Week 2 brings us a match on Aug 13th where Hoffenheim hosts Bochum at Prezero Arena in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. In their last match, 16th placed Hoffenheim, recorded a 1-3 loss against Borussia M’gladbach. Robert Skov struck first for Hoffenheim in the 25th minute, then in the 42nd minute, Ko Itakura sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ramy Bensebaini But luckily in the 71st minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Marcus Thuram. Hoffenheim looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 12th placed Bochum, recorded a 1-2 loss against Mainz 05. Karim Onisiwo struck first for Mainz 05 in the 26th minute on a feed from Edimilson Fernandes, but Kevin Stöger got the equalizer for Bochum in the 39th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Bochum won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Takuma Asano has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Bochum. Hoffenheim’s most prolific scorer has been Andrej Kramarić. The Croatian attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Dennis Geiger, Ihlas Bebou, Ermin Bičakčić and Benjamin Hübner are unavailable to play for André Breitenreiter’s team, while Bochum will be without Jannes Horn and Danilo Teodoro Soares.