RB Leipzig vs Bochum prediction, odds & betting tips – 24/08/2024

RB Leipzig begin their latest Bundesliga campaign with a winnable-looking home game against Bochum at the Red Bull Arena on Saturday, 24 August. Read our German football predictions for the showdown below.

RB Leipzig vs Bochum prediction: Entertainment could be on the cards

Key Stats

• 71% of Bochum’s away games in the Bundesliga last season featured over 2.5 goals.
• Lois Openda scored 24 goals during this maiden Bundesliga campaign with RB Leipzig last term.
• Bochum finished the previous Bundesliga season with the division’s worst away record.
• RB Leipzig put four goals past Bochum in two of the clubs’ last four encounters.

Correct score prediction: RB Leipzig 4-1 Bochum

RB Leipzig scored four goals in two of their last four meetings with Bochum and Die Roten Bullen also bagged a quartet of goals in their DFB Pokal triumph over Rot-Weiss Essen last week (4-1). Expect another strong showing in the final thirds from the hosts on Saturday.

Pre-game odds and win probability: RB Leipzig start as clear favourites

• HOME: 3/10 (1.30) – 76.9%
• DRAW: 5/1 (6.00) – 16.7%
• AWAY: 13/2 (7.50) – 13.3%

*odds from Ladbrokes, subject to change

RB Leipzig cruised to a 4-1 win over Bochum when the teams last met in March and Die Roten Bullen, who lost only two of their 17 home fixtures in the Bundesliga last season, can open their account in comfortable fashion against the same side on Saturday.

Leipzig have a 76.9% chance of winning according to the latest probability figures while Bochum are priced as long as 13/2 to upset the odds this weekend. You can find more expert analysis on our football tips page.

Most recent H2Hs: History favours Leipzig

RB Leipzig eased to a 4-1 win over Bochum when the teams last crossed paths in March and Die Roten Bullen have lost only once in seven meetings with Bochum overall since early 2021.

Germany Bundesliga I 02/03/24

Bochum

1

RB Leipzig

4

Germany Bundesliga I 07/10/23

RB Leipzig

0

Bochum

0

Germany Bundesliga I 18/03/23

Bochum

1

RB Leipzig

0

Germany Bundesliga I 01/10/22

RB Leipzig

4

Bochum

0

Germany Bundesliga I 27/02/22

Bochum

0

RB Leipzig

1

RB Leipzig preview: Nusa hoping to start

Elif Elmas, Assan Ouedraogo and El Chadaille Bitshiabu are injured and will miss RB Leipzig's opener this weekend. Exciting winger Antonio Nusa has been signed from Club Brugge for the new campaign, though Spanish schemer Dani Olmo has returned to his homeland with Barcelona.

Predicted lineup: Gulacsi (GK), Klostermann, Simakan, Orban, Raum, Haidara, Seiwald, Kampl, Simons, Openda, Sesko

Germany Bundesliga I 31/08/24

W

Bayer Leverkusen

2

RB Leipzig

3

Germany Bundesliga I 24/08/24

W

Bochum

0

RB Leipzig

1

Germany DFB Pokal 17/08/24

W

Rot-Weiss Essen

1

RB Leipzig

4

Elite Club Friendlies 10/08/24

D

PSG

1

RB Leipzig

1

Elite Club Friendlies 03/08/24

L

Wolverhampton

3

RB Leipzig

0

Bochum preview: Ordets listed as visitor’s only absentee

Ivan Ordets is nursing a shoulder injury and won't be involved for Bochum on Saturday. Bochum freshened up their squad with the capture of seven different players on free transfers, with Dani de Wit arguably the highest-profile signing from AZ.

Predicted lineup: Drewes (GK), Passlack, Loosli, Masovic, Wittek, Sissoko, Losilla, Daschner, Bero, Hofmann, Brochniski

Europe Friendlies 05/09/24

W

Rot-Weiss Essen

1

Bochum

3

Germany Bundesliga I 31/08/24

L

Borussia M'gladbach

2

Bochum

0

Germany Bundesliga I 24/08/24

L

RB Leipzig

1

Bochum

0

Germany DFB Pokal 18/08/24

L

Jahn Regensburg

1

Bochum

0

Elite Club Friendlies 10/08/24

W

Le Havre

0

Bochum

6

Player to watch – Lois Openda

Lethal Belgian striker Lois Openda enjoyed a hugely influential first campaign in Germany with RB Leipzig last season and the 24-year-old finished as the Bundesliga’s third-highest goal-scorer behind Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) and Serhou Guirassy (Stuttgart).

Openda to blaze another trail through the Bundesliga

Openda scored a mammoth 24 goals in the 2023/24 Bundesliga and now that he has his feet fully under the table, the more settled striker could conceivably improve on that figure this season. Openda scored in Leipzig’s 4-1 cup win over Rot-Weiss Essen last week.