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31.03.2024 / English

Figures & facts: The top facts about the Bochum game

On Easter Sunday (31.03/7.30pm) SVD has an important duel with VfL Bochum on the agenda. The Lilies need every point in the fight to stay in the league. But before SV 98 starts the crucial weeks of this season in Bochum, you will find all the important facts about the game here. What gives hope? What does Torsten Lieberknecht’s team have to prepare for? And which lily has been a top scorer at VfL? You can find out in our top facts about the game.

Lilien-Jubel in Hoffenheim
Foto: SV 98
Crucial weeks start in Bochum

Despite the long winless streak, the hope of staying in the league remains alive. The numbers also support this hope. We are “only” six points behind the relegation place. With the Bochum team there is now a competitor in the relegation battle. Thomas Letsch’s team has only lost three times at home, but two of these defeats resulted from their most recent home appearances (1:4 against Leipzig, 1:2 against Freiburg). In general, VfL is in a downward trend. They only won one of the last eight league games. The last four matches were all lost with a goal difference of 4:13.

Positive balance

A look at the history of this encounter is also encouraging. Because the Lilies have a positive record against VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga. There are three wins and only two defeats with a goal difference of 8:5 goals. Darmstadt has not won more times against any other club in the Bundesliga than against Bochum. However, the three Bundesliga wins against VfL go back several decades and date back to 1978, 1979 and 1981.

Duel monster

The Bochum team are true duel monsters and demonstrate their fighting spirit week after week. VfL contests the most duels per game (217). 2781 duels won over the season and 742 aerial duels won are also league leaders. Defensive player Bernardo has the most duels in the league (385). In addition to him, Keven Schlotterbeck and Ivan Ordets also have a tackle rate of more than 60 percent. The Lilies have to prepare for a combative and intense game (more on this in the opponent check).

Danger from a distance

With 30 goals, the Bochum offensive is one of the harmless teams in the Bundesliga. But be careful! SV 98 should not underestimate VfL’s attack. The current fifteenth place in the table is particularly dangerous from a distance. Thomas Letsch’s team has already recorded 151 shots from outside the box this season. Only leaders Leverkusen have more in this statistic with 167 shots.

Pre-loaded

With Jannik Müller, Christoph Zimmermann, Fabian Holland and Klaus Gjasula, four Lilien players are already under pressure for the game at VfL Bochum. A fifth yellow card would result in a game ban. This is exactly the fate that befell Bartol Franjic on the last matchday against Bayern Munich. The Croatian now has to miss out in Bochum and can only take part again on the first weekend in April in Mainz (06.04/3.30pm).

Encounter with the old club

The encounter with the old club is on the agenda for two Lilies on Easter Sunday. In the 2021/22 season, Sebastian Polter played for the team from Castroper Straße. He netted ten times in 33 games and became VfL’s top goalscorer that season. The striker thus played a significant role in helping the then promoted team stay in the league. Winger Gerrit Holtmann is currently on loan from VfL Bochum to Darmstadt. The 29-year-old laced up his football boots in the Ruhr area from 2020 to 2023 and played a total of 92 games for Bochum in the first and second leagues. He set up 15 goals and scored eleven times himself. There is also an encounter with the old club on the opposing side. Bochum’s assistant coach Frank Heinemann assisted the then Lilien head coach Norbert Meier at the beginning of the 2016/17 season.

The Record

Games Wins Draws Defeats Goals
Home 8 4 2 2 12:6
Away 7 1 2 4 7:10
Total 15 5 4 6 19:16

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