Bochum take on the visitors Hoffenheim in the round 31 match of German Bundesliga. The match will be played on Friday, April 26th at Vonovia Ruhrstadion (Bochum).
Bochum noticeably declined in the second half of the season. Despite the name The Unbreakables, they exited the Bundesliga 1 back in 2010 and spent a whole 11 seasons at a lower level. In 2021, under Reis, they managed to win the second division, and then, without sentimentality, they switched coaches in a critical moment (placing their bet on Thomas Reis). The team managed to stay in the top flight. Last season, for example, they finished 14th with 35 points. It will be difficult to replicate even such a result now. They did quite well, especially from November to mid-February, when they won multiple times. However, after defeating even Bayern in the last match (with all the reservations about Bayern's performance in this tournament), they showed a dismal statistic thereafter, plummeting even further. As a result, they underwent another reshuffle, bringing in Bucher as the coach, who had previously been an interim. But it didn't help much: they lost to Wolfsburg, dropping to 16th place.
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Hoffenheim called Matarratzo to the coaching post in February last year. He, who made a name for himself at Stuttgart, started energetically, lifting his new wards to a final 12th place last spring. When the club managed to win 6 out of the first 9 matches of the new season after the summer break, Pelligrino began to be compared to Nagelsmann, and there were talks of competing for a return to the Champions League. But they never came close to maintaining such a pace, gradually losing positions. Especially in spring, when they lost to almost everyone in a row, except, interestingly, Augsburg, who were vying for European competitions. But they couldn't even secure a draw against anyone else, except their potential competitor. They only managed to outplay the unstable Borussia (Mönchengladbach) in a shootout of 4-3.
Last season, the teams snatched victories from each other on their home turfs. This trend continued in December: hosts of the arena won 3-1 in Zinsheim. Judging by the odds, the hosts are favorites. But they don't seem stronger than their opponent. Let's bet that the visitors won't lose.
Prediction for the match: Hoffenheim not to lose (X2).
