Overview
- Cajetan Lenz headed Bochum in front in the seventh minute from a corner to set the tone away from home.
- Teenager Francis Onyeka secured the result in the 73rd minute after an instant-impact assist from fresh substitute Philipp Hofmann.
- Goalkeeper Timo Horn preserved the clean sheet with multiple stops, including saving Sebastian Polter’s 96th‑minute penalty.
- The victory marks four wins in five league matches under Uwe Rösler, alongside a draw against Kiel, with three consecutive clean sheets.
- Bochum have climbed to 13th since Rösler’s appointment and also progressed in the DFB‑Pokal with an away win at Augsburg.