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1. FC Koln vs VfL Bochum Prediction, 3/10/2023 Bundesliga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 3/7/2023

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Game: 1. FC Koln vs VfL Bochum

Date: Friday, March 10, 2023

Location: RheinEnergieSTADION in Köln, Germany

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: 1. FC Koln (-147) VfL Bochum (+400)

1. FC Koln (6-9-8) welcomes VfL Bochum (6-1-16) at RheinEnergieSTADION on Friday. 1. FC Koln are priced at -147 while VfL Bochum are at +400. The total comes in at 2.5. The starting goalkeepers will be Marvin Schwabe for 1. FC Koln and Manuel Riemann for VfL Bochum.

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FC Koln has a total of 54 saves and they have a save% of 62.5 for the year. Their goal differential is currently at -4 by 32 goals scored and 36 goals allowed. On the season, this team sports an average of 1.17 pts per match (27 pts) and sit at 14th in the league with 19 assists. The Billy Goats are ranked 11th in regard to xG having 30.7, and the squad's expected goals against are 28.0. 1. FC Koln has a total of 47 yellow card warnings so far this season and 3 red cards. Koln has relinquished 36 goals while conceding 1.57 G/90, and opposing clubs are sitting with 88 shots on target on them. They have amassed 5 clean sheets, which puts them at a % of 21.7 on the season.

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Bochum has compiled 24 goals and the squad's expected goals so far this year is sitting at 23.8. This club's goals against per 90 min is at 2.43 with 86 saves, and they have accounted for 2 shutouts. For the year, Bochum has a save percentage of 65.5 (142 shots on target against), and they also are 17th in soccer with 19 pts. VfL Bochum is ranked 18th in relation to goals allowed having 56, and the team's goal differential is sitting at -32. VfL Bochum has recorded a clean sheet % of 8.7 on the year and also 40 yellow cards. The Unrelegatables are sitting with an average of 0.8 points per fixture while totaling 19 assists and 1 red card.

The man who is expected to protect the net for 1. FC Koln is Marvin Schwabe. His GA/90 is 1.10 (267 total goals allowed) and he has a save percentage of .703. Schwabe (100-64-79 record in his career) has earned 68 shutouts, which leaves him with a 28.0% shutout percentage. Schwabe has played for 21,886 minutes and is sitting with 601 saves during his pro soccer career. The goalie born in Germany has seen 855 shots attempted at him in 243 career starts.

Manuel Riemann will reside in front of the goal for VfL Bochum. He has surrendered 1.28 goals per 90 minutes and he has a record of 146-106-129. Riemann has racked up 123 clean sheets while he has seen 1,669 shots against him in 34,062 career mins. So far in his career, Riemann has surrendered 485 goals while tallying 1,210 saves in 381 starting assignments. He sports a save percentage of .725 and his shutout rate sits at 32.3%.

Steffen Tigges is a player who could help decide the outcome for 1. FC Koln. Tigges has been given a starting assignment in 36 contests so far in his career and tallies 0.31 goals per 90 mins. The forward from Germany has accumulated 16 goals in 4,603 mins played. He has totaled 3 assists while earning 3 yellow cards during his pro soccer career.

VfL Bochum has a player in Takuma Asano, who defenders will be preparing for in this game. He has accounted for 5 yellow cards so far in his career and has assisted on a goal 9 times. The forward born in Japan has totaled 11,819 mins while earning 43 goals. He currently averages 0.33 goals per 90 mins and has been a starter in 131 matches in his career.

Who will win tonight's Bundesliga game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take 1. FC Koln (-147)

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