On the 9th of January, in this week 18 match, Bochum will host Wolfsburg in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 12th placed Bochum is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Union Berlin. Max Kruse struck first for Union Berlin in the 16th minute on a feed from Grischa Prömel, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Bochum couldn’t muster any offence and Union Berlin ran away with the shutout win. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 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 At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolfsburg couldn’t manage to score, and Bayern München took the shutout win. Wolfsburg looks 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 Aug 14th. Wolfsburg was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost nine thousand spectators. Wout Weghorst struck first for Wolfsburg in the 22nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bochum couldn’t muster any offence and Wolfsburg ran away with the shutout win.
Wolfsburg hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Renato Steffen and Wout Weghorst, and they each have 1 goal. Bochum is fortunate enough to have Sebastian Polter in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals
Thomas Reis’s Bochum squad will be without Eduard Löwen, Simon Zoller and Decarli, while Wolfsburg will be without Lukas Nmecha, Admir Mehmedi, Xaver Schlager, William and Paulo Otávio.