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The last game day before the winter break in the second league once again ensured that the pursuers started with plenty of headwater in the preparation. Both Hamburger SV, and 1. FC Köln conceded unexpected defeats a few days before Christmas, benefited mainly by the FC St. Pauli and as a third now only two points behind the first direct promotion place has. Also, the VfL Bochum continues to dream of a return to the Bundesliga, especially since the team of coach Robin Dutt with the 3-2 victory at the Cologne on matchday 18 was partly responsible for the fact that the “Effzeh” the gap to the competition does not increase could.
As part of the 19th matchday on Tuesday evening at 18:30 clock comes to the game VfL Bochum against Duisburg. According to the quotas, the Ruhrpottler are considered favorites, which is primarily related to the fact that the zebras presented in the last few games of the past calendar year hardly competitive and lost four times in a row. Because, however, it can be assumed that the experienced Torsten Lieberknecht has turned in the right direction in the preparation and the team will therefore hardly be recognizable, the forecast for a close match between Bochum and Duisburg is not completely out of thin air. In any case, betting odds for a home win may be too low to identify a reasonable value, right?
Bochum:
The football year ended in 2018 for Bochum with an almost impossible success story. Three days before Christmas, the Ruhr pots won their away game at 1.FC Köln 3-2 and offered perhaps the best performance of the entire season so far. This success after two previously bitter defeats to direct competitors Union Berlin and St. Pauli was enormously important, since virtually the last spark of hope for a return to the Bundesliga could be maintained. Although the gap to the third placed is still seven points, but the playful strong Bochumern may be confident in a positive run in the remainder of the round under certain circumstances. Whether this, however, can be rung on Tuesday evening with a threesome against the MSV Duisburg, is an open question, because despite in the top outstanding performances in front of home crowd, it was missing in the sum of the necessary consistency in the Vonovia Ruhr Stadium.
VfL won five matches in front of their own fans, drew once and left the field in the other three cases as losers. Interestingly, the former first division team, especially against the supposedly inferior clubs from the basement or the midfield difficult. For example, Dynamo Dresden abducted all three points from Bochum. In addition, against Aue, Darmstadt, Sandhausen or Bielefeld victories with only one goal difference, where the host sometimes quite lucky.
In addition, the winter preparation was not completely easy. None of the three friendly matches against CSKA Sofia, Dynamo Kiev or 1. FC Köln decided the Dutt-Elf for themselves. To what extent the possibly cracked self-confidence after only three wins from the recent twelve games will play a role, we learn on Tuesday evening, when the greater pressure is certainly on the shoulders of the table, which may allow no major slip-ups, if the look actually again to be directed forward.
Maxim Leitsch and Jannik Bandowski will be injured due to injury. There is still a question mark behind Danilo Soares. Robbie Kruse stayed with the Australian national team until recently, but will be back in the coming days following the departure of the Socceroos from the Asian Cup.
Duisburg:
The fact that the MSV Duisburg has to worry about relegation this season is indeed surprising. Actually, the zebras were considered in the summer as a secured midfielder candidate, who could attack with some luck even the upper third. However, after only two points on the first eight matchdays, it was clear that the goals must be revised downwards. With Torsten Lieberknecht took over an experienced coach, who has made the turnaround until today only conditionally. Under his leadership, the Zebras scored a remarkable eleven points from their first six encounters, before the shape curve was down again from now on. Four defeats in the last four league games, in which the Blue-Whites conceded a total of 13 goals, are certainly one of the main reasons why between Bochum and Duisburg a tip on the hosts is considered as likely.
But we follow a different approach, because after all, Lieberknecht was the first time the men from the Wedau over a period of time without weekly earnings pressure inaugurate his footballing plans and at the same time set the necessary physical base to play a successful rest round. As tables-16. At the moment the zebras are still ranked on the relegation place, but the SV Sandhausen on the saving bank is tied, which is why a point win in the form of a tie as a respectable success in the West Derby could be booked. Also, we should note in the encounter between Bochum and Duisburg in the choice of prognosis that the Duisburg in foreign countries collected significantly more points than in front of home scenery.
Ten of the 13 points result from the nine away games. Only three of these matches were lost. In the past seven games on the opponent’s place, the blue and white conceded only a single bankruptcy. For this reason, we consider the odds between Duisburg and Bochum for a tip on at least one point division of the Lieberknecht Elf for very lucrative. Newcomers Joseph Baffo, Sebastian Neumann, Christian Gartner and probably also Boris Tashchy will have to pass due to injury. John Verhoek and Stanislav Iljuchenko are missing.
Bochum vs Duisburg head to head matches
11.08.18 2BUN Duisburg Bochum 0 : 2
23.01.18 2BUN Bochum Duisburg 0 : 2
05.08.17 2BUN Duisburg Bochum 1 : 1
20.12.15 2BUN Duisburg Bochum 0 : 0
01.08.15 2BUN Bochum Duisburg 3 : 0