
In this week 28 match, on Sun Apr 16th, Union Berlin hosts Bochum in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. 3rd placed Union Berlin is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Borussia Dortmund. Donyell Malen struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 28th minute on a feed from Raphaël Guerreiro, then Kevin Behrens got the equalizer for Union Berlin in the 61st minute on a feed from Sheraldo Becker. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Union Berlin should be reasonably happy with their performance, while bochum is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Stuttgart. Hiroki Ito struck first for Stuttgart in the 14th minute, but Kevin Stöger got the equalizer for Bochum in the 58th minute , but fortunately for Stuttgart it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Vonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 25000 spectators. Philipp Hofmann scored the first goal for Bochum in the 43rd minute, then Gerrit Holtmann added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Christopher Antwi-Adjei.
Bochum is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Erhan Mašović and Kevin Stöger each having 2 goals in their last 5. Union Berlin’s most prolific scorer has been Kevin Behrens. He has netted three goals over the last five matches
Christopher Trimmel, Jérôme Roussillon and András Schäfer are unavailable to play for Union Berlin, while Cristian Gamboa Luna and Paul Grave are unavailable to play for Bochum.