Union Berlin vs VfL Bochum Preview 16/04/2023

Union Berlin vs VfL Bochum – 16/04/2023

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VfL Bochum are aiming to remain out of the relegation zone once they meet with Union Berlin within the German capital as the house facet appears to remain in third with simply seven video games left on the clock for Urs Fischer’s males to get Champions League soccer.

Union are heading into this sport with seven factors preserving them adrift of Bayern Munich and simply 5 preserving them behind Borussia Dortmund.

It nonetheless retains the membership mathematically nicely inside the title race with 21 factors nonetheless left on the board, however with RB Leipzig inside three factors of them, the membership might be wanting over their shoulder earlier than this sport.

Union have now received 15 video games from 27 outings and misplaced simply six instances, however with solely 30 objectives let in, solely Bayern Munich’s report of 29 is healthier than Union’s defensive report within the Bundesliga.

Final day out, the lads from the capital misplaced 2-1 to Dortmund away from house as Kevin Behrens scored within the 61st minute of the sport to equalise on the time earlier than Youssofa Moukoko scored the successful aim 10 minutes from time.

After additionally shedding within the DFB-Pokal quarter-finals to Eintracht Frankfurt, it means Union’s solely wins prior to now month have been in opposition to Frankfurt within the league and Stuttgart too.

They had been additionally overwhelmed 6-3 on mixture by Union Saint-Gilloise within the Europa League spherical of 16 throughout March.

As for Bochum, they’ve drawn with Eintracht Frankfurt away from house and misplaced to Stuttgart on the Vonovia Ruhrstadion over the previous two weeks for the reason that worldwide break ended.

Previous to this run, nonetheless, the struggling Bundesliga facet managed to stun RB Leipzig in a 1-0 win at house as Erhan Masovic scored within the second half of a sport that noticed the membership have simply 30% of the ball.

Regardless of that glorious win, it was simply their eighth victory of the season within the Bundesliga and by shedding 17 instances within the division, it now means no workforce within the league has misplaced greater than them.

Worse but, Bochum are nonetheless solely three factors away from Stuttgart within the relegation struggle and will simply get pulled into the play-off spot this weekend due to their horrible objectives distinction.

Forebet predicts a win for Union as they continue to be in third place with the sport anticipated to see over 2.5 objectives in Berlin.