Week 27 brings us a match on Apr 9th, where Bochum plays host to Stuttgart in a meeting of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Bochum is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. Takuma Asano struck first for Bochum in the 13th minute, then Randal Kolo Muani tied it up for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 22nd minute earning Eintracht Frankfurt a comeback draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, 18th placed Stuttgart, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Nürnberg. Enzo Millot struck first for Stuttgart in the 83rd minute on a feed from Hiroki Ito, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Nürnberg couldn’t manage to score, and Stuttgart took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
Bochum and Stuttgart last played eachother at the Mercedes-benz-arena on Oct 15th. Stuttgart was victorious by a score of 4 to 1 in front of just over 45000 fans. Silla Wamangituka scored the first goal for Stuttgart in the 3rd minute from the penalty spot, then Naouirou Ahamada added another in the 22nd minute.
Stuttgart is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Juan José Perea and Silla Wamangituka each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Bochum’s most prolific scorer has been Erhan Mašović. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches
Bochum will be without Zoller, Danilo Teodoro Soares, Cristian Gamboa Luna and Grave, while Stuttgart will be without Sehrou Guirassy, Silla Wamangituka and Pascal Stenzel.