	13.00	-
BTTS - Yes 55%	1.57	-
BTTS - No 45%	2.25	-
BTTS - Home Win 19%	4.33	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.33	-
BTTS - Away Win 17%	4.75	-
Home/draw 65%	1.44	-
Away/draw 61%	1.53	-
Home/away 74%	1.30	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	1.22	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	4.00	-
Over 3.5 Goals 29%	2.75	-
Under 3.5 Goals 71%	1.40	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	5.50	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1.14	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	11.00 10%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1.05 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1.04	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	13.00	-
Home DNB 57%	1.73	-
Away DNB 54%	2.00	-
VfL Bochum win to nil 20%	4.50	-
Darmstadt win to nil 18%	5.50	-
VfL Bochum / VfL Bochum 22%	3.75	-
VfL Bochum / Darmstadt 3%	26.00	-
VfL Bochum / Draw 6%	13.00	-
Draw / VfL Bochum 14%	6.00	-
Draw / Darmstadt 13%	6.50	-
Draw / Draw 14%	6.00	-
Darmstadt / VfL Bochum 4%	23.00	-
Darmstadt / Darmstadt 19%	4.33	-
Darmstadt / Draw 6%	13.00	-

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

VfL Bochum have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

9 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 5 games, drawn 2 and won 2. VfL Bochum have conceded 16 goals, scored 12, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

VfL Bochum have played 8 games at home, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 9 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Darmstadt lay in 3rd place on 33 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 5 and losing 1 game. They have scored 29 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Darmstadt have conceded 16 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Darmstadt have played 8 away games, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.1 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	VfL Bochum Darmstadt
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Schalke	17	12	1	4	12	37	Jan 31	l 2-1F	Mar 21	l 1-0A
2	Elversberg	17	10	4	3	16	34	w 2-0F	Jan 25	Apr 25	d 0-00-0
3	Darmstadt	17	9	6	2	12	33	Jan 18	l 4-1A	-	-
4	Paderborn	17	10	3	4	10	33	Feb 15	l 1-0A	May 17	d 2-2F
5	Hannover	17	8	5	4	8	29	May 9	d 0-00-0	Apr 11	w 2-3F
6	H.Berlin	17	8	4	5	5	28	w 3-2F	Mar 14	d 0-00-0	Feb 1
7	Kaiserslautern	17	8	3	6	8	27	Mar 7	l 3-2A	Feb 7	l 3-1F
8	Nurnberg	17	6	4	7	-4	22	Feb 20	l 2-1A	Jan 23	w 0-1F
9	Karlsruher	17	6	4	7	-8	22	d 2-2F	May 17	w 3-2A	May 2
10	VfL Bochum	17	6	3	8	1	21	-	-	w 4-1F	Jan 18
11	Holstein	17	5	5	7	-2	20	Mar 21	d 1-1F	Mar 7	d 1-1F
12	Preussen Munster	17	5	5	7	-4	20	l 1-2A	Feb 6	w 1-0F	May 9
13	E. Braun	17	6	2	9	-9	20	Apr 11	w 0-2F	w 2-1A	Feb 14
14	Arminia	17	5	4	8	3	19	w 1-0F	May 2	d 2-2F	Apr 4
15	Magdeburg	17	5	2	10	-8	17	w 2-0F	Apr 4	d 0-00-0	Mar 14
16	Dusseldorf	17	5	2	10	-12	17	l 0-1A	Feb 27	Feb 21	w 0-3F
17	Greuther	17	4	3	10	-18	15	Apr 25	w 0-3F	w 4-2F	Apr 18
18	Dresden	17	3	4	10	-10	13	l 1-2A	Apr 18	w 2-0F	Feb 27

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Darmstadt have not lost in 7 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
VfL Bochum	2 - 2	Karlsruher
VfL Bochum	1 - 0	Arminia
VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Dresden
VfL Bochum	2 - 0	Magdeburg
VfL Bochum	3 - 2	H.Berlin
VfL Bochum	0 - 1	Dusseldorf
VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Preussen Munster
VfL Bochum	2 - 0	Elversberg
VfL Bochum	1 - 4	Mainz
VfL Bochum	1 - 1	Union Berlin
VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Augsburg
VfL Bochum	0 - 4	Stuttgart
VfL Bochum	1 - 3	E.Frankfurt
VfL Bochum	0 - 1	Hoffenheim
VfL Bochum	2 - 0	Dortmund
VfL Bochum	0 - 1	Freiburg
VfL Bochum	3 - 3	RB Leipzig
VfL Bochum	1 - 0	St. Pauli
VfL Bochum	2 - 0	Heidenheim
VfL Bochum	0 - 1	W.Bremen

