In this week 17 match on the 18th of December, Union Berlin and Bochum will play a match in Bochum in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Bochum is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Arminia Bielefeld. Masaya Okugawa scored the first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in the 51st minute, then Patrick Wimmer added another in the 69th minute In the end, Bochum was frustrated by Arminia Bielefeld’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Arminia Bielefeld ended the match with the shutout victory. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while union Berlin sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Greuther Fürth. Kallevik Nielsen scored the first goal for Greuther Fürth in the 56th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Union Berlin couldn’t muster any offence and Greuther Fürth ran away with the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Union Berlin should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Taiwo Awoniyi has been the most effective weapon for Union Berlin lately. The Nigerian attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Bochum is fortunate enough to have Sebastian Polter in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.