VfL Bochum 1848 and Borussia Dortmund are going to play on Saturday the 11th of December at 3:30 pm in the 15th week of the Bundesliga. The match will take place in Bochum at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion.

VfL Bochum 1848 is in the 10th place in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against FC Augsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 6 times, drawn once, and lost 7 times.​​

Borussia Dortmund occupies the 2nd place in the standings with 30 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against FC Bayern München in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 10 times and lost 4 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

VfL Bochum 1848​

Line - Ups​
3-4-1-2
14 May
FC Union Berlin-VfL Bochum 1848
3-2
4-3-3
06 May
VfL Bochum 1848-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
2-1
4-3-3
30 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Bochum 1848
3-4
4-3-3
24 Apr
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Augsburg
0-2
4-3-3
16 Apr
SC Freiburg-VfL Bochum 1848
3-0
4-2-3-1
10 Apr
VfL Bochum 1848-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
0-0
4-2-3-1
02 Apr
TSG Hoffenheim-VfL Bochum 1848
1-2
4-3-3
18 Mar
VfL Bochum 1848-Borussia Mönchengladbach
0-0
4-1-4-1
13 Mar
Eintracht Frankfurt-VfL Bochum 1848
2-1
4-3-3
05 Mar
VfL Bochum 1848-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
2-1
4-3-3
27 Feb
VfL Bochum 1848-RB Leipzig
0-1
4-3-3
19 Feb
VfB Stuttgart-VfL Bochum 1848
1-1
4-3-3
12 Feb
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Bayern München
4-2
4-1-4-1
04 Feb
Hertha BSC-VfL Bochum 1848
1-1
4-3-3
22 Jan
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Köln
2-2
4-3-3
15 Jan
FSV Mainz 05-VfL Bochum 1848
1-0
4-3-3
09 Jan
VfL Bochum 1848-VfL Wolfsburg
1-0
4-3-3
18 Dec
VfL Bochum 1848-FC Union Berlin
0-1
4-1-4-1
14 Dec
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-VfL Bochum 1848
2-0
4-1-4-1
11 Dec
VfL Bochum 1848-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-3-3
04 Dec
FC Augsburg-VfL Bochum 1848
2-3
4-3-3
27 Nov
VfL Bochum 1848-SC Freiburg
2-1
4-3-3
20 Nov
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-VfL Bochum 1848
1-0
4-3-3
06 Nov
VfL Bochum 1848-TSG Hoffenheim
2-0
4-3-3
31 Oct
Borussia Mönchengladbach-VfL Bochum 1848
2-1
4-3-3
24 Oct
VfL Bochum 1848-Eintracht Frankfurt
2-0
4-3-3
16 Oct
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-VfL Bochum 1848
0-1
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
RB Leipzig-VfL Bochum 1848
3-0
4-2-3-1
26 Sep
VfL Bochum 1848-VfB Stuttgart
0-0
4-2-3-1
18 Sep
FC Bayern München-VfL Bochum 1848
7-0
4-2-3-1
12 Sep
VfL Bochum 1848-Hertha BSC
1-3
4-3-3
28 Aug
FC Köln-VfL Bochum 1848
2-1
4-2-3-1
21 Aug
VfL Bochum 1848-FSV Mainz 05
2-0
4-3-3
14 Aug
VfL Wolfsburg-VfL Bochum 1848
1-0

VfL Bochum 1848 has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 64.29%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (9 times) and 4-2-3-1 (5 times).

Thomas Reis is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: D. Soares, K. Lambropoulos, E. Mašović, K. Stafylidis, E. Rexhbecaj, A. Losilla, R. Tesche, G. Holtmann, T. Asano and S. Polter.

Suppose that this will be the line-up, the average age of VfL Bochum 1848 would be 28.80.

There are doubts about the presence of M. Riemann.

Thomas Reis will probably not be able to employ P. Osterhage because of injury.

E. Löwen, D. Blum and S. Zoller will definitely miss the match.

Borussia Dortmund​

Line - Ups​
3-4-2-1
14 May
Borussia Dortmund-Hertha BSC
2-1
3-4-2-1
07 May
SpVgg Greuther Fürth-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-2-3-1
30 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Bochum 1848
3-4
4-2-3-1
23 Apr
FC Bayern München-Borussia Dortmund
3-1
3-4-2-1
16 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Wolfsburg
6-1
4-2-3-1
08 Apr
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund
0-2
3-4-2-1
02 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-RB Leipzig
1-4
4-1-4-1
20 Mar
FC Köln-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-2-3-1
16 Mar
FSV Mainz 05-Borussia Dortmund
0-1
4-2-3-1
13 Mar
Borussia Dortmund-DSC Arminia Bielefeld
1-0
3-5-2
27 Feb
FC Augsburg-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
3-4-2-1
20 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-Borussia Mönchengladbach
6-0
4-3-3
13 Feb
FC Union Berlin-Borussia Dortmund
0-3
4-3-3
06 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2-5
4-3-3
22 Jan
TSG Hoffenheim-Borussia Dortmund
2-3
4-3-3
14 Jan
Borussia Dortmund-SC Freiburg
5-1
4-3-3
08 Jan
Eintracht Frankfurt-Borussia Dortmund
2-3
4-2-3-1
18 Dec
Hertha BSC-Borussia Dortmund
3-2
4-2-3-1
15 Dec
Borussia Dortmund-SpVgg Greuther Fürth
3-0
4-2-3-1
11 Dec
VfL Bochum 1848-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-1-3-2
04 Dec
Borussia Dortmund-FC Bayern München
2-3
4-2-3-1
27 Nov
VfL Wolfsburg-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-2-3-1
20 Nov
Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart
2-1
3-4-2-1
06 Nov
RB Leipzig-Borussia Dortmund
2-1
3-4-2-1
30 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FC Köln
2-0
3-4-2-1
23 Oct
DSC Arminia Bielefeld-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-3-3
16 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FSV Mainz 05
3-1
4-2-3-1
02 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FC Augsburg
2-1
3-5-2
25 Sep
Borussia Mönchengladbach-Borussia Dortmund
1-0
4-3-3
19 Sep
Borussia Dortmund-FC Union Berlin
4-2
4-3-2-1
11 Sep
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund
3-4
4-3-1-2
27 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-TSG Hoffenheim
3-2
4-3-1-2
21 Aug
SC Freiburg-Borussia Dortmund
2-1
4-2-3-1
14 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-Eintracht Frankfurt
5-2

Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 28.57%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-1-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-2-1 (once).

Marco Rose is expected to play against VfL Bochum 1848 with the following players: G. Kobel, R. Guerreiro, D. Zagadou, M. Hummels, E. Can, M. Dahoud, J. Bellingham, M. Wolf, M. Reus and E. Håland.

If the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 25.60.

There are doubts about the presence of D. Malen.

Marco Rose will probably not be able to employ M. Hitz, M. Akanji, J. Brandt and T. Hazard because of injury.

S. Coulibaly, R. Bürki, M. Morey Bauzà, M. Schmelzer and G. Reyna will definitely miss the match.