VfL Bochum host RB Leipzig this Saturday at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion for matchweek 24 of the 1. Bundesliga. Currently, Thomas Letsch's team are 15th in the table with 25 points, while Marco Rose's team are 5th with 40 points. The match will be broadcast live at 09:30 on beIN SPORTS CONNECT.
VfL Bochum head into this game after a 5x2 defeat at the hands of Borussia M´gladbach (1. Bundesliga 2023/24), while RB Leipzig lost 2x1 to Bayern München (1. Bundesliga 2023/24). Ahead of the contest, Thomas Letsch's team has recorded a seven-game unbeaten sequence in the 1. Bundesliga 23/24. On the other hand, Marco Rose's team is on a sequence of scoring at least one goal each match for the past six, in the 1. Bundesliga 23/24. A look back at the history books shows that VfL Bochum and RB Leipzig have faced each other ten times, with Marco Rose's team holding the advantage: 8 victories, against 1 victory of Thomas Letsch's team. Specifically in the Vonovia Ruhrstadion, RB Leipzig have the advantage in the duels against VfL Bochum: 3 wins in 4 games. Thomas Letsch's team has 1 win.
In the 1. Bundesliga, five games were played between the two teams, with 3 wins for RB Leipzig, 1 draw and 1 win for VfL Bochum.
Considering the 1. Bundesliga 23/24, from VfL Bochum's most influential players, Manuel Riemann is the most used player in a total of 23 games (2070 min). Takuma Asano is the current best scorer with 6 goals. As for RB Leipzig, Lois Openda has entered the field 23 times, and David Raum has played the most minutes (2025). Lois Openda has scored 16 goals, the most across RB Leipzig's squad.
The last meeting between the two teams ended with a draw, 0x0. RB Leipzig are given the favouritism to win this match.
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Maximilian Wittek 7' Ivan Ordets 71' (o.g.) | Dani Olmo 30' Lois Openda 68' Yussuf Poulsen 72' |
