VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC prediction

2. Bundesliga · Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:30 GMT · Vonovia Ruhrstadion

Updated 6 Nov 2026, 01:52 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: VfL Bochum · Karlsruher SC · Head-to-head

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TACTIX’s model makes Home or Draw the free pick for VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC, 2. Bundesliga on Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:30 GMT.

Free pick

Home or Draw

Best price: 1.28 at Betano

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The record in this market: of the calls the model rated 70% or more on Home or Draw in the last 90 days, 76.4% of 1739 landed (95% range 74.3–78.3%); it had given them 75.1% on average. That is the market’s record, not a forecast for this pick. How accurate →

Predicted on 31 October 2026, before the fixture moved

Match preview, in numbers

The match

VfL Bochum host Karlsruher SC in the 2. Bundesliga on Sunday 8 November (kick-off 12:30 UK); the model’s free pick is VfL Bochum or the draw, a Bronze-tier call.

The key numbers

VfL Bochum have scored eight goals, the fewest of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games).

Karlsruher SC have conceded 21 goals, the most of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games).

Form and the table

Five of VfL Bochum’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (33%). Both teams scored in nine of VfL Bochum’s last 15 results in all competitions (60%). At home, VfL Bochum have one win, three draws and three defeats in their last 7 home matches in all competitions — 0.86 points per game, scoring 0.71 and conceding 0.86. VfL Bochum have conceded 11 goals, the third-fewest of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games).

11 of Karlsruher SC’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (73%). Both teams scored in nine of Karlsruher SC’s last 15 results in all competitions (60%). Away from home, Karlsruher SC have one win, three draws and three defeats in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 0.86 points per game, scoring 1.00 and conceding 2.14. Karlsruher SC have scored 13 goals, the ninth-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games).

VfL Bochum are unbeaten in their last three matches in all competitions. VfL Bochum (11th) and Karlsruher SC (13th) are level on points, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have VfL Bochum the stronger side, 41 rating points above Karlsruher SC (VfL Bochum 1491, Karlsruher SC 1450, after at least 180 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 17 May 2026, finished Karlsruher SC 1–2 VfL Bochum.

Team news

Predicted VfL Bochum XI (4-2-3-1): T. Horn, M. Steinwender, K. Mets, S. Klaiber, M. Wittek, M. Pannewig, T. Meyer, K. Miyoshi, G. Holtmann, B. Taz, P. Hofmann — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, P. Hofmann (3.5 per match over 12 appearances, five goals) and M. Pannewig (3.4 per match over 11 appearances, one assist) have been VfL Bochum’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for VfL Bochum (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), P. Hofmann averages 2.3 shots per 90 over 1018 minutes, with a shot in 10 of the last 10 appearances. M. Pannewig averages 0.9 key passes per 90 over 865 minutes, with a key pass in six of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted Karlsruher SC XI (4-5-1): H. Bernat, C. Kobald, M. Franke, S. Trémoulet, P. Scholl, M. Wanitzek, S. Väänänen, R. Pedrosa, K. Wiethaup, D. Ofli, S. Fukuda — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, M. Wanitzek (6.0 per match over 12 appearances, four goals and four assists) and M. Broschinski (5.9 per match over three appearances, two goals and one assist) have been Karlsruher SC’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for Karlsruher SC (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), M. Wanitzek averages 3.9 key passes per 90 over 1080 minutes, with a key pass in 10 of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sun, 08 Nov 2026 12:30 GMT · 2. Bundesliga · Vonovia Ruhrstadion
Referee: Florian Badstubner
Model coverage: 246 markets priced for this fixture
Head-to-head (last 6): VfL Bochum 2 · draws 3 · Karlsruher SC 1 · 2.83 goals/game
Recent form: VfL Bochum 2W 1D 2L · Karlsruher SC 2W 0D 3L

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC (2. Bundesliga): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 6 November 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.13 / 1.13

