On Saturday Oct 8th, Bochum will play host to Eintracht Frankfurt in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 18th placed Bochum, recorded a 0-4 loss against RB Leipzig. Timo Werner struck first for RB Leipzig in the 15th minute, then Christopher Nkunku added another in the 23rd minute on a penalty At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bochum couldn’t manage to score, and RB Leipzig took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Eintracht Frankfurt recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Tottenham Hotspur. Neither Eintracht Frankfurt nor Tottenham Hotspur could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Eintracht Frankfurt is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s most prolific scorer has been Jesper Lindstrom. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Bochum hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Simon Zoller and Benno Schmitz, and they each have 1 goal
Lys Mousset, Konstantinos Stafylidis, Dominique Heintz and Grave are unavailable to play for Bochum, while Jérôme Onguene, Almamy Touré, Buta and Luca Pellegrini are unavailable to play for Oliver Glasner’s team.