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Bochum – Düsseldorf, the “Straßenbahnderby” is going to end on Monday evening in the western part of the republic. Fortuna Düsseldorf will then consolidate the as surprising as well as sovereign table lead and forget the bitter out in the DFB-Pokal. The latter is also the goal of the VfL Bochum, which counts as a table champion with only 13 points from the first eleven games to the disappointments in the previous season.
79 meetings have so far been between the two clubs with a fairly balanced balance. Dusseldorf are just ahead in the statistics with 26 wins at 28 draws and 25 Bochum successes. There are 16 home wins in Bochum with 14 draws and only nine victories of the Fortuna but for the VfL.
Bochum :
The VfL Bochum has a turbulent first Saisondrittel behind it. Already shortly before the start of the season coach Gertjan Verbeek had to go, and successor Ismail Atalan the blue-and-white with only one point from the first three games against FC St. Pauli (1: 1), MSV Duisburg (1: 1) and Arminia Bielefeld (0: 2) but have stuck in the starting holes. There are two victories against Dynamo Dresden (3: 2) and SV Darmstadt 98 (2: 1), but they have two wins against 1. FC Heidenheim (1: 2) and 1. FC Nürnberg (1: 3 ) followed. After that the FC Ingolstadt were beaten with a 2-0, but after the 3: 0 at Holstein Kiel in the next away game Coach Atalan had to go again. Interimstrainer Jens Rasiejewski made a perfect start with a 2-0 home defeat against VfL Bochum, but lost 1: 1 with Eintracht Braunschweig, and then conceded the next setback on Tuesday with the 0-2 in the DFB Cup at SC Paderborn.
After the break in the cup, VfL Bochum are likely to change. With Timo Perthel, Tim Hoogland and Vitaly Janelt there are also likely to be three failures.
Probable lineup: Riemann – Gyamerah, Fabian, Bastians, Danilo – Celozzi – Sam, Eisfeld, Stöger, Kruse – Hinterseer
Dusseldorf :
Fortuna Düsseldorf have a good 2: 2 against Eintracht Braunschweig and started a successful wave. With Erzgebirge Aue (2-0), Arminia Bielefeld (3: 1 nV) in the DFB Cup, 1. FC Kaiserslautern (2-0), SV Sandhausen (2: 1) and 1. FC Union Berlin (3: 2), the Rheinländer celebrated five consecutive victories, before the SpVgg Greuther Fürth, the so far weakest season performance, was punished with a 3: 3 defeat. The answer to this slip-up was against the SSV Jahn Regensburg (1: 0) against FCV St. Pauli (2-0), against MSV Duisburg (3-1), Arminia Bielefeld (2: 0) and against SV Darmstadt 98 but very strong. On Tuesday, a 0-1 defeat against Borussia Mönchengladbach meant that they were out in the DFB Cup, but the Fortuna was largely on the same level as the Bundesliga.
Even after the trophy, coach Friedhelm Funkel, who has hitherto made a change in the starting line-up in all matches, is likely to make some adjustments. Most likely, the return of Kaan Ayhan, who was locked in the trophy, is missing. In general, Michael Rensing is the only one who will be left behind.
Probable lineup: Wolf – Schauerte, Ayhan, Hoffmann, Gießelmann – Sobottka, Neuhaus – rooms, Fink, Raman – Hennings
Bochum vs Dusseldorf head to head matches
03.03.17 2BUN Bochum Dusseldorf 1 : 2
20.09.16 2BUN Dusseldorf Bochum 3 : 0
01.03.16 2BUN Dusseldorf Bochum 1 : 3
18.09.15 2BUN Bochum Dusseldorf 1 : 1
06.03.15 2BUN Dusseldorf Bochum 2 : 2