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VfL Bochum 1848 v Karlsruher SC : Bundesliga 2 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 20th Dec, 12:00 BST, Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Uwe Rösler's VfL Bochum 1848 side will have home backing in the Bundesliga 2 on Saturday lunch time, as Christian Eichner's Karlsruher SC travel to the Vonovia Ruhrstadion. Our goal is for you to win betting on this match, so every stats you could possibly need to make a smart selection is published below. Switch between 17 betting markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for every one.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
VfL Bochum 50%	-	-
Draw 24%	-	-
Karlsruher 26%	-	-
Draw 1-1 11%	-	-
VfL Bochum 1-0 10%	-	-
VfL Bochum 2-1 10%	-	-
VfL Bochum 2-0 8%	-	-
Karlsruher 1-0 7%	-	-
Karlsruher 2-1 6%	-	-
Draw 0-0 6%	-	-
Draw 2-2 6%	-	-
VfL Bochum 3-1 6%	-	-
VfL Bochum 3-0 5%	-	-
Karlsruher 2-0 4%	-	-
VfL Bochum 3-2 3%	-	-
Karlsruher 3-1 3%	-	-
VfL Bochum 4-1 2%	-	-
Karlsruher 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 53%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	-	-
No 1st Goal 3%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 56%	-	-
BTTS - No 44%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 25%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	-	-
Home/draw 74%	-	-
Away/draw 50%	-	-
Home/away 76%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 33%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 67%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	-	-
Home DNB 67%	-	-
Away DNB 42%	-	-
VfL Bochum win to nil 26%	-	-
Karlsruher win to nil 12%	-	-

Win / draw / win Bundesliga 2 table

VfL Bochum have played 15 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn zero and won 2. VfL Bochum have conceded 12 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 1 match and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

VfL Bochum have played 7 games at home, winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 7 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Karlsruher lay in 8th place on 21 points in the Bundesliga 2 league table having played 15 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 9 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 15 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Karlsruher have conceded 14 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Karlsruher have played 8 away games, winning 1, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 2.1 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 Karlsruher
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Schalke	15	11	1	3	12	34	Feb 1	l 2-1F	w 2-1A	Apr 5
2	Elversberg	15	9	3	3	15	30	w 2-0F	Jan 25	l 2-3A	Apr 19
3	Darmstadt	15	8	5	2	11	29	Jan 18	l 4-1A	May 3	l 3-2F
4	Paderborn	15	9	2	4	6	29	Feb 15	l 1-0A	Dec 13	May 10
5	Hannover	15	8	4	3	9	28	May 10	Dec 13	Apr 26	l 3-0A
6	Kaiserslautern	15	8	2	5	9	26	Mar 8	l 3-2A	l 2-3A	Mar 15
7	H.Berlin	14	8	2	4	7	26	w 3-2F	Mar 15	Jan 24	d 0-00-0
8	Karlsruher	15	6	3	6	-4	21	Dec 20	May 17	-	-
9	VfL Bochum	15	6	1	8	1	19	-	-	May 17	Dec 20
10	Preussen Munster	15	5	4	6	-3	19	l 1-2A	Feb 8	w 3-2F	Jan 17
11	Nurnberg	14	5	3	6	-4	18	Feb 22	l 2-1A	w 2-1F	Feb 15
12	Arminia	15	5	2	8	3	17	w 1-0F	May 3	Apr 12	l 4-0A
13	Holstein	14	4	3	7	-3	15	Mar 22	d 1-1F	Feb 22	l 3-0A
14	Dusseldorf	15	4	2	9	-12	14	l 0-1A	Mar 1	Feb 8	d 0-00-0
15	Dresden	15	3	4	8	-8	13	l 1-2A	Apr 19	Mar 8	d 3-3A
16	E. Braun	14	4	1	9	-11	13	Apr 12	w 0-2F	w 2-0F	Feb 1
17	Greuther	14	4	1	9	-17	13	Apr 26	w 0-3F	Mar 22	w 1-4F
18	Magdeburg	14	3	1	10	-11	10	w 2-0F	Apr 5	w 1-0F	Mar 1