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	VfL Bochum	2 - 2	Karlsruher
A	VfL Bochum	0 - 0	Hannover
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 0	Arminia
A	VfL Bochum	3 - 0	Greuther
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Dresden
A	VfL Bochum	2 - 0	E. Braun
H	VfL Bochum	2 - 0	Magdeburg
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 1	Holstein
H	VfL Bochum	3 - 2	H.Berlin
A	VfL Bochum	2 - 3	Kaiserslautern
H	VfL Bochum	0 - 1	Dusseldorf
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Nurnberg
A	VfL Bochum	0 - 1	Paderborn
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Preussen Munster
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Schalke
H	VfL Bochum	2 - 0	Elversberg
A	VfL Bochum	1 - 4	Darmstadt
A	VfL Bochum	2 - 0	St. Pauli
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 4	Mainz
A	VfL Bochum	0 - 0	Heidenheim

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Paderborn	2 - 2	Darmstadt
Elversberg	0 - 0	Darmstadt
Hannover	2 - 3	Darmstadt
Schalke	1 - 0	Darmstadt
Holstein	1 - 1	Darmstadt
Dusseldorf	0 - 3	Darmstadt
Kaiserslautern	3 - 1	Darmstadt
Nurnberg	0 - 1	Darmstadt
Kaiserslautern	2 - 1	Darmstadt
Preussen Munster	1 - 1	Darmstadt
H.Berlin	1 - 1	Darmstadt
Ulm	2 - 1	Darmstadt
Köln	2 - 1	Darmstadt
Magdeburg	4 - 1	Darmstadt
E. Braun	1 - 0	Darmstadt
Nurnberg	1 - 0	Darmstadt
Dusseldorf	2 - 2	Darmstadt
Regensburg	2 - 1	Darmstadt
Hamburg	2 - 2	Darmstadt
Hannover	1 - 2	Darmstadt

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Darmstadt	2 - 2	Paderborn
H	Darmstadt	1 - 0	Preussen Munster
H	Darmstadt	3 - 2	Karlsruher
A	Darmstadt	0 - 0	Elversberg
H	Darmstadt	4 - 2	Greuther
A	Darmstadt	3 - 2	Hannover
H	Darmstadt	2 - 2	Arminia
A	Darmstadt	0 - 1	Schalke
H	Darmstadt	0 - 0	Magdeburg
A	Darmstadt	1 - 1	Holstein
H	Darmstadt	2 - 0	Dresden
A	Darmstadt	3 - 0	Dusseldorf
H	Darmstadt	2 - 1	E. Braun
A	Darmstadt	1 - 3	Kaiserslautern
H	Darmstadt	0 - 0	H.Berlin
A	Darmstadt	1 - 0	Nurnberg
H	Darmstadt	4 - 1	VfL Bochum
H	Darmstadt	3 - 1	Regensburg
A	Darmstadt	1 - 2	Kaiserslautern
H	Darmstadt	0 - 4	Hamburg

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

VfL Bochum have not lost to Darmstadt in 5 consecutive home league meetings

VfL Bochum

Darmstadt

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 5

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

0 / 5

BOC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT VfL Bochum
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
VfL Bochum	2 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
VfL Bochum	1 - 0
VfL Bochum	2 - 1

Darmstadt

VfL Bochum

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

BOC

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Darmstadt
Darmstadt	4 - 1
	1 - 2	VfL Bochum
Darmstadt	3 - 1
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 2	VfL Bochum

Goal Statistics

	VfL Bochum 10th	Darmstadt 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.4 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 25% 1 35% 2 24% 3 11% 4+ There is a 60% probability that VfL Bochum will score no more than 1 goal	0 27% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 62% probability that Darmstadt will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-21 VfL Bochum have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted	-21 Darmstadt have scored 21% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.5 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season

BOC

D98

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Games scored	14		13
Failed to score	3		4
Scored first	9		11
Goals scored	23		29
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.7
Avg. shots per game	10		11
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate for	13		15
Avg. XG for	1.7		1.6
KickOff rating		+6%

BOC

D98

21%

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Games conceded	11		10
Clean sheets	6		7
Conceded first	7		3
Goals conceded	22		17
Avg. goals conceded	1.3		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		10
Conversion rate against	12%		10%
Avg. XG against	1.7		1.3
KickOff rating		+21%

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VfL Bochum Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	6	4	7
T Horn	F. Onyeka	P Hofmann	C. Lenz

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Horn GLK	17			1 -
L Morgalla DEF	16			5 -
M Wittek DEF	16		3	4 -
C. Lenz MID	16	2		7 -
K. Wätjen MID	16	1		4 -
P Hofmann FWD	16	3	4	4 -
F. Onyeka FWD	14	6	1	-
P Strompf DEF	13		1	4 -
F Passlack DEF	13		1	1 -
N Loosli DEF	13		1	2 -
M Pannewig MID	13		1	4 -
M Bero MID	13			6 -
G Holtmann FWD	13	4		2 -
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	11			3 -
M. Clairicia FWD	9			-
K. Koscierski DEF	8		1	2 -
K Vogt DEF	7			2 -
M Kwarteng MID	7		1	-
K Miyoshi MID	7		1	3 -
I Sissoko MID	6	3		2 -
I Sissoko FWD	6	1		1 -
E Masovic DEF	5			2 -
R Roesch DEF	5			1 -
M Obafemi FWD	2			-
C Kleine-Bekel DEF	1			-
O. Darnell Keumo DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	11	4	8
F. Onyeka	F. Onyeka	P Hofmann	M Wittek

