Week 27 brings us a match on Mar 18th where Bochum will host Borussia M’gladbach at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in a clash of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Bochum sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. Sebastian Polter struck first for Bochum in the 19th minute on a feed from Konstantinos Stafylidis, but Erhan Mašović got the equalizer for Eintracht Frankfurt on an own goal in the 46th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 52nd minute on a goal by Daichi Kamada. Bochum is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Hertha BSC. Alassane Pléa scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 24th minute from the penalty spot, then Matthias Ginter added another in the 59th minute In the end, Hertha BSC was frustrated by Borussia M’gladbach’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia M’gladbach ended the match with the shutout victory. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Bochum and Borussia M’gladbach last played eachother at the Stadion Im Borussia-park on Oct 31st. Borussia M’gladbach was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Alassane Pléa struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 12th minute, then Jonas Hofmann added another in the 40th minute.
Borussia M’gladbach is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Marcus Thuram and Alassane Pléa each having 2 goals in their last five. Bochum’s top weapon lately has been Sebastian Polter, who has two goals in the last 5 matches
Jürgen Locadia, Tesche, Simon Zoller, Danilo Teodoro Soares, Maxim Leitsch, Michael Esser and Paul Grave are unavailable to play for Thomas Reis’s team, while Borussia M’gladbach will be without Jonas Hofmann, Mamadou Doucouré, Lars Stindl, Tony Jantschke and Stefan Lainer.