On Saturday Apr 2nd, in week 28, Hoffenheim will host Bochum in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Hoffenheim is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Hertha BSC. Niklas Stark scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 39th minute, then Ishak Belfodil added another in the 63rd minute on a feed from Marc-Oliver Kempf At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hoffenheim couldn’t manage to score, and Hertha BSC took the shutout win. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 12th placed Bochum, recorded a 1-2 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. Sebastian Polter scored the first goal for Bochum in the 19th minute, but Erhan Mašović got the equalizer for Eintracht Frankfurt on an own goal in the 46th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 52nd minute on a goal by Daichi Kamada to cap off a wild match. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
Bochum and Hoffenheim last played eachother at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion on Sat Nov 6th. Bochum won by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 20000 excited fans. Soma Novothny scored the first goal for Bochum in the 66th minute, then Pantovic added another in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hoffenheim couldn’t manage to score, and Bochum took the shutout win.
Sebastian Polter has been the most prolific scorer on Bochum in the last five matches with two goals. Christoph Baumgartner has been the most prolific scorer on Hoffenheim in his last 5 matches with three goals
Hoffenheim will be without Robert Skov, Diadie Samassekou, Ermin Bičakčić, Sebastian Rudy, Benjamin Hübner, Håvard Nordtveit, Philipp Pentke and Fisnik Asllani, while Pantovic, Robert Tesche, Simon Zoller, Maxim Leitsch and Cristian Gamboa Luna are unavailable to play for Thomas Reis’s team.