BOCHUM. VfL Bochum 1848 beat SpVgg Greuther Fürth to win 2-1. It was VfL Bochum 1848 to strike first with a goal of M. Leitsch at the 35′. Then it was an own goal in the 64′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Losilla gave the win to VfL Bochum 1848 in the 71′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion stadium in Bochum on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Schlager who had the assistance of Mike Pickel and Frederick Assmuth. The 4th official was Christof Günsch. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 13 Total 8
- 6 On Target 2
- 7 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 112 Attack 105
- 61 Dangerous attack 31
- 116 Ball safe 121
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 6
Fouls
- 16 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. VfL Bochum 1848 was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. SpVgg Greuther Fürth that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
VfL Bochum 1848 was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why VfL Bochum 1848 won the match.
VfL Bochum 1848 shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
VfL Bochum 1848 received 2 yellow cards (C. Gamboa and M. Pantovic). On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 4 yellow cards (S. Griesbeck, G. Itter, B. Hrgota and J. Willems).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, VfL Bochum 1848 will have 32 points to remain in the 11th place. On the opposite side, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will stay with 14 points to hold in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Bundesliga, VfL Bochum 1848 will play away with Eintracht Frankfurt on the 13th of March with a 6-4 head to head in favor of Eintracht Frankfurt (2 draws).
SpVgg Greuther Fürth will host RB Leipzig on the 13th of March with a 4-0 head to head record in favor of RB Leipzig (1 draw).
VfL Bochum 1848 – Formation
VfL Bochum 1848 started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Thomas Reis decided to play with the following team: Manuel Riemann
, Cristian Gamboa , Armel Bella-Kotchap , Maxim Leitsch , Danilo Soares , Eduard Löwen , Anthony Losilla , Elvis Rexhbeçaj , Christopher Antwi-Adjei , Sebastian Polter and Gerrit Holtmann .The home team had on the bench: Erhan Mašović, Michael Esser, Takuma Asano
, Danny Blum , Konstantinos Stafylidis , Vasilis Lampropoulos, Patrick Osterhage, Herbert Bockhorn and Miloš Pantović .Substitutions
VfL Bochum 1848 made 6 changes: G. Holtmann for T. Asano (65′), E. Lowen for M. Pantovic (65′), C. Antwi-Adjei for D. Blum (74′), C. Gamboa for K. Stafylidis (74′), E. Rexhbecaj for E. Masovic (90′) and E. Rexhbecaj for E. Masovic (90′).
Best player: Maxim Leitsch
The most impressive player for VfL Bochum 1848 was Maxim Leitsch.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 35 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9.SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation
SpVgg Greuther Fürth started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Stefan Leitl played with: Andreas Linde
, Marco Meyerhofer , Sebastian Griesbeck , Nick Viergever , Gian-Luca Itter , Paul Seguin , Max Christiansen , Timothy Tillman , Jeremy Dudziak , Branimir Hrgota and Jamie Leweling .These were the players on the bench: Jetro Willems
, Håvard Nielsen , Simon Asta, Sascha Burchert, Julian Green, Dickson Abiama , Maximilian Bauer, Tobias Raschl and Afimico Pululu.Substitutions
SpVgg Greuther Fürth made 4 changes: J. Dudziak for H. Nielsen (46′), G. Itter for J. Willems (46′), J. Leweling for D. Abiama (67′) and T. Tillman for J. Green (82′).
Best player: Max Christiansen
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Max Christiansen.
His rating is
with 40 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- FC Bayern München – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-1
- RB Leipzig – SC Freiburg – 1-1
- VfL Wolfsburg – FC Union Berlin – 1-0
- VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 3-2
- Hertha BSC – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-4
- VfL Bochum 1848 – SpVgg Greuther Fürth – 2-1