VfL Bochum 1848 vs Magdeburg prediction and preview

2. Bundesliga · Saturday 19 December 2026, 00:00 UTC

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VfL Bochum 1848 vs Magdeburg

2. Bundesliga · Saturday 19 December 2026, 00:00 UTC · Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum

VfL Bochum 1848 · Magdeburg · 2. Bundesliga predictions

VfL Bochum 1848 vs Magdeburg preview

The 2. Bundesliga fixture between VfL Bochum 1848 and Magdeburg is scheduled for Saturday 19 December 2026 at 00:00 UTC at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in Bochum. VfL Bochum 1848 are 11th in the table with 11 points from 10, while Magdeburg sit 5th on 17 points after 10 matches.

VfL Bochum 1848 have collected 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from their last 5 league games; Magdeburg have 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat over the same stretch. Over their last 6, VfL Bochum 1848 have scored 0.8 and conceded 1.3 goals per game, with 2 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Magdeburg average 2.3 scored and 0.8 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

Head to head, VfL Bochum 1848 have 2 wins to Magdeburg's 1 across 4 meetings, with 1 draw. Those games averaged 3.3 goals, 2 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 2. The most recent meeting, on 4 Apr 2026, ended Magdeburg 4-1 VfL Bochum 1848.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
5Magdeburg105232113+817DWLWD
11VfL Bochum 184810325811-311LLLDW

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Head-to-head

4 meetings: VfL Bochum 1848 2, draws 1, Magdeburg 1.

Team news

VfL Bochum 1848 expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Timo Horn, Michael Steinwender, Karol Mets, Sean Klaiber, Maximilian Wittek, Koji Miyoshi, Tom Meyer, Gerrit Holtmann, Mats Pannewig, Philipp Hofmann

Magdeburg expected line-up (4-3-3)

Dominik Reimann, Anselmo García MacNulty, Tobias Müller, Pierre Nadjombe, Alexander Nollenberger, Torben Müsel, Luka Hyryläinen, Emmanuel Iyoha, Baris Atik, Mateusz Zukowski

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