St. Pauli vs Bochum Prediction & Tips
St. Pauli will be back in the Bundesliga for another season, as their 3-point lead and favourable goal difference (-11 compared to -24) over Heidenheim, in 16th place and in the play-off places, offers them a major guarantee of survival. Blessin’s side will be looking to end this testing season on a positive note, namely with a win over bottom-placed Bochum, who are condemned to relegation. Sinani’s team-mates (2 goals) have put in some good performances since the start of April against Borussia M’Gladbach (1-1), Bayer Leverkusen (1-1), the 2024 German champions, and most recently at Eintracht Frankfurt (2-2).
Bochum, bottom of the table, have notched up just five wins this season in the German top flight, and Bero’s team-mates (5 goals) have been on a winless run since 8 March, two months ago. The bottom club have picked up just 2 points from the 24 distributed in the last 8 rounds, against Union Berlin (1-1) and Heidenheim (0-0) on 27 April and 2 May respectively. Bochum crashed to a 1-4 defeat at Mainz on the final matchday of the season on 10 May, yet another disappointment for the Bundesliga 2 contenders in a few weeks’ time – their 21st Bundesliga defeat of the season.
