Bochum vs St. Pauli Prediction & Betting Tips (15 January)

What a nightmare this Bochum team is experiencing which, barring a miracle, is heading straight for relegation to the lower level in the coming months. Because after 16 matches played this year, this team has only garnered 6 points and it is 8 points behind the non-relegation leaders, which includes its evening opponent. A little better recently, however, VfL was able to take a point from Union Berlin last month 1-1 before winning its one and only victory of the season against Heidenheim before the winter break 2-0. But last Saturday, the red lantern got off to a bad start in 2025 by logically losing to a very good Mainz team 2-0.

Opposite, Sankt Pauli makes no secret of its main objective for the 2nd part of the season: to obtain its maintenance by all possible means. For the moment, this team has plenty to look forward to since it has a nice lead of 6 points over the first relegated team, but it will still have to be vigilant over the coming months to avoid some scares. Especially since the Pirates of the League have not been particularly in good shape in recent days and they have been defeated 3 times in their last 4 matches played against Bayer Leverkusen 2-1, Werder Bremen 0-2, at Stuttgart won 0-1 and at Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 last weekend.

For the locals, starting midfielder Miyoshi will make his return after being suspended during the trip to Mainz. On the other hand, replacement goalkeeper Riemann is still sidelined. As a result, almost everyone is on deck for this poster since replacement midfielder Pannewing is the only one missing this week. Author of 3 goals this year, the Slovak Bero remains the most decisive player in front of this team and he is still ahead of the player loaned by AS Monaco, Boadu (2 goals) and the Dutchman de Wit (2 goals). At Sankt Pauli on the contrary, we still deplore several absences for this match.

Indeed, the replacement goalkeepers Burchert and Ahlers, the defenders Mets and Metcalfe, the substitute Zoller and the very forward interesting Saad (2 goals, 2 assists in 6 games) is still not recovered. The important Wagner also joined the list of absentees more recently. However, there remain a few tauliers like the Australian international and captain Irvine in the middle and the Englishman Afolayan, the interesting Eggestein and the striker loaned by Lens, Guilavogui, all authors of 2 goals each, up front. The visitors took advantage of the winter transfer window to attract striker Abdoulie Ceesay who had scored 13 goals in 15 games in the Estonian championship.

• Summary: VfL Bochum 1848 is going head to head with FC St. Pauli starting on 15 Jan 2025 at 17:30 UTC at Vonovia Ruhrstadion stadium, Bochum city, Germany. The match is a part of the Bundesliga .
• Bochum Feedinco Rating: 6.88
• St. Pauli Feedinco Rating: 7.6