Hertha Berlin vs VfL BOCHUM Prediction (20.05.2023)

On Saturday afternoon, Bundesliga strugglers Hertha Berlin and Bochum clash at the Olympiastadion Berlin in what could be a massive game at the bottom of the table.

The club from the German capital are bottom of the table, six points adrift of their 15th-place opponents with just two league games remaining. Anything but a win would mean the best that Hertha can achieve would be to reach the 16th-place relegation play-off spot.

Pal Dardai’s team are in woeful form in the Bundesliga, having suffered defeat in five of their last six league games. A record of just one win in their previous ten league games in the German top flight has been a significant factor in their lowly league position.

Hertha’s recent worrying form has been mainly due to their poor defensive record, as the home team has conceded at least two goals in four of their previous five Bundesliga matches.

The visitors secured a potentially vital 3-2 home win over Augsburg last time out to move two points clear of the relegation zone and one point clear of the relegation play-off zone.

The victory over Augsburg ended Bochum's six-game winless run in the Bundesliga. The game saw the visitors concede at least two goals in four of their previous six matches in the German top flight.

Bochum has a poor recent away record in the German top flight, having recorded just one victory in eight matches on their travels, suffering five defeats.

Hertha Berlin will be without the injured Kelian Nsona, while Jessic Ngankam, Filip Uremovic, Marc Oliver Kempf, Ivan Sunjic, Marton Dardai and Tolga Cigerci are all fitness doubts.

Bochum are expected to be missing Mohammed Tolba and Konstantinos Stafylidis through injuries, while Patrick Osterhage, Moritz Broschinski, and Kevin Stoger are fitness doubts.

Both teams are on poor runs of form in the Bundesliga. Both teams have been poor defensively, and I believe this game will be high-scoring, so I am backing over 2.5 goals.