No end in sight to Bochum’s away misery?
On Saturday, Dieter Hecking returns to his old stamping ground. He celebrated his only two titles as a coach with the Wolves in 2015 by winning the DFB Cup and the Super Cup. Now he is fighting for survival with his new employer. The team from the Ruhr area is seven points behind the safety line, which is why the tip for Bochum to win against Wolfsburg is not exactly among the best omens.
Finally, Bochum have a particularly weak away record. The blue and whites have only collected two out of a possible 33 points away from home so far. But: when it comes to Wolfsburg against Bochum, the prognosis must also take into account the fact that the Lower Saxony team is the Bundesliga team that has scored the fewest points at home – only 13 out of 33 (39 percent). Consequently, the Wolves cannot be said to have a pronounced home strength either.
However, the form curve at home in Lower Saxony has recently been pointing upwards. Ralph Hasenhüttl’s team remained unbeaten in three consecutive home games (one win, two draws), not only drawing 1-1 with reigning double winners Leverkusen (0-0), but also beating high-flying Gladbach 5-1 in their first home game of 2025.
Considering that the blue-and-whites have not yet won away from home, bet 1 remains the most coherent choice in this duel between the two VfLs. After all, the green-and-whites have also won five of their last seven Bundesliga games against Bochum (two defeats). For tip 1, odds of 1.52 are available at Wolfsburg against Bochum, which we suggest at NEO.bet.
Wolfsburg vs. Bochum Prediction AI
Sometimes it happens that the supercomputer BETSiE even contradicts our human prediction and AI and humans cannot agree. However, this is not the case in this pairing. BETSiE also finds a sufficiently high value in the tip for the home win of Lower Saxony, so that the three-way system for Wolfsburg against Bochum is also recommended according to the AI prediction.
The odds, which can be found in the various betting apps of the bookmakers, currently fluctuate between 1.50 and 1.55 and thus suggest a probability of 64.5 to 66 percent for the home win of the Green-Whites. BETSIE, on the other hand, calculates that the Lower Saxony team has a 68.6 percent chance of winning, so we get a positive expected value here – the higher the odds for tip 1, the better.
Wolfsburg – Statistics & current form
VfL Wolfsburg have faltered a few times in the first half of the season and have only won one of their last five Bundesliga games (three draws, one defeat). The green-and-whites, who are currently in ninth place and only four points behind a starting place in the UEFA Champions League, are still far from missing their season goals.
On a positive note, Ralph Hasenhüttl’s team have rediscovered their home form in the new year. The Wolves have not yet lost any of their three home matches in 2025 (one win, two draws), having previously impressed away from home. The Lower Saxony team has only scored 13 of the 33 points at home – and thus just 39 percent (the lowest in the league).
Wolfsburg is particularly dangerous when the ball is stationary.
Nevertheless, the tip for the home win of the Hasenhüttl team against Bochum is under a very good star for Wolfsburg. After all, the green-and-whites have not only gone four league games unbeaten (one win, three draws), but they are also good for an out-of-nowhere goal every now and then.
Only Bayern Munich (18) have scored more goals from set-pieces than VfL Wolfsburg (17) so far this season, with the Wolves already scoring five times from indirect free-kicks (the highest in the league). However, the Wolves are no longer as calm with their leads. Wolfsburg have already squandered 15 points in the 2024/25 season – the highest of any of the 18 Bundesliga clubs.
Predicted Wolfsburg line-up:
Bochum – Statistics & Current Form
VfL Bochum have recently recovered somewhat and proudly collected twelve points in the last nine match days, after only managing two points in the 13 match days before that. However, with only 14 points on the account, the blue and whites are still in a direct relegation place.
Nevertheless, thanks to their recent derby victory against Borussia Dortmund (2-0), the Ruhr Valley team will not start a league game in last place for the first time since match day 6. For the first time in the 2024/25 season, the team from the Grönemeyer city could score in three consecutive league games.
Bochum is the weakest team in the Bundesliga away from home
However, the away weakness of the blue and whites, who only collected two out of a possible 33 points on foreign soil, speaks against this. Above all, the odds against Bochum also clearly speak against an away win against Wolfsburg. The Bet365 app quotes 6.00 for Tip 2, which clearly underlines the outsiders’ role of the guests.
Not only did the players from the Ruhr area ultimately concede 28 goals away from home, but they also have the weakest away attack in the Bundesliga, having scored just nine goals. Overall, no other Bundesliga club fell short of its expected goals value in 2024/25 as much as Bochum, who scored only 21 goals with an xG value of 28.7.
Provisional line-up for Bochum:
Wolfsburg – Bochum Direct comparison / H2H record
Head to head: 15 – 4 – 15
There have been 34 encounters between the two teams so far and the head-to-head comparison is completely even, with just four draws and 15 wins for both teams. At least recently, however, the duel was largely in the hands of the Wolves, who have won five of their last seven Bundesliga games against VfL Bochum (two defeats) – including the first leg in the Ruhr area (3:1).
Wolfsburg – Bochum betting tip
The betting odds of the top betting providers are clearly and unequivocally in favor of the home side in the game between Wolfsburg and Bochum. Although they have only taken 13 points at home, they have remained completely unbeaten in their three home games so far in 2025 (one win, two draws). The guests from the Ruhr area, on the other hand, have only managed to pick up two out of a possible 33 points away from home – a league-wide low. It is therefore unlikely that they will be able to take anything away from the Volkswagen Arena when Hecking returns.
Although the Wolves have been stuck here and there in their forward play, the green-whites are extremely strong in set-pieces. It is precisely in this discipline that no other Bundesliga side conceded more goals in 2024/25 than Bochum, which is why our prediction for Wolfsburg against Bochum is a home win for the Lower Saxony side.
