Match facts ahead of #BMGBOC

Everything you need to know as the Foals host VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga on Sunday night (17:30 CET).

Spectators: 

  • Current coronavirus measures allow 48,500 spectators to attend the home game at BORUSSIA-PARK. Tickets for the match are still available here.
  • Fans attending the stadium must be able to provide proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative test result in order to enter BORUSSIA-PARK.

Head-to-head

  • This will be the 65th Bundesliga meeting between Borussia and VfL Bochum. The Foals have won on 24 occasions, with Bochum coming out on top in 19 games (D21).
  • A total of 197 goals have been scored in the 64 top-flight games between the sides so far (110 for Borussia, 87 for Bochum).
  • The most recent meeting between the two teams took place in the relegation play-offs in 2010/11. The Foals won the first leg 1-0 at home, with Igor De Camargo netting the winning goal in the last minute. In the second leg, Bochum took the lead through a Havard Nordtveit own goal (24’), with Marco Rose netting the equaliser (72’) to keep Borussia up.  
  • VfL Bochum are unbeaten in their last 15 Bundesliga games against Borussia (W8, D7) – their longest ongoing such run against any side.
  • It’s been 24 years since Borussia last beat Bochum in the Bundesliga: on 13th September 1997, the Foals won 2-1 at the Bökelberg thanks to goals from Stefan Effenberg and Andrzej Juskowiak.

Statistics – presented by UNIBET:

  • The Foals are still unbeaten at home in the Bundesliga in 2021/22, winning twice (3-1 vs. Bielefeld and 1-0 vs. Dortmund) and drawing twice (1-1 vs. both Bayern and Stuttgart).
  • Borussia’s most recent defeat at BORUSSIA-PARK came against a promoted side: despite taking the lead, the Foals lost 2-1 to VfB Stuttgart on matchday 33 last season.
  • SC Freiburg (2) are the only side to have conceded fewer second-half goals than Borussia (3).
  • Goalkeeper Yann Sommer is set to make his 300th competitive appearance for Borussia. The Switzerland international has been the first-choice keeper for the Foals since 2014, having joined from FC Basel.
  • VfL Bochum have won back-to-back Bundesliga games for the first time this season. Head coach Thomas Reis’ side beat fellow promoted side Greuther Fürth 1-0 on matchday 8, before winning 2-0 at home against Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend. They are currently in 14th place, and have won more games than all four sides sitting below them in the table combined (2).
  • Bochum have kept a league-high four clean sheets already in 2021/22.
  • Only three teams have scored fewer goals this season than Bochum (7).

Referee:

  • Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the DFB will announce the officials for the game at short notice ahead of kick off.

 Social Media:

  • Fans can follow the match on social media using the hashtag #BMGBOC or by following Borussia’s English-language accounts on Facebook​​​​​​​ and Twitter.

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