Week 12 features a match on Saturday Nov 20th, where Bayer Leverkusen will host Bochum at Bayarena in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Bayer Leverkusen recorded a 1-1 draw against Hertha BSC. Stevan Jovetić scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 42nd minute, but Robert Andrich got the equalizer for Bayer Leverkusen in the 90th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Bayer Leverkusen. Bayer Leverkusen should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while bochum sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Hoffenheim. Soma Novothny struck first for Bochum in the 66th minute on a feed from Milos Pantovic, then Milos Pantovic added another in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Gerrit Holtmann In the end, Hoffenheim was frustrated by Bochum’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bochum ended the match with the shutout victory. Bochum is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Milos Pantovic has been the most prolific scorer on Bochum in his last five matches with 3 goals. Bayer Leverkusen’s top weapon lately has been Moussa Diaby, who has 2 goals in the last five matches
Gerardo Seoane’s squad will be without Karim Bellarabi, Charles Aránguiz, Julian Baumgartlinger and Patrik Schick, while Tesche, Simon Zoller, Leitsch and Herbert Bockhorn are unavailable to play for Bochum.