Week 18 features a match on Sun Jan 9th, where Wolfsburg will travel to Bochum to battle Bochum in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 12th placed Bochum is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Union Berlin. Max Kruse struck first for Union Berlin in the 16th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bochum was frustrated by Union Berlin’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Union Berlin ended the match with the shutout victory. Bochum is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Wolfsburg is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Bayern München. Thomas Müller struck first for Bayern München in the 7th minute, then Dayot Upamecano added another in the 57th minute In the end, Wolfsburg 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. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
Bochum and Wolfsburg last played eachother at the Volkswagen Arena on the 14th of August. Wolfsburg was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost nine thousand fans. Wout Weghorst scored the first goal for Wolfsburg in the 22nd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Bochum was frustrated by Wolfsburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Wolfsburg ended the match with the shutout victory.
Wolfsburg hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Renato Steffen and Wout Weghorst, and they each have 1 goal. Bochum is glad to have Sebastian Polter in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals
Eduard Löwen, Simon Zoller and Saulo Decarli are unavailable to play for Thomas Reis’s team, while Lukas Nmecha, Admir Mehmedi, Xaver Schlager, William and Paulo Otávio are unavailable to play for Wolfsburg.