In a weekend match on Saturday Dec 11th, in week 15, Bochum will host Borussia Dortmund at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Bochum sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Augsburg. Sebastian Polter scored the first goal for Bochum in the 23rd minute, then Gerrit Holtmann added another in the 40th minute. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Beşiktaş. Donyell Malen scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 29th minute, then Marco Reus added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty kick At the end of 90 a dissapointed Beşiktaş couldn’t manage to score, and Borussia Dortmund took the shutout win. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
In the last 5 matches, both Erling Braut Håland and Donyell Malen are on scoring streaks. They have each scored 4 goals for Borussia Dortmund and look to continue their dominance.. Sebastian Polter has been the most prolific scorer on Bochum in the last five matches with three goals
Thomas Reis’s Bochum squad will be without Gerrit Holtmann, Robert Tesche, Zoller, Leitsch, Decarli, Patrick Osterhage and Grave, while Thorgan Hazard, Mate Morey, Roman Bürki, Raphaël Guerreiro, Nico Schulz, Marcel Schmelzer, Giovanni Reyna, Jude Bellingham, Luca Unbehaun and Moukoko are unavailable to play for Marco Rose’s team.