Overview
- Bochum, currently 17th, welcome last-placed Magdeburg on Sunday at a sold-out Ruhrstadion with kickoff at 13:30 local time on Sky.
- Under new coach Uwe Rösler, Bochum are unbeaten in three matches across competitions after beating Hertha, drawing at Kiel and winning 1–0 in the DFB-Pokal at Bundesliga side Augsburg.
- Magdeburg have stabilized under interim coaches Petrik Sander and Pascal Ibold with four league points from two matches and a midweek cup win, with the club set to assess the setup after this game.
- Rösler highlighted his ties to Magdeburg, crediting Achim Streich for his breakthrough and describing Wolfgang Seguin as a father figure during his early career.
- Petrik Sander carries a positive record at Bochum’s Castroper Straße from his Energie Cottbus tenure, drawing in 2005 and winning in 2006.