Goals

against 1.13 / 2.13 · 0 of the last 5 over 3.25

over 8 matches

5.38 / 5

Corners

against 5.63 / 4.25 · 4 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

4.5 / 5.5

Shots on target

against 4.63 / 5.63 · 1 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

3 / 1.5

Cards

against 1.5 / 1.88 · 4 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

246

Markets analysed

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 31 October 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 31 October 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Lines marked “our book” are this fixture’s; the rest are standard thresholds, not prices.
Per game	VfL Bochum for / against	Line	Karlsruher SC for / against
Goals scored	1.13 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5	3.25our book	1.13 for · 2.13 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.38 for · 5.63 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	5 for · 4.25 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	14.5 for · 13.5 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	14.63 for · 13.5 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	4.5 for · 4.63 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	5.5 for · 5.63 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	12.88 for · 7.75 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	13 for · 10.88 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	3 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	1.5 for · 1.88 against n 8 Last 5

VfL Bochum

VfL Bochum Goalkeeper

VfL Bochum — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
T. Horn	12	911088 min	352.9 /90	100.8 /90	00 /90

VfL Bochum — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for VfL Bochum before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
T. Horn n 8	90	3.4 6/6

VfL Bochum Defensive

VfL Bochum — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
M. Steinwender	12	911088 min	121 /90	131.1 /90	141.2 /90	433.6 /90	90.7 /90	30.2 /90
Karol Mets	12	871043 min	70.6 /90	171.5 /90	30.3 /90	282.4 /90	121 /90	10.1 /90
M. Wittek	12	871038 min	141.2 /90	121 /90	40.3 /90	453.9 /90	100.9 /90	20.2 /90
S. Klaiber	8	81647 min	91.3 /90	101.4 /90	30.4 /90	233.2 /90	91.3 /90	30.4 /90
O. Olsen	5	65324 min	51.4 /90	113.1 /90	20.6 /90	164.4 /90	92.5 /90	10.3 /90
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VfL Bochum — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for VfL Bochum before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
M. Steinwender n 8	90	0.9 6/1	0.1 1/0	—
T. Horn n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.1 1/0	—
Karol Mets n 8	90	1.3 7/3	0.3 2/0	—
M. Wittek n 8	85.8	0.8 3/2	1.4 5/4	—
P. Hofmann n 8	81.3	2.2 7/5	0.7 5/0	—
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VfL Bochum — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for VfL Bochum before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
M. Steinwender n 8	90	0.9 5/2
Karol Mets n 8	90	0.3 2/0
M. Wittek n 8	85.8	1.4 7/2
P. Hofmann n 8	81.3	0.6 3/1
K. Miyoshi n 8	74.5	1.1 4/1
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VfL Bochum Attacking

VfL Bochum — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
P. Hofmann	12	851018 min	50.4 /90	00 /90	262.3 /90	131.1 /90	100.9 /90	10.1 /90
C. Rasmussen	12	55655 min	30.4 /90	10.1 /90	141.9 /90	81.1 /90	121.6 /90	111.5 /90
Jarne Steuckers	7	39276 min	00 /90	10.3 /90	82.6 /90	20.7 /90	20.7 /90	31 /90
Alessandro Crimaldi	4	33131 min	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90	21.4 /90	10.7 /90
K. Miyoshi	12	78931 min	20.2 /90	10.1 /90	181.7 /90	70.7 /90	151.5 /90	111.1 /90
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VfL Bochum — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for VfL Bochum before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
M. Steinwender n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
T. Horn n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Karol Mets n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
M. Wittek n 8	85.8	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
P. Hofmann n 8	81.3	2.2 8/3	1 5/2
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VfL Bochum — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for VfL Bochum before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
M. Steinwender n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
T. Horn n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
Karol Mets n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
M. Wittek n 8	85.8	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
P. Hofmann n 8	81.3	0.4 3/0	0 0/0
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Karlsruher SC

Karlsruher SC Goalkeeper

Karlsruher SC — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
H. Bernat	12	901080 min	393.3 /90	151.3 /90	00 /90

Karlsruher SC — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Karlsruher SC before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
H. Bernat n 8	90	3.1 6/4

