On Feb 4th, Hoffenheim will travel to Bochum to battle Bochum in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 16th placed Bochum, recorded a 2-5 loss against Mainz 05. Jae-Sung Lee scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 1st minute, then Silvan Widmer added another in the 17th minute. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Hoffenheim is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Jonas Hofmann scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 12th minute, then Jonas Hofmann added another in the 37th minute on a feed from Lars Stindl. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, Hoffenheim was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Zoller struck first for Bochum in the 10th minute on a feed from Philipp Hofmann, then Zoller added another in the 13th minute But luckily in the 88th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Munas Dabbur.
Hoffenheim is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Andrej Kramarić and Ihlas Bebou each having 2 goals in their last five. Bochum’s top weapon lately has been Philipp Hofmann, who has three goals in the last 5 matches
Bochum will be without Ivan Ordets, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Dominique Heintz, Gamboa Luna, Michael Esser and Paul Grave, while André Breitenreiter’s squad will be without Robert Skov, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Grischa Prömel, Ihlas Bebou, Sebastian Rudy, Kevin Vogt, Stanley N’Soki, Kevin Akpoguma, Munas Dabbur and Philipp.