The complementary stage begins! Bochum leads with a score of 1-0

The 45 seconds are already played, with the victory of Bochum against Cologne. Kevin Stöger (8′ 1T, on penalty) converted for the visit in the first half, at the Rhein Energie Stadion.

Teams come to the game with the need to win. The visit suffered a fall last time as the home side come from a draw at the Stadion An der Alten Forsterei.

The day before, Cologne had tied the match 0-0 against Unión Berlin. With irregular results in the last 4 rounds, the team has 1 win, 1 draw and 2 lost matches, in which they scored 5 goals and scored 3 goals against the rival.

Bochum comes to this game with a loss against Schalke 04 by 0 to 2. With irregular results in the last 4 rounds, the team has 1 win and 3 games lost. He managed to score 5 goals and received 12.

The local is in twelfth place with 27 points (6 PG – 9 EP – 8 PP), while the visitor reaches 19 points and is placed in eighteenth place in the tournament (6 PG – 1 EP – 16 PP).

The match at the Rhein Energie Stadion was officiated by referee Tobias Welz.

Formation of colonies today

Steffen Baumgart lined up a 4-5-1 line-up with Marvin Schwäbe in goal; Benno Schmitz, Timo Hubers, Julian Chabot and Jonas Hector on the defensive line; Ellyes Skhiri, Eric Martel, Linton Maina, Dejan Ljubicic and Florian Kainz in midfield; and Davie Selke up front.

Training in Bochum today

For his part, coach Thomas Letsch decided to stop a 4-3-3 scheme, with goalkeeper Manuel Riemann; Konstantinos Stafylidis, Erhan Masovic, Ivan Ordets and Danilo Soares in defence; Kevin Stöger, Patrick Osterhage and Anthony Losilla as centre-backs; and Takuma Asano, Philipp Hofmann and Christopher Antwi Adjei as forwards.

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