VfL Bochum vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth — 2. Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match Events
play_arrow2 clips- 16′VfL Bochum, goal:1–0assist
- 28′VfL Bochum, yellow card:Foul
- 30′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- Half-time1 – 0
- 57′SpVgg Greuther Fürth, substitution:off
- 58′SpVgg Greuther Fürth, substitution:off
- 63′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- 63′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- 65′SpVgg Greuther Fürth, substitution:off
- 71′SpVgg Greuther Fürth, goal:1–1assist
- 78′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- 78′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- 81′SpVgg Greuther Fürth, substitution:off
- 81′SpVgg Greuther Fürth, substitution:off
- 82′VfL Bochum, red card:
- Full-time1 – 1
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VfL Bochum
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Match report
Ten-man Bochum held to draw by Greuther Fürth in 2. Bundesliga
VfL Bochum and SpVgg Greuther Fürth shared the points in a 1-1 draw at Vonovia Ruhrstadion, in a 2. Bundesliga round five fixture that saw the hosts twice troubled after taking an early lead. The result left Bochum seventh and Fürth ninth in the table.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Philipp Hofmann put Bochum ahead in the 16th minute, converting after being set up by Maximilian Wittek, and the home side carried that advantage into the break. Fürth responded in the second half through Omar Sillah, who levelled in the 71st minute with an assist from Dennis Srbeny, pulling the visitors back level.
Bochum's task grew harder when Mats Pannewig was sent off in the 82nd minute, leaving the hosts to see out the closing stages a man short. Despite finishing with ten men, Bochum matched Fürth closely across the game, with the visitors edging possession and shots but neither side able to find a winner.
Sillah scored the equaliser for Fürth and finished with the highest rating of the match at 8.2, while Hofmann was not far behind after netting the opener for Bochum.
Greuther Fürth held the edge in corners, winning seven to Bochum's three despite finishing with only ten men themselves not being the case for the visitors.
VfL Bochum and SpVgg Greuther Fürth drew 1–1 (half-time 1–0).
VfL Bochum met SpVgg Greuther Fürth in the 2. Bundesliga (Regular Season - 5). Kick-off was Saturday, 12 September 2026, 11:00 UTC at Vonovia Ruhrstadion. Referee: Felix Bickel.
Team pages: VfL Bochum · SpVgg Greuther Fürth · 2. Bundesliga
Key moments
- 16' Goal: Philipp Hofmann (assist: Maximilian Wittek) — 1–0 · Watch Philipp Hofmann's goal video (16')
- 71' Goal: Omar Sillah (assist: Dennis Srbeny) — 1–1 · Watch Omar Sillah's goal video (71')
- 82' Red card: Mats Pannewig
Starting line-ups
VfL Bochum (4-2-3-1)
SpVgg Greuther Fürth (4-4-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave VfL Bochum 51%, the draw 29%, SpVgg Greuther Fürth 20%. It finished VfL Bochum 1–1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
VfL Bochum's rating edge, but the draw is in play — VfL Bochum are the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of VfL Bochum's 51%. The draw at 29% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why VfL Bochum at 51%?
VfL Bochum sit 114 points higher on our strength rating — 1555 to 1441. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.1% of 12,797 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 53–27–20.
Why only 51%?
SpVgg Greuther Fürth hold 6 more possession points (53 to 47 in recent games) across a 114-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 75–150-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,670 such games where the class table expected 41.3%. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims VfL Bochum's column. Across 11,058 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.7% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the SpVgg Greuther Fürth win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,797. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw. The goals environment adds 1.3 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
VfL Bochum come into this after a busy window — 14 arrivals and 14 departures over the summer. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). SpVgg Greuther Fürth come into this after a busy window — 11 arrivals, 18 departures, and fewer of last season's regular starters still in the eleven. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the VfL Bochum vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this 2. Bundesliga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Philipp Hofmann's goal against SpVgg Greuther Fürth (16').
- Watch Omar Sillah's goal against VfL Bochum (71').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from VfL Bochum 1–1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Explore more on the VfL Bochum and SpVgg Greuther Fürth team pages or the 2. Bundesliga page.