Week 14 brings us a match on Nov 8th, where Bochum plays host to Borussia M’gladbach in a Bundesliga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. 17th placed Bochum is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Wolfsburg. Felix Nmecha scored the first goal for Wolfsburg in the 27th minute, then Ridle Baku added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Patrick Wimmer At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bochum couldn’t manage to score, and Wolfsburg took the shutout win. Bochum looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 3-1 win against Stuttgart. Jonas Hofmann struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 4th minute on a feed from Alassane Pléa, then Marcus Thuram added another in the 25th minute on a feed from Alassane Pléa. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Borussia M’gladbach won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Marcus Thuram has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Borussia M’gladbach. Bochum’s top weapon lately has been Philipp Hofmann, who has two goals in the last 5 matches
Thomas Letsch’s Bochum squad will be without Dominique Heintz and Paul Grave, while Daniel Farke’s squad will be without Hannes Wolf, Florian Neuhaus, Jonas Hofmann, Torben Müsel, Ko Itakura, Stefan Lainer and Sommer.