On the 6th of May, in this week 33 match, Bochum and Arminia Bielefeld will play a match in Bochum in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Bochum is fresh off their 4-3 win against Borussia Dortmund. Sebastian Polter struck first for Bochum in the 3rd minute, then Gerrit Holtmann added another in the 8th minute. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while arminia Bielefeld sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Hertha BSC. Lucas Tousart struck first for Hertha BSC in the 54th minute, then Nilsson tied it up for Arminia Bielefeld in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
Bochum and Arminia Bielefeld last played eachother at the Schücoarena on the 14th of December. Arminia Bielefeld was victorious by a score of 2 to 0 in front of almost 14000 spectators. Masaya Okugawa scored the first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in the 51st minute, then Patrick Wimmer added another in the 69th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bochum couldn’t manage to score, and Arminia Bielefeld took the shutout win.
Arminia Bielefeld hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Florian Krüger and Timo Hübers, and they each have 1 goal. Takuma Asano has been the most prolific scorer on Bochum in his last 5 matches with two goals
Thomas Reis’s squad will be without Konstantinos Stafylidis, while Marco Kostmann’s Arminia Bielefeld squad will be without Klos, Brunner and Kunze.