Karlsruher SC Defensive

Karlsruher SC — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
C. Kobald	12	871043 min	141.2 /90	242.1 /90	70.6 /90	423.6 /90	141.2 /90	10.1 /90
D. Ofli	12	73878 min	293 /90	50.5 /90	10.1 /90	505.1 /90	101 /90	30.3 /90
M. Franke	11	86945 min	111 /90	121.1 /90	50.5 /90	555.2 /90	151.4 /90	10.1 /90
Viktor Bergh	8	56448 min	81.6 /90	40.8 /90	20.4 /90	163.2 /90	51 /90	00 /90
S. Jung	7	69483 min	71.3 /90	30.6 /90	10.2 /90	193.5 /90	40.7 /90	00 /90
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Karlsruher SC — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Karlsruher SC before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
M. Wanitzek n 8	90	1 5/2	1.5 6/3	—
H. Bernat n 8	90	0 0/0	0.4 3/0	—
C. Kobald n 8	85.4	1.2 7/2	0.5 3/1	—
D. Ofli n 8	68.6	1.1 4/2	0.3 2/0	—
M. Franke n 8	90	1.3 6/2	0.3 2/0	—
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Karlsruher SC — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Karlsruher SC before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
M. Wanitzek n 8	90	1 5/3
C. Kobald n 8	85.4	1.1 4/2
D. Ofli n 8	68.6	3 7/5
M. Franke n 8	90	1 4/3
N. Eichinger n 8	40	2.5 6/2
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Karlsruher SC Attacking

Karlsruher SC — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
S. Fukuda	9	85764 min	30.4 /90	20.2 /90	151.8 /90	101.2 /90	101.2 /90	60.7 /90
J. Ponente	6	30180 min	00 /90	00 /90	52.5 /90	21 /90	31.5 /90	84 /90
M. Broschinski	3	75224 min	20.8 /90	10.4 /90	83.2 /90	62.4 /90	62.4 /90	31.2 /90
John Davis Meyer	2	4691 min	00 /90	00 /90	11 /90	00 /90	11 /90	00 /90
J. D. Meyer	2	3468 min	00 /90	00 /90	11.3 /90	00 /90	00 /90	00 /90
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Karlsruher SC — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Karlsruher SC before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
M. Wanitzek n 8	90	2.3 6/4	1 5/2
H. Bernat n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
C. Kobald n 8	85.4	0.5 3/1	0.3 2/0
D. Ofli n 8	68.6	0.8 5/0	0.5 3/0
M. Franke n 8	90	1.8 7/4	0.5 3/1
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Karlsruher SC — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Karlsruher SC before kick-off, to 31 October 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
M. Wanitzek n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0.3 1/1
H. Bernat n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
C. Kobald n 8	85.4	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
D. Ofli n 8	68.6	0.2 1/0	0 0/0
M. Franke n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

VfL BochumLLDWW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 1 scored / 1 conceded per game

Karlsruher SCLWLLW

Last 5: 2W 0D 3L · 1.4 scored / 2.2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

VfL Bochum 2 · 3 draws · Karlsruher SC 1 · 2.83 goals/game

2026-05-17 Karlsruher SC 1–2 VfL Bochum
2025-12-20 VfL Bochum 2–2 Karlsruher SC
2021-01-31 Vfl Bochum 1–2 Karlsruher SC
2020-09-27 Karlsruher SC 0–1 Vfl Bochum
2020-05-24 Karlsruher SC 0–0 Vfl Bochum
2019-10-20 Vfl Bochum 3–3 Karlsruher SC

League standing · 2026/27

VfL Bochum#11 pos11 pts10 pl-3 GD

Karlsruher SC#13 pos11 pts10 pl-8 GD

Goals per game

VfL Bochum scored0.8

Karlsruher SC scored1.3

VfL Bochum conceded1.1

Karlsruher SC conceded2.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is predicted to win VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC?: TACTIX’s free model pick for VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC is Home or Draw (best price 1.28 at Betano).
What is the head-to-head record between VfL Bochum and Karlsruher SC?: In their last 6 meetings, VfL Bochum won 2, Karlsruher SC won 1 and there were 3 draws, averaging 2.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of VfL Bochum and Karlsruher SC?: Recent form — VfL Bochum 2W 1D 2L; Karlsruher SC 2W 0D 3L.

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