In this week 20 match, on Saturday Jan 22nd, Bochum will host Köln in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 11th placed Bochum, recorded a 0-1 loss against Mainz 05. Jeremiah St. Juste struck first for Mainz 05 in the 48th minute on a feed from Jonathan Burkardt, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Bochum was frustrated by Mainz 05’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Mainz 05 ended the match with the shutout victory. Bochum is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 9th placed Köln is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Bayern München. Robert Lewandowski struck first for Bayern München in the 9th minute on a feed from Thomas Müller, then Corentin Tolisso added another in the 25th minute In the end, Köln was frustrated by Bayern München’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bayern München ended the match with the shutout victory. Köln is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 28th of August, Köln was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 25000 fans. Louis Schaub struck first for Köln in the 82nd minute on a feed from Florian Kainz, then Lemperle added another in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time.
Köln is fortunate enough to have Anthony Modeste in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. Sebastian Polter and Milos Pantovic are the top scorers for Bochum in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Thomas Reis’s Bochum squad will be without Gerrit Holtmann, Jürgen Locadia, Eduard Löwen, Simon Zoller and Decarli, while Ellyes Skhiri and Horn are unavailable to play for Steffen Baumgart’s team.