Overview

• Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–0 in Bochum with Tim Oberdorf scoring in the third minute from a free-kick situation.
• The loss was Bochum’s fifth in a row and sixth in seven league matches, leaving the team 17th in the 2. Bundesliga.
• Striker Philipp Hofmann called the season a relegation fight while noting progress under interim coach David Siebers, and winger Gerrit Holtmann echoed the relegation assessment.
• Match coverage criticized many established players with low ratings, while youngster Kacper Koscierski and Moritz Heyer were singled out as positives and players left the field visibly dejected.
• Siebers, promoted from the U19s and 0–2 in charge, remains on the touchline at Kaiserslautern next weekend as the club intensifies its coaching search, also seeking a new sporting director after Dirk Dufner’s exit and shelving promotion ambitions.