Bayer 04 Leverkusen won 19 of the 28 Bundesliga home games against VfL Bochum (4D 5L) and always scored at least once in the last 19 BL home games against Bochum (average 1.9 goals/game). Against no other current Bundesliga team does the Werkself have such a long scoring streak in home games as against Bochum.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen remained unbeaten in the first 24 competitive games of this season (W21 D3) – a new record. In German professional football, only Hamburger SV started a season with as many unbeaten games in 1982/83 (24).
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is the first Bundesliga club since Borussia Dortmund (2018/19) five years ago to still be undefeated after 15 league games this season. The Werkself had only previously achieved this in 2009/10, when they last went into the winter break in first place (as they currently do) (35 points after 17 games – W9 D8).
With 39 points after the first 15 games, Bayer 04 Leverkusen is having the best Bundesliga season in the club’s history. At the time of comparison, only BVB (twice) and Bayern (3 times) had previously achieved this number of points in the upper house. 42 goals after 15 BL games are also a new club record for B04.
VfL Bochum won three of the last six Bundesliga games – VfL did not win a single victory in the first nine games of the season. In the last six BL games there were more wins for Bochum (3) than in the previous 18 games in the upper house combined (2W).
Bayer 04 Leverkusen won 21 games in the Bundesliga in 2023 (out of 34, D8 L5) – that’s a club record; only in 2000 and 2013 did the Werkself win as many BL games in one calendar year.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen has the best defense in the league in the current Bundesliga season with 12 goals conceded. The last time the Werkself conceded fewer goals after their first 15 BL games was 14 years ago (9 in 2009/10). Their 142 shots allowed are only bettered by FC Bayern in the league (122).
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is the team with the most high ball wins this Bundesliga season (168). VfL Bochum follows in third place with 128 such actions, behind the Werkself and Bayern (131). B04 made the most shots after such in the league (31), Bochum had the fewest high ball wins against them in the league (88) and allowed the fewest shots after such (8, like Mainz).
Leverkusen’s Victor Boniface collected the most assists from the current game this Bundesliga season (7), Florian Wirtz the second most (6). From the running game, Wirtz provided the most shot assists of all players (35), Boniface made the most shots from open play (66).
Leverkusen’s Exequiel Palacios – with 1325 passes, the second most in this Bundesliga season behind Xhaka (1509) – will miss matchday 16 through suspension (5th yellow card). Bochum has to do without Kevin Stöger (5th yellow card). Stöger converted all three Bochum Bundesliga penalties in the current BL season and currently has four goals. Only in 2022/23 did he score more goals in a BL season (5).