On Nov 5th, Borussia Dortmund will play host to Bochum in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 2-1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Julian Brandt struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 21st minute, then Daichi Kamada got the equalizer for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 26th minute on a feed from Randal Kolo Muani. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while bochum is fresh off their 0-4 loss against Wolfsburg. Felix Nmecha scored the first goal for Wolfsburg in the 27th minute, then Ridle Baku added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Patrick Wimmer In the end, Bochum was frustrated by Wolfsburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Wolfsburg ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Bochum won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Philipp Hofmann has been the most effective weapon for Bochum lately. The German attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Jude Bellingham has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Borussia Dortmund
Marco Reus, Mate Morey, Raphaël Guerreiro, Mahmoud Dahoud, Sébastien Haller and Luca Unbehaun are unavailable to play for Edin Terzic’s team, while Bochum will be without Konstantinos Stafylidis, Michael Esser and Paul Grave.