1. FC Bocholt vs FC Gutersloh 2000
Match details. Regionalliga West, West - 11. Kick-off is Sat 3 Oct, 13:00 Lagos time.
What's at stake. 1. FC Bocholt are 12th on 13 points after 10 games, level on points with Paderborn II, 2 points clear of Bochum II. A win would take them above Paderborn II. FC Gutersloh 2000 are 4th on 20 points after 10 games, level on points with Borussia M'gladbach II, 3 points clear of Westfalia Rhynern. A win would take them above Borussia M'gladbach II.
Form. 1. FC Bocholt have won three, drawn four and lost three of their last ten, 1.3 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W D L D. In this competition 1. FC Bocholt have gone L W D L D W. FC Gutersloh 2000 have won six, drawn two and lost two of their last ten, 2.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L D L W W. In this competition FC Gutersloh 2000 have gone L D L W W D.
The numbers. 1. FC Bocholt score 2.2 and concede 2.6 a game in their last five at home, with no clean sheets. 1. FC Bocholt average 0.0 cards a game. FC Gutersloh 2000 score 1.8 and concede 0.6 a game in their last five away, with two clean sheets. FC Gutersloh 2000 average 0.0 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last six meetings 1. FC Bocholt have won one, drawn one and lost four. Two of the six went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in two. In the last four, one was drawn and FC Gutersloh 2000 won three. The last time they met, on 24 Jan 2026, it finished 1. FC Bocholt 0-0 FC Gutersloh 2000.
Where it pulls both ways. On goals, their goals for and against point to an open game; their records put over 2.5 goals at 62%; four of the last six meetings went under 2.5, and the meetings settle it.
The case against. Not everything agrees on goals: their goals for and against point to an open game. Not everything agrees on goals: their records put over 2.5 goals at 62%.
The read. FC Gutersloh 2000 to win. A tight game. Their goals for and against make FC Gutersloh 2000 the likelier winners; FC Gutersloh 2000 are the stronger side on form and the table; both teams' records favour FC Gutersloh 2000; the meetings favour FC Gutersloh 2000. Four of the last six meetings went under 2.5.
The bets. Best bet: Draw or FC Gutersloh 2000 at 1.36, 85% on the records (FC Gutersloh 2000 unbeaten in 5 of 5 away; 1. FC Bocholt failed to win 4 of 5 at home). Backup: Under 4.5 Goals at 1.27. It often rescues the bet, but it is no guarantee. Leave: Over 1.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); FC Gutersloh 2000 or Over 2.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read); Over 0.5 Goals (no overs on a tight read). Predicted score: 1. FC Bocholt 0-2 FC Gutersloh 2000 (7% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and a tight game).