Leverkusen vs Bochum: Bundesliga preview and betting tips

Wednesday’s football programme features Leverkusen vs Bochum in the round of 16 of the German Bundesliga. The home team is the clear favourite, with the form of the team and individuals playing in their favour. The match will be played on 20 December at 20:30 and will be broadcast by Premier Sport 3.

Where to watch Leverkusen vs Bochum?

Friday’s match of the 16th round of the Bundesliga will offer a clash of two teams with opposite ambitions. While the home side would like to end Bayern Munich’s ongoing title streak, the visitors primarily want to save themselves among the German elite. The match will be played on December 20 at 20:30 and will be broadcast live on Premier Sport 1.

Leverkusen can do well at home

Leverkusen are a well-oiled machine at home, scoring three or more goals in four of their last five games at the BayArena. The streak includes a quadruple into the net of Union Berlin, who played a Champions League group this season.

Bochum can do well away from home

Underrated Bochum can torment favorites, even away. It has lost only one of its last four games, drawing, for example, at Leipzig, which will play in the Champions League in the spring. Still, that’s only good enough for 12th place, four points above the bargaining position. Relegation is thus still very close.

Bochum with gunpowder

Bochum are also in decent current form, having taken six points from the last three rounds against Wolfsburg and Union Berlin, scoring a cool seven goals in those games. On the other hand, both triumphs came at home, falling away to Hoffenheim.

Betting tip – Leverkusen will win and score a maximum of five goals

Leverkusen should win given their current form and their dominance last week, but the triumph itself is virtually pointless to bet on given the odds. Combined with the fact that less than six goals will fall, it is already nicer. At the same time, Bochum is in form, so at a nice ratio I believe in their hit this time as well. This is an inserted round, so I expect a slower start due to fatigue, hence the opening goal in the second quarter of an hour.