Borussia Monchengladbach vs VfL Bochum Prediction: Both teams likely to score in this game

Following their historic victory the previous weekend, VfL Bochum will travel to Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The match will take place in a short distance across North Rhine-Westphalia. On week 22 of the Bundesliga, Bochum defeated Bayern Munich, the defending champions, 3-2. This victory lifted them out of the bottom three and might have a significant impact on the championship fight.

After a challenging start to the year, Gerardo Seoane's team finds itself in uncharted territory and will be hoping for a win that will bolster morale. Borussia Monchengladbach lost 2-0 to RB Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena on Saturday, demonstrating their ongoing struggles while travelling. Seoane's team has now dropped to 15th position in the Bundesliga standings after failing to win eight straight away games since September. During that run, they have drawn two and lost six. But now Monchengladbach is back at home, where they have won four and drawn three of their last eight Bundesliga games, going undefeated since the beginning of October.

On Sunday at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum defeated title-chasing Bayern Munich 3-2, causing one of the biggest surprises of the season. Die Unabsteigbaren has been playing well since the beginning of the year; they have won two games and drawn three, going undefeated in five of their six games in 2024. This was the most recent in their run of strong performances. Bochum is presently nine points above the relegation playoff place in the Bundesliga standings with 25 points after 22 games.

Monchengladbach's form is still quite concerning at the moment, even though there is still a significant distance to the bottom three. Last Saturday, RB Leipzig easily defeated Gerardo Seoane's team, who failed to muster a single effort on goal over the whole ninety minutes. That occurred one week after Gladbach's goal drought continued with a goalless draw at Borussia Park against bottom team Darmstadt. That was their main advantage early in the season, but they had only scored two goals in their previous five games due to injuries to some of their important strikers.

This season, just one club outside the top five has outscored Gladbach, but the fact that they are now in 15th place indicates that their defensive efforts have been much below average. Monchengladbach will be keeping a close watch on Koln in the relegation playoff place, but considering their lacklustre recent performance, a run of only one loss in ten home games should provide some much-needed confidence.

With their historic victory over Bayern last weekend, Bochum pulled three points clear of Gladbach and created a significant distance between themselves and the drop zone. In addition to being expensive for Bayern and vital for Bochum, the 3-2 victory at the Ruhrstadion also resulted in the club's announcement that Thomas Tuchel will leave after the current campaign. Bochum's relegation worries have been allayed by just one of their six losses in 2024, which came against Borussia Dortmund. Their lone victory during that run of play came against Stuttgart, another team in the top three.

Bochum is currently nine points ahead of Koln in 16th place, and they may be among the several teams aiming for an improbable European run. If Bochum can keep scoring points consistently, they can close the four-point deficit to seventh place, since many of the teams just outside the top six are now playing inconsistently. Nonetheless, Thomas Letsch's club has to get off to a faster start while playing away from home, since they are the only Bundesliga team that hasn't led at the break this year.

Bochum takes on Monchengladbach, a team that has been difficult to beat at home in recent months, and they will be hoping to continue where they left off against Bayern. Monchengladbach needs to win this game to allay their worries of relegation because their goals and performance have dried up.

After their performance the previous weekend, Bochum will be feeling quite positive and will bet on their prospects of getting another win to push for the top seven. However, Bochum has had trouble winning away from home this season, thus we predict the home team will win all three points.