	Promotion
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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
VfL Bochum	1 - 1	Leverkusen
VfL Bochum	0 - 5	Bayern

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 1	Union Berlin
A	VfL Bochum	0 - 1	W.Bremen
H	VfL Bochum	1 - 2	Augsburg

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hannover	3 - 0	Karlsruher
Arminia	4 - 0	Karlsruher
Greuther	1 - 4	Karlsruher
Dresden	3 - 3	Karlsruher
Holstein	3 - 0	Karlsruher
Dusseldorf	0 - 0	Karlsruher
H.Berlin	0 - 0	Karlsruher
Regensburg	2 - 2	Karlsruher
Hamburg	1 - 2	Karlsruher
Preussen Munster	1 - 1	Karlsruher
H.Berlin	3 - 1	Karlsruher
Darmstadt	3 - 0	Karlsruher
Schalke	2 - 1	Karlsruher
Elversberg	2 - 2	Karlsruher
Nurnberg	2 - 1	Karlsruher
Paderborn	1 - 2	Karlsruher
Kaiserslautern	3 - 1	Karlsruher
Greuther	2 - 3	Karlsruher
Hannover	2 - 1	Karlsruher
Ulm	0 - 1	Karlsruher

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

VfL Bochum

Karlsruher

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 4

Clean sheets

0 / 4

KSC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT VfL Bochum
	1 - 2	Karlsruher
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Karlsruher

VfL Bochum

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

2 / 4

Clean sheets

2 / 4

BOC

KSC

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Karlsruher
	0 - 1	VfL Bochum
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Karlsruher	3 - 0

Goal Statistics

VfL Bochum 1848 have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 7 consecutive Bundesliga 2 matches. Their PG of 1.7 against Karlsruher SC on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	VfL Bochum 12th	Karlsruher 8th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that VfL Bochum will score 1 or more goals	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Karlsruher will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-24 VfL Bochum have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted	-16 Karlsruher have scored 16% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.1 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.7 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Bundesliga 2 - 2025/2026 season

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

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

VfL Bochum Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	4	4	5
T Horn	G Holtmann	P Hofmann	L Morgalla

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Horn GLK	14			1 -
L Morgalla DEF	13			5 -
M Wittek DEF	13		2	3 -
C. Lenz MID	13	2		5 -
K. Wätjen MID	13	1		2 -
P Hofmann FWD	13	2	4	3 -
G Holtmann FWD	13	4		2 -
M Bero MID	11			5 -
F. Onyeka FWD	11	4	1	-
F Passlack DEF	10		1	1 -
N Loosli DEF	10			2 -
P Strompf DEF	10		1	3 -
M Pannewig MID	10		1	4 -
M. Clairicia FWD	9			-
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	8			2 -
K Vogt DEF	7			2 -
I Sissoko FWD	6	1		1 -
E Masovic DEF	5			2 -
R Roesch DEF	5			1 -
K. Koscierski DEF	5		1	2 -
M Kwarteng MID	5			-
K Miyoshi MID	5		1	1 -
I Sissoko MID	4	3		2 -
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
4	9	4	6
G Holtmann	F. Onyeka	P Hofmann	M Wittek

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G Holtmann FWD	4	6		4
F. Onyeka FWD	4	9	1	1
I Sissoko MID	3	3
C. Lenz MID	2	2		1
P Hofmann FWD	2	3	4	4
K. Wätjen MID	1	4
I Sissoko FWD	1	1
L Morgalla DEF				1
M Wittek DEF		2	2	6
M Bero MID		1		3
F Passlack DEF		2	1	1
P Strompf DEF		3	1	1
M Pannewig MID		5	1
M. Clairicia FWD		2
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD		6		1
K Vogt DEF		2
K. Koscierski DEF			1	1
M Kwarteng MID		1
K Miyoshi MID			1	1
M Obafemi FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
463	27	69
M Wittek	C. Lenz	P Hofmann

