Borussia Dortmund take on the visitors Bochum in the round 19 match of German Bundesliga. The match will be played on Sunday, January 28th at Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund).
Borussia Dortmund missed out on the silver salad bowl in 2023 due to their own slip-up – a drawn result in the final match of that season proved fatal. Currently, they are only doing well in the Champions League, where they topped their group with PSG, Milan, and Newcastle. However, there has been a noticeable decline on the domestic front. They were knocked out of the cup by Stuttgart, losing 2-0. In the Bundesliga, the vice-champions finished the first round outside the top four. Interestingly, they reacted to this by strengthening their coaching staff with former players Sven Bender and Nuri Sahin. Many believe that one of them will replace Terzic. However, they started January with a 3-0 thrashing away at Darmstadt. They had no problems against Cologne either – another crisis-stricken opponent was beaten convincingly, 4-0.
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Bochum are steadily progressing towards their modest goal. Despite their flashy nickname, the Unyielding patiently lingered in the 2nd Bundesliga for over a decade, starting from 2010. It was only in 2021 that they finally managed to climb into the top division. Their coach, Thomas Reis, didn't stop there and kept his charges in the top flight. However, the next season didn't start well, and the coach parted ways without sentimentality. He was replaced by namesake Lech, who managed to lift the team out of the slump. As a result, they finished last season in 14th place, with 35 points from 34 matches. Their results are roughly the same now. They ended the first round with 3 wins and 17 points. Last Saturday, after a prolonged pause during the match against Stuttgart, they managed to win thanks to a single goal from Bero.
Both matches last year in the Bundesliga ended in draws with identical 1-1 scores. In the cup in February, the Yellow-Blacks narrowly defeated their opponent 2-1. The Yellow-Blacks have finally started to show confident football. As for the visitors, there is no particular sense in laying down bones. So here we bet that Edin Terzic's charges will win with a handicap of -1.5 goals.
Prediction for the match: Borussia Dortmund to win with -1.5 handicap.
