In this week 29 match on the 10th of April, Bayer Leverkusen and Bochum will play a match in Bochum in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 11th placed Bochum is fresh off their 2-1 win against Hoffenheim. Takuma Asano struck first for Bochum in the 28th minute on a feed from Manuel Riemann, then David Raum tied it up for Hoffenheim in the 54th minute. Bochum is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 2-1 win against Hertha BSC. Lucas Alario struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 35th minute, then Karim Bellarabi added another in the 40th minute on a feed from Moussa Diaby. Bayer Leverkusen is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 20th of November, Bayer Leverkusen was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 23000 jubilant fans. Amine Adli struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 4th minute on a feed from Jeremie Frimpong, 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 Bayer Leverkusen ran away with the shutout win.
Paulinho has been the most effective weapon for Bayer Leverkusen lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. For Bochum, their top scorers are Sebastian Polter and Takuma Asano, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Jürgen Locadia, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Milos Pantovic, Robert Tesche, Zoller, Blum, Maxim Leitsch and Cristian Gamboa Luna are unavailable to play for Thomas Reis’s team, while Bayer Leverkusen will be without Patrik Schick, Amine Adli and Wirtz.