Bochum continues to fight for survival in the Bundesliga, but the position of this team is sharply deteriorating. After the last round, the “unyielding” team dropped to 16th place, which sends them to the playoffs for the right to play in the Bundesliga against the third-place team in the Second Bundesliga. Last weekend, Bochum lost away to Wolfsburg (0:1), thus extending their winless streak in the Bundesliga to 9 matches. The sensational victory over Bayern Munich (3:2), which Bochum achieved two months ago, remains their last one so far. Since then, Bochum has already changed its coach – instead of Thomas Letsch, Heiko Bucher will coach the team until the end of the season, who previously worked with the club’s youth team.
Hoffenheim, with 39 points, is in ninth place and is seriously aiming to finish seventh and qualify for the Conference League at the end of the season. Currently, Hoffenheim is only 1 point behind Freiburg, who is in seventh place. In the previous round, Pellegrino Matarazzo’s team played one of the most spectacular matches of the season, beating Borussia Monchengladbach 4-3, with Anton Stach scoring the deciding goal in the first minute of injury time. In the last 5 matches, Hoffenheim has only earned 6 points, and before their victory over Monchengladbach, they suffered a humiliating 1-4 defeat to Mainz.
