VfL Bochum 1848 and VfL Wolfsburg will clash on Sunday the 9th of January at 5:30 pm in the 18th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to be played in Bochum at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion.

VfL Bochum 1848 occupies the 13th position in the league with 20 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against FC Union Berlin in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 6 times, drawn twice, and lost 9 times.​​

VfL Wolfsburg is in the 14th position in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 4-0 loss against FC Bayern München in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 6 times, drawn twice, and lost 9 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 (10 times or 58.82%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (10 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times) and 4-1-4-1 (2 times).

Thomas Reis is expected to play against VfL Wolfsburg with the following players: M. Riemann, D. Soares, K. Lambropoulos, M. Leitsch, C. Gamboa Luna, M. Pantović, E. Rexhbecaj, A. Losilla, G. Holtmann, T. Asano and S. Polter.

If this will be the line-up, the average age of VfL Bochum 1848 would be 29.73.

Thomas Reis will probably not be able to employ E. Löwen, D. Blum and S. Zoller because of injury.

K. Stafylidis will definitely miss the match.

Thomas Reis will not be able to have the presence of E. Mašović who is suspended​.

VfL Wolfsburg​

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

VfL Wolfsburg has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 58.82%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 4-3-3 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).

Florian Kohfeldt is expected to play against VfL Bochum 1848 with the following players: K. Casteels, J. Roussillon, S. Bornauw, M. Lacroix, Y. Gerhardt, M. Arnold, G. Waldschmidt, R. Steffen and W. Weghorst.

Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of VfL Wolfsburg would be 27.44.

There are doubts about the presence of K. Mbabu and J. Guilavogui.

Florian Kohfeldt will probably not be able to employ P. Rosa Silva, L. Nmecha and X. Schlager because of injury.

W. de Asevedo Furtado, A. Vranckx and D. Ginczek will definitely miss the match.