Bochum vs Eintracht Frankfurt Predictions

• Bochum have scored only one goal and kept two clean sheets in their last four Bundesliga matches.
• Five of the last seven head-to-head meetings between these sides in Bochum have featured fewer than three goals.

Teams to batten down the hatches in Bochum

Bochum are without a raft of first-team players for Sunday’s visit of Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga and it could force them to be even more defensive than normal. Coach Thomas Reis is denied the services of last season’s player of the year Robert Tesche, together with top scorer Simon Zoller and defenders Herbert Bockhorn and Maxim Leitsch.

The home side have struggled to score goals in recent weeks, hitting the back of the net just once in their last four games, but they did pick up four points in those games with clean sheets against Stuttgart and Greuther Furth. This is a game where they have realistic chances of another because they are playing a frustratingly inconsistent Frankfurt team.

The Eagles stunned themselves when they beat Bayern Munich in their last game prior to the October international break and appeared as if they had been celebrating for a fortnight when they lost their next one at home to struggling Hertha.

Frankfurt may edge this tie

Oliver Glasner must be infuriated by the fluctuating levels of performance and it is not as though Frankfurt are fielding one of the younger teams in the league week in week out either.

They start the weekend in 14th place and closer to the relegation zone than the European places, so a more circumspect approach might also be on the cards from the visitors.

This is a game the will be determined not lose and therefore we expect a game of few openings and probably few goals. Five of the last seven head-to-head meetings between these sides in Bochum have featured fewer than three goals, hence our selection of ‘unders’.

However, Frankfurt have managed to find a bit of form recently with three wins in their last four games and may just be able to nick this one so we’re going for a 1-0 win for the visitors in the correct score market.

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