On Sunday Apr 24th, Bochum will play host to Augsburg in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Bochum recorded a 0-3 loss against Freiburg. Lukas Kübler struck first for Freiburg in the 5th minute, then Roland Sallai added another in the 16th minute In the end, Bochum couldn’t muster any offence and Freiburg ran away with the shutout win. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while augsburg sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Hertha BSC. Suat Serdar scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 49th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Augsburg couldn’t manage to score, and Hertha BSC took the shutout win. Augsburg is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 4th of December, Bochum won by a score of 3 to 2. Sebastian Polter struck first for Bochum in the 23rd minute, then Gerrit Holtmann added another in the 40th minute.
Augsburg is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Michael Gregoritsch and André Hahn each only have 1 goal in their last five. Bochum’s most prolific scorer has been Takuma Asano. The Japaneese midfielder has netted two goals over the last five matches
Bochum will be without Jürgen Locadia, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Zoller and Danny Blum, while Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee, Tobias Strobl and Felix Uduokhai are unavailable to play for Markus Weinzierl’s team.