VfL Bochum was able to collect four points from the last two games in the 2nd Bundesliga. The Revierklub is extremely robust in its work.
After the first ten matchdays in the 2nd Bundesliga, VfL Bochum has the most cards (45) and the most fouls (144). For comparison: 1. FC Kaiserslautern is the team with the second most warnings, but “only” saw yellow 30 times.
VfL Bochum collected its first away point of the season in the recent 1-1 draw at Holstein Kiel, but that is still a negative record. The Bochum team has always won at least one win in the first six away games in the 2nd Bundesliga. Both wins of the season were celebrated at home.
For VfL it starts on Sunday (1:30 p.m in the sport.de-Live ticker) against 1. FC Magdeburg.
The FCM has already failed five times in this second division season due to aluminum. Only Hannover 96 (six times) had more bad luck with aluminum. VfL Bochum, on the other hand, was one of three teams that never hit the post or crossbar.
Further facts about VfL Bochum vs. 1. FC Magdeburg
- Although there have only been two duels between the two teams so far, both in the 2018/19 season, Magdeburg has never won against VfL (1D 1L). With regard to the current second division teams, this only applies against SC Paderborn (6D 2L). The last meeting in May 2019 at the Ruhrstadion ended spectacularly 4-2 for VfL. Of the starting eleven at that time, only Tarek Chahed is still under contract with FCM.
- Magdeburg’s Rayan Ghrieb is the only player in the 2nd Bundesliga who has already failed twice this season.
- 1. FC Magdeburg won In the 2nd Bundesliga, they have only played one of their last eleven away games across the seasons (D4 L6). The only win (2:1 in Dresden) dates from the second matchday of this season.
- While Magdeburg coach Petrik Sander played five games against VfL as coach of Energie Cottbus a few years ago (1W 2D 2L), Uwe Rösler only knows the FCM from his active times. In 1990/91 he won 1-0 against Sachsen-Anhalter in the Oberliga-Nordost with Dynamo Dresden and even scored the goal of the day.
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