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F. Onyeka FWD	6	11	1	2
G Holtmann FWD	4	6		4
P Hofmann FWD	3	6	4	5
I Sissoko MID	3	3
C. Lenz MID	2	3		2
K. Wätjen MID	1	7
I Sissoko FWD	1	1
L Morgalla DEF		1		1
M Wittek DEF		2	3	8
P Strompf DEF		3	1	1
F Passlack DEF		2	1	1
N Loosli DEF			1
M Pannewig MID		7	1
M Bero MID		1		3
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD		6		2
M. Clairicia FWD		2
K. Koscierski DEF		1	1	1
K Vogt DEF		2
M Kwarteng MID		2	1	1
K Miyoshi MID			1	1
M Obafemi FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
551	35	96
M Wittek	M Wittek	P Hofmann

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Wittek DEF	551	35	77
L Morgalla DEF	546	30	61
T Horn GLK	537		6
N Loosli DEF	536	22	57
P Strompf DEF	500	12	58
C. Lenz MID	423	31	67
M Bero MID	409	27	51
K Vogt DEF	377	7	22
M Pannewig MID	318	17	60
P Hofmann FWD	247	8	96
G Holtmann FWD	237	13	42
K. Wätjen MID	237	20	41
F. Onyeka FWD	191	7	33
F Passlack DEF	183	10	19
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	155	10	24
I Sissoko MID	141	7	26
E Masovic DEF	129	12	23
K. Koscierski DEF	88	2	10
R Roesch DEF	86	6	14
K Miyoshi MID	48	2	12
M. Clairicia FWD	47		3
M Kwarteng MID	45	1	7
I Sissoko FWD	35		12
C Kleine-Bekel DEF	6		1
O. Darnell Keumo DEF	3
M Obafemi FWD	2		1

Darmstadt Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
17	11	5	5
M Schuhen	I Lidberg	F Hornby	M Richter

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Schuhen GLK	17		1	3 -
P Pfeiffer DEF	17			-
M Papela MID	17	1		-
A Vukotic DEF	16	1		3 -
H Akiyama MID	16	2		3 -
L Marseiler MID	16			2 -
I Lidberg FWD	16	11	2	1 -
K Corredor FWD	16	5	2	2 -
F Hornby FWD	15	4	5	3 -
M Maglica DEF	14	2		-
M Richter MID	14	2	5	5 -
K Klefisch MID	14			2 -
S López DEF	13		1	1 1
F Holland DEF	11			-
F Nürnberger MID	11	1	2	1 -
B Białek FWD	10			1 -
M Bader DEF	9			-
L Klassen DEF	5			-
P Will MID	4			-
J Boëtius MID	4			-
Y Furukawa FWD	3			-
F. Lakenmacher FWD	3			-
S Güler FWD	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	22	5	8
I Lidberg	I Lidberg	F Hornby	M Richter

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
I Lidberg FWD	11	22	2	3
K Corredor FWD	5	12	2	5
F Hornby FWD	4	14	5	3
H Akiyama MID	2	6
M Maglica DEF	2	3		1
M Richter MID	2	10	5	8
M Papela MID	1	3
A Vukotic DEF	1	1
F Nürnberger MID	1	5	2	1
M Schuhen GLK			1	1
P Pfeiffer DEF		2
L Marseiler MID		7		4
K Klefisch MID		1		3
S López DEF			1	1
F Holland DEF		1
B Białek FWD		2		1
P Will MID		1
J Boëtius MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
998	27	98
P Pfeiffer	K Klefisch	P Pfeiffer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
P Pfeiffer DEF	998	23	98
K Klefisch MID	771	27	52
A Vukotic DEF	685	16	83
M Schuhen GLK	665		4
H Akiyama MID	558	20	35
S López DEF	463	16	31
M Maglica DEF	462	19	52
K Corredor FWD	409	12	75
F Nürnberger MID	352	14	29
F Hornby FWD	328	13	63
L Marseiler MID	309	22	72
M Richter MID	275	14	49
M Papela MID	205	22	47
I Lidberg FWD	201	8	64
F Holland DEF	170	13	22
L Klassen DEF	92	6	12
J Boëtius MID	58	1	6
M Bader DEF	50	12	21
P Will MID	44	7	11
B Białek FWD	41		12
Y Furukawa FWD	16	1	3
S Güler FWD	3
F. Lakenmacher FWD	2	1	2

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VfL Bochum 1848 v SV Darmstadt 98 : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

VfL Bochum have played 17 matches so far this season and are in 10th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Darmstadt lay in 3rd place on 33 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 17 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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