Bochum vs Elversberg prediction 10.08.2025 | 2. Bundesliga
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- Competition: 2. Bundesliga
- Date: Sunday, 10th August, 2025
- Kickoff: 12:30 UK / 13:30 CEST
- Venue: Vonovia Ruhrstadion (Bochum)
After a disappointing 4:1 loss to Darmstadt in their season opener, Bochum will look to earn their first points of the 2. Bundesliga campaign against Elversberg, who started with a 1:0 win over Nurnberg. The match will take place at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in Bochum.
vs Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Elversberg
0 : 1
Bochum
DFB Pokal
These teams met just once in their history. That was back in 2022, in the DFB Pokal, when Bochum won 1:0 and secured the 1/8 Finals with that win. It was a reasonably close match, but Bochum were a slightly better team and deservedly won.
Bochum team overview
Bochum were relegated from the Bundesliga last season after a truly terrible campaign where they won just 25 points in 34 rounds. That poor result was not a surprise because they were consistently around the relegation spots in previous seasons as well.
For this season, the team from North Rhine-Westphalia is considered one of the favorites to go up, but they haven't opened the season well, as Darmstadt dominated them and won 4:1. That was indeed a reason for concern, considering Darmstadt weren't one of the better teams last season in 2. Bundesliga.
Last matches of
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Darmstadt 98
4 : 1
Bochum
2. Bundesliga
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Bochum
0 : 2
Bayer Leverkusen
Club Friendlies 3
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Viktoria Plzen
1 : 1
Bochum
Club Friendlies
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St Pauli
0 : 2
Bochum
Bundesliga
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Bochum
1 : 4
FSV Mainz
Bundesliga
lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Timo Horn
Defenders
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39
Leandro Morgalla
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7
Kevin Vogt
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3
Philipp Strompf
Midfielders
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26
Romario Rosch
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24
Mats Pannewig
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6
Ibrahima Sissoko
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19
Matus Bero
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32
Maximilian Wittek
Forwards
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29
Moritz Broschinski
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33
Philipp Hofmann
Elversberg team overview
Meanwhile, Elversberg are coming to this season after the best one in the club's history. They finished third, missing the promotion by just one point! They eventually ended up in the promotion playoff but lost to Heidenheim on a 4:3 aggregate.
In the offseason, the club made some moves and had some pretty bad results in friendlies. On paper, we believe they haven't gotten better, and it will be difficult to repeat last season's success. And yet, they started with a 1:0 win over Nurnberg and might surprise us again - just like they did last year.
Last matches of
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Elversberg
1 : 0
Nurnberg
2. Bundesliga
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Elversberg
2 : 3
Fortuna Sittard
Club Friendlies 3
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Hoffenheim
5 : 2
Elversberg
Club Friendlies 3
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VfB Offenbach
0 : 1
Elversberg
Club Friendlies
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Elversberg
0 : 1
Kickers Offenbach
Club Friendlies 3
lineup
Goalkeeper
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20
Nicolas Kristof
Defenders
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30
Jan Gyamerah
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19
Lukas Pinckert
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31
Maximilian Rohr
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21
Lasse Gunther
Midfielders
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6
Amara Conde
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23
Carlo Sickinger
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29
Tom Zimmerschied
Forwards
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10
Bambase Conte
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24
Luca Schnellbacher
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25
Lukas Petkov
Prediction
In the first game of the season, we saw major flaws in Bohcum's defense as they allowed four goals to Darmstadt, a team that was significantly worse than Elversberg last year. However, we believe in their offense against the 2. Bundesliga teams, especially at home. So, if they repeat such poor defensive performance from the first game, we are convinced we will see a lot of goals in this match.
Elversberg opened with a 1:0 over Nurnberg, but they are a team that often plays high-scoring games. In the pre-season, they went over 2.5 goals in five out of six games - 83%. And last season, in the league, we saw three or more goals in 59% of their games.
Considering all the above, we expect a high-scoring game, most likely with both teams scoring.
3 Reasons why we should see three or more goals
- Bochum lost the first game of the season 4:1
- Elversberg went over 2.5 goals in five out of six friendlies in the pre-season
- 59% of Elversberg's last season league game ended with three or more goals
Main prediction -
Over 2.5 goals
Best Odds:
Paripesa
1.67
vs standings in 2. Bundesliga
| Regular Season | P | W | D | L |
G - A
|
GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 - 1 | +4 | 3 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 - 1 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 - 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Karlsruher SC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 - 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 7 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 - 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 - 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 9 | Elversberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 - 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 | Dynamo Dresden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 - 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Preußen Münster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 - 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Holstein Kiel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Kaiserslautern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Nürnberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Magdeburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 4 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 - 5 | -4 | 0 |