On the 10th of April, in this week 29 match, Bochum hosts Bayer Leverkusen in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Bochum sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Hoffenheim. Takuma Asano struck first for Bochum in the 28th minute on a feed from Riemann, then David Raum got the equalizer for Hoffenheim in the 54th minute on a feed from Andrej Kramarić. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Bayer Leverkusen recorded a 2-1 win against Hertha BSC. Lucas Alario scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 35th minute, then Karim Bellarabi added another in the 40th minute. Bayer Leverkusen is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
Bayer Leverkusen and Bochum last played eachother at the Bayarena on the 20th of November. Bayer Leverkusen was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 23000 jubilant spectators. Amine Adli struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 4th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bochum couldn’t manage to score, and Bayer Leverkusen took the shutout win.
Bayer Leverkusen’s top weapon lately has been Paulinho, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Both Sebastian Polter and Takuma Asano have been the hottest scorers for Bochum in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Jürgen Locadia, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Bella-Kotchap, Pantovic, Robert Tesche, Zoller, Danny Blum, Leitsch and Gamboa Luna are unavailable to play for Thomas Reis’s team, while Gerardo Seoane’s squad will be without Patrik Schick, Amine Adli and Wirtz.