In this week 33 match on the 6th of May, Bochum plays host to Arminia Bielefeld in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Bochum sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-3 win against Borussia Dortmund. Sebastian Polter scored the first goal for Bochum in the 3rd minute, then Gerrit Holtmann added another in the 8th minute. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Arminia Bielefeld is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hertha BSC. Lucas Tousart struck first for Hertha BSC in the 54th minute on a feed from Marvin Plattenhardt, then Nilsson tied it up for Arminia Bielefeld in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Hack earning Arminia Bielefeld at least a draw. Arminia Bielefeld looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Arminia Bielefeld was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 14000 excited fans. Masaya Okugawa scored the first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in the 51st minute, then Patrick Wimmer added another in the 69th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bochum couldn’t manage to score, and Arminia Bielefeld took the shutout win.
Arminia Bielefeld is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Florian Krüger and Timo Hübers each only have 1 goal in their last five. Bochum’s most prolific scorer has been Takuma Asano. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Konstantinos Stafylidis is unavailable to play for Thomas Reis’s team, while Marco Kostmann’s squad will be without Klos, Cedric Brunner and Kunze.