VFL Bochum will take on Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Saturday, 9 November in a match that has significance at both ends of the table.
The hosts are yet to win a match this season and are already seven points away from safety. Another loss here will only cut them further adrift.
Bayer Leverkusen are in desperate need of the points themselves. They are seven points behind Bayern Munich and any more dropped points could see their title defence end very early.
This match puts together last season’s Bundesliga champions against the team currently on one point from nine matches so the bookies were always going to side with the visitors.
Betfred have priced a Bayer Leverkusen win as short as 1/4 while a victory for VFL Bochum has been priced at 9/1. The draw, which would be disastrous for Leverkusen, has been priced at 11/2.
Since Bochum’s promotion to the Bundesliga in 2021, these two teams have faced each other on six occasions with Bayer Leverkusen coming out on top in four of them.
Last season, Xabi Alonso’s men beat Bochum by an aggregate score of 9-0 across their two league fixtures but they would gladly take a 1-0 win on Saturday.
