On Sat Sep 3rd, in week 5, Bochum hosts Werder Bremen at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Bochum recorded a 0-1 loss against Freiburg. Vincenzo Grifo struck first for Freiburg in the 48th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Bochum was frustrated by Freiburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Freiburg ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, Werder Bremen recorded a 3-4 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. Mario Götze scored the first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2nd minute, but Anthony Jung got the equalizer for Werder Bremen in the 14th minute , but luckily for Eintracht Frankfurt it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Werder Bremen is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Niclas Füllkrug has been the most prolific scorer on Werder Bremen in the last five matches with 3 goals. Bochum’s most prolific scorer has been Zoller. The German attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Thomas Reis’s Bochum squad will be without Gerrit Holtmann, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Jannes Horn, Soares, Osterhage and Paul Grave, while Ole Werner’s squad will be without Christian Groß, Jean-Manuel Mbom and Dikeni-Rafid Salifou.