BOCHUM. VfL Bochum 1848 prevails over VfB Stuttgart 1-0 after M. Bero scored just 1 goal (50′). VfB Stuttgart was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion stadium in Bochum on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 26,000 spectators.​ The referee was Bastian Dankert with the support of René Rohde and Marcel Unger. The 4th official was Frank Willenborg. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was freezing at -0.54 degrees Celsius or 31.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

VfB Stuttgart was in firm control of the ball 63% while VfL Bochum 1848 was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

VfB Stuttgart had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, VfL Bochum 1848 was capable to find the solution to win this contest.​

VfL Bochum 1848 shot 6 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, VfB Stuttgart shot 19 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

VfL Bochum 1848 received 5 yellow cards (Moritz Broschinski, Maximilian Wittek, Christopher Antwi-Adjei, Bernardo and Philipp Förster). Regarding the opposition, VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards (Roberto Massimo, Josha Vagnoman and Atakan Karazor).

Standings

After playing this match, VfL Bochum 1848 has 20 points like Borussia Mönchengladbach to remain in the 12th place. On the opposite side, VfB Stuttgart will stays with 34 points to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, VfL Bochum 1848 will play away against Borussia Dortmund on the 27th of January with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Borussia Dortmund (7 draws).

VfB Stuttgart will host RB Leipzig on the 27th of January with a 9-0 head to head statistic in favor of RB Leipzig (2 draws).

VfL Bochum 1848 – Formation

VfL Bochum 1848 started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Thomas Letsch decided to play with the following team: Kevin Stöger, Keven Schlotterbeck, Manuel Riemann (8.5), Tim Oermann (7.0), Noah Loosli (7.0), Erhan Mašović (7.3), Bernardo (7.5), Patrick Osterhage (7.7), Anthony Losilla (6.8), Matúš Bero (7.0), Philipp Förster (7.0), Christopher Antwi-Adjei (7.3) and Gonçalo Paciência (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Danilo Soares, Lukas Daschner, Felix Passlack, Ivan Ordets (7.3), Niclas Thiede, Moritz-Broni Kwarteng, Moritz Broschinski (6.8), Maximilian Wittek (7.1) and Philipp Hofmann.

Substitutions

VfL Bochum 1848 made 4 changes: Philipp Förster for Ivan Ordets (65′), Gonçalo Paciência for Moritz Broschinski (65′), Christopher Antwi-Adjei for Maximilian Wittek (79′) and Matúš Bero for Philipp Hofmann (90′).

Player of the match: Manuel Riemann​

The most impressive player for VfL Bochum 1848 was the goalkeeper: Manuel Riemann. His rating is 8.47. He performed 5 saves.

VfB Stuttgart – Formation

VfB Stuttgart started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Sebastian Hoeneß played with: Alexander Nübel (6.8), Josha Vagnoman (6.8), Waldemar Anton (7.3), Dan-Axel Zagadou (7.0), Maximilian Mittelstädt (7.3), Atakan Karazor (7.1), Angelo Stiller (6.3), Jamie Leweling (7.3), Enzo Millot (6.6), Chris Führich (7.5), Deniz Undav (7.7).

They had on the bench: Jovan Milošević, Fabian Bredlow, Pascal Stenzel, Genki Haraguchi, Leonidas Stergiou, Anthony Rouault, Roberto Massimo (6.8), Luca Raimund and Raul Paula.

Substitutions

VfB Stuttgart made only 1 change substituting Atakan Karazor for Roberto Massimo (75′)​.

Player of the match: Deniz Undav​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for VfB Stuttgart was Deniz Undav.

His rating is 7.7 with 28 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• Darmstadt 98 – Eintracht Frankfurt – 2-2
• Heidenheim – VfL Wolfsburg – 1-1
• VfL Bochum 1848 – VfB Stuttgart – 1-0
• FC Köln – Borussia Dortmund – 0-4
• SC Freiburg – TSG Hoffenheim – 3-2
• RB Leipzig – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 2-3