Week 32 features a match on Sat Apr 30th, where Borussia Dortmund and Bochum will play a match in Dortmund in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 2nd placed Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Bayern München. Serge Gnabry scored the first goal for Bayern München in the 15th minute, then Robert Lewandowski added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Thomas Müller. Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Bochum, recorded a 0-2 loss against Augsburg. André Hahn scored the first goal for Augsburg in the 15th minute, then Michael Gregoritsch added another in the 43rd minute on a penalty kick In the end, Bochum couldn’t muster any offence and Augsburg ran away with the shutout win. Bochum is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Dec 11th, Bochum hosted Borussia Dortmund at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion in their last match together. Bochum and Borussia Dortmund battled to a 1-1 draw. Sebastian Polter struck first for Bochum in the 40th minute on a penalty, but Julian Brandt got the equalizer for Borussia Dortmund in the 85th minute on a penalty squeezing out at least the one point for Borussia Dortmund.
Takuma Asano has been the most effective weapon for Bochum lately. The Japaneese midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last five matches. Borussia Dortmund is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Julian Brandt and Erling Braut Håland each having 2 goals in their last five
Axel Witsel, Thorgan Hazard, Mate Morey, Mahmoud Dahoud, Felix Passlack, Donyell Malen, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer and Giovanni Reyna are unavailable to play for Marco Rose’s team, while Bochum will be without Konstantinos Stafylidis.