\n| Game Time:<\/td>\n | 10:30am ET \/ 7:30am PT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nVfL Bochum vs RB Leipzig Betting Analysis<\/h2>\nRB Leipzig will attempt to dust themselves off with a win on Saturday against VfL Bochum after getting humbled in midweek by a rampant Manchester City side via a 7-0 drubbing over in England.<\/p>\n Erling Haaland more than made up for his 22 touches and one shot on goal from the first leg by blowing five goals past Leipzig on Tuesday in what was a wonderful individual effort from the Norwegian striker, and Marco Rose\u2019s team won\u2019t have long to recover before they face relegation-battling VfL Bochum over at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion this weekend.<\/p>\n VfL Bochum for their part finally snapped an extended losing streak last Friday by pulling off a surprise 2-0 win over FC Koln, although face an admittedly far tougher test this Saturday in a wounded Leipzig side.<\/p>\n RB Leipzig have owned recent Bundesliga meetings against VfL Bochum winning all of their last three head-to-heads against them by a combined 8-0 scoreline.<\/p>\n Leipzig Need To Overcome Stuttering Recent Form<\/h3>\nWith three teams locked in on 45 points respectively entering matchday 25 of the Bundesliga, it\u2019s imperative that RB Leipzig finds another gear quickly if they\u2019re going to continue to mount a title challenge this season.<\/p>\n That\u2019ll be easier said than done however as Leipzig have won just three of their last eight games overall, only one of which came away from home as well.<\/p>\n VfL Bochum\u2019s Defensive Numbers Make For Grim Reading<\/h3>\nVfL Bochum's 2-0 win over FC Koln last week arguably couldn\u2019t have come at a better time for the west German side as they finally escaped the drop zone.<\/p>\n However, in order to maintain that separation they\u2019ll need to clean up a defense that has been absolutely woeful at the back this season, allowing an average of 2.33 goals against per game, bottom in the league overall this season, as well as the highest defensive xGA in the league also.<\/p>\n [coupon id=\"16752\"]<\/p>\n VfL Bochum vs RB Leipzig Expert Prediction<\/h2>\nRB Leipzig have no doubt been in some less than stellar form across recent games, but in their defense, their only losses across all competitions since September have come against Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, Union Berlin, and Eintracht Frankfurt, all top teams in Europe this year.<\/p>\n Despite beating FC Koln last Friday, VfL Bochum had a 76-31 dangerous attack disadvantage in that game, and their only win prior to that came against bottom-of-the-table Hoffenheim back at the start of February as well.<\/p>\n This is a high line on the away team no question on Saturday, but RB Leipzig are simply the far superior team in this one and we expect them to get back to winning ways this weekend against VfL Bochum over in the German Bundesliga.<\/p>\n Prediction: RB Leipzig Moneyline -183<\/strong><\/p>\nFor more free soccer picks, check out WagerTalk's free picks page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n |
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