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Bochum vs. Werder Bremen: probable teams, match stats and LIVE blog!

bundesliga.com, 2 September 2022, 21:05
Oliver Burke is pushing for his first Bundesliga start of the season when Werder Bremen travel to pointless Bochum on Saturday (kick-off: 3.30pm CEST).
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Try as they might, Bochum just could not force an equaliser in Freiburg last weekend. VfL have now lost their first four matches of the Bundesliga season, and are the only team without a single point on the board heading into Matchday 5. Ivan Ordets dropped to the bench against Freiburg, but could be recalled in defence after full-backs Kostas Stafylidis and Saidy Janko picked up knocks. New arrival Lys Mousset could also be in line for a debut. Otherwise, it's as you were for head coach Thomas Reis as he attempts to rectify the Ruhr district club's worst ever start to a top-flight campaign.

While it's cloudy with a chance of the sophomore slump in Bochum, the early-season outlook is bright by comparison for Bremen. Ole Werner's team have taken five points from the first 12 on offer, and were unbeaten until the 4-3 defeat to UEFA Europa League holders Eintracht Frankfurt last time out. Despite Burke's goals from the bench against VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund, Werner appears pretty set on his preferred starting line-up. It's fair to assume the flying Scotman will be named among the substitutes for the fifth match in a row.

Match stats

Simon Zoller has scored two of Bochum's three Bundesliga goals so far this season. Only 17th-placed Hertha Berlin have produced fewer team goals (two).

Only seven of the 21 Bundesliga teams to have previously lost their first four matches of a Bundesliga season have been relegated.

Bochum No.1 Manuel Riemann has saved 20 penalties in Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 since 2013, including two this season. That's more penalty stops than any other goalkeeper in Germany's top two divisions across the same period.

Bremen striker Niclas Füllkrug has a team-leading three goals after four matches. Burke and Leonardo Bittencourt are next with two goals apiece.

Werner's Bremen have lost only one of their last 12 away games in all competitions.

Games involving Bremen have witness the most goals in 2021/22 - on average five per game (10 scored, 10 conceded).

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Probable teams

Bochum: Riemann - Gamboa, Masovic, Ordets, Heintz - Losilla (c), Goralski - Zoller, Stöger, Holtmann - Hofmann

Out: Grave (shoulder), Soares (hip)

Doubtful: Antwi-Adjei (muscular), Stafylidis, Janko (groin)

Coach: Thomas Reis

Bremen: Pavlenka - Pieper, Veljkovic, Friedl (c) - Weiser, Schmid, Groß, Stage, Jung - Füllkrug, Ducksch

Out: Bittencourt (ribs), Dinkci (match fitness), Mbom (Achilles), Salifou (abductor)

Doubtful: -

Coach: Ole Werner

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