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Wittek DEF	463	26	58
T Horn GLK	461		5
L Morgalla DEF	447	20	47
N Loosli DEF	418	20	46
K Vogt DEF	377	7	22
P Strompf DEF	372	9	44
M Bero MID	366	26	46
C. Lenz MID	332	27	61
M Pannewig MID	242	14	52
G Holtmann FWD	237	13	42
P Hofmann FWD	194	6	69
K. Wätjen MID	173	17	28
F Passlack DEF	169	8	16
F. Onyeka FWD	148	6	25
E Masovic DEF	129	12	23
I Sissoko MID	123	6	22
F. Alfa-Ruprecht FWD	98	7	18
K. Koscierski DEF	88	2	9
R Roesch DEF	86	6	14
M. Clairicia FWD	47		3
K Miyoshi MID	36	1	9
I Sissoko FWD	35		12
M Kwarteng MID	34		3
C Kleine-Bekel DEF	6		1
O. Darnell Keumo DEF	3
M Obafemi FWD	2		1

Karlsruher Bundesliga 2 squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
14	6	4	5
H Bernat	F Schleusener	D Herold	C Kobald

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
H Bernat GLK	14			4 -
D Herold DEF	14		4	3 -
M Wanitzek MID	14	4	3	1 -
N Rapp MID	14			4 -
F Schleusener FWD	14	6	2	1 -
C Kobald DEF	13	1	3	5 -
D Burnic MID	13			2 -
M Beifus DEF	12	2		4 -
R Šimić FWD	12	3		1 -
P Förster MID	11		1	1 -
A Müller MID	11		1	2 -
M Franke DEF	10			2 -
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	10		1	1 -
L Egloff MID	10	4		4 -
S Jung DEF	8		1	-
S. Fukuda FWD	8			1 -
L. Opitz MID	4			-
M. Kritzer MID	3			-
L. Farhat FWD	3	1	1	-
P. Scholl DEF	2			-
R. Geller MID	2			-
M. Dühring DEF	1			-
A. Ersungur MID	1			-
M Wäschenbach MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	15	4	10
F Schleusener	F Schleusener	D Herold	M Wanitzek

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Schleusener FWD	6	15	2	2
M Wanitzek MID	4	14	3	10
L Egloff MID	4	8		1
R Šimić FWD	3	6
M Beifus DEF	2	4		1
C Kobald DEF	1	5	3	2
L. Farhat FWD	1	2	1	2
D Herold DEF		2	4	3
N Rapp MID				1
D Burnic MID		2
P Förster MID		1	1	1
A Müller MID		2	1
M Franke DEF		2		1
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF		1	1	3
S Jung DEF		1	1	2
S. Fukuda FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
706	38	85
C Kobald	D Herold	D Herold

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Kobald DEF	706	24	63
N Rapp MID	616	22	71
M Wanitzek MID	611	20	71
H Bernat GLK	554		11
M Franke DEF	502	14	48
D Herold DEF	459	38	85
D Burnic MID	447	20	35
M Beifus DEF	357	11	41
A Müller MID	308	21	29
P Förster MID	282	18	34
L Egloff MID	252	20	49
S Jung DEF	216	5	10
R. Pinto Pedrosa DEF	200	11	52
F Schleusener FWD	162	4	54
R Šimić FWD	75	7	26
L. Farhat FWD	32	1	8
S. Fukuda FWD	29	4	10
P. Scholl DEF	22		2
L. Opitz MID	18	2	5
M. Kritzer MID	8	1	1
R. Geller MID	6		2
M. Dühring DEF	5
M Wäschenbach MID	3
A. Ersungur MID	1