FC Augsburg vs VfL Bochum Prediction: A win for either team can aid in the relegation battle

Augsburg welcomes VfL Bochum, who are currently in last place, to the WWK Arena on Saturday for their 12th match of the 2024-25 Bundesliga season. Augsburg's goal is to create some breathing room from the relegation struggle. This past weekend, Bochum continued their downward trend in form by suffering a loss of 0-2 on the road against Stuttgart. Even though they have only two points from the first twelve games of the season, they continue to maintain their position at the very bottom of the Bundesliga standings.

Despite this, the club has demonstrated some signs of life since Dieter Hecking took over as manager. Bochum's performance in the most recent two matches, which were played against Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart, was significantly more impressive than what it was in the first nine rounds of the campaign. Bochum may feel they are in a very favourable position to win this matchup because Augsburg has not exactly been the most dominant team in recent weeks either.

The home team was defeated by Bayern Munich in a lopsided match on Friday, and they did not show much in the last third of the field. Throughout three consecutive league matches, they have not won a single one of them, and they have only scored once.

Augsburg displayed a solid defensive effort throughout the majority of the encounter, holding the league leaders until the 62nd minute. Despite the fact that they had already conceded the first goal, Augsburg remained resolute throughout the match. In the extra time, a penalty kick and a stroke of wizardry from Harry Kane hammered the last nail in the head. The head coach of the team praised the defensive discipline of his team, he noted that there was space for growth at crucial moments.

As far as statistics are concerned, Augsburg has had a difficult time on both ends of the pitch this season. As a result of their total of 13 goals scored and 23 goals conceded, they are tied for fifth place in the Bundesliga's lowest-scoring lineup and third in the league's weakest defence.

Augsurg were enjoying a promising run of form prior to their loss to Bayern. They had won two of their previous four games and drawn two of them. The fact of the matter is that they have demonstrated remarkable tenacity in the WWK Arena, where they have played seven home matches so far this season and have won four of them, drawn two of them, and lost only one of them.

The newly appointed head coach of Bochum oversaw a promising start to his tenure with a hard-fought draw against Bayer Leverkusen, who are the Bundesliga Champions. However, his enthusiasm came to a halt when Bochum's subsequent match against Stuttgart resulted in a loss for the team.

During that defeat, Stuttgart was in complete control of the game, as evidenced by the fact that they created three clear-cut opportunities, hit the crossbar twice, and fired 12 attempts from inside the defensive penalty area. Bochum, on the other hand, only managed to create two significant opportunities and four efforts from within the box, which demonstrates the difficulties they have in attacking them.

Bochum is the only team in the Bundesliga that has not yet won a game throughout the current season. They have lost ten of their twelve matches, including four of their most recent five matches. In spite of the fact that their ten goals scored this season are higher than the production of two other clubs, their defensive weaknesses are more obvious than ever. They currently have the unpleasant reputation of being the league's leakiest defence, having allowed 32 goals to be scored against them.

Over the past few weeks, Augsburg and Bochum have both been having trouble scoring goals. While Bochum only managed to reach the back of the net once in their previous two Bundesliga matches, the home team has only managed to score one goal in their last three league matches. In addition, Bochum has not scored three or more goals in either of their most recent two league matches, even though they have competed against teams such as Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart in the tournament.

Three of the past five head-to-head matches between these rivals finished with fewer than three goals scored. This trend is expected to continue.