VfL Bochum vs VfL Wolfsburg — 2. Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow3 clips- 2′VfL Wolfsburg, goal:0–1assist
- 43′VfL Wolfsburg, substitution:off
- Half-time0 – 1
- 57′VfL Wolfsburg, yellow card:Foul
- 63′VfL Bochum, goal:1–1assist
- 66′VfL Wolfsburg, substitution:off
- 66′VfL Wolfsburg, substitution:off
- 73′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- 73′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- 83′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- 83′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- 88′VfL Wolfsburg, substitution:off
- 90+1′VfL Bochum, substitution:off
- 90+5′VfL Wolfsburg, goal disallowed:Goal cancelled
- 90+5′VfL Wolfsburg, yellow card:Dissent
- Full-time1 – 1
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Match report
VfL Bochum snatch 1-1 draw with VfL Wolfsburg to end losing run
VfL Bochum ended a run of three defeats in a row by drawing 1-1 with VfL Wolfsburg at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion on Matchday 9 of the 2. Bundesliga. The result lifted Uwe Rösler's side from 16th to 14th, while Wolfsburg stayed third, now eight points clear of their hosts.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Wolfsburg took the lead after only two minutes. Muhammed Damar supplied the pass and Fabian Reese finished, and the visitors led 1-0 at the interval. Tobias Strobl's team then had to withstand sustained pressure, as Bochum went on to have 19 shots to Wolfsburg's 14, even though Wolfsburg held 63% of the possession.
Bochum found their equaliser in the 63rd minute. Gerrit Holtmann provided the assist and Sean Klaiber scored to make it 1-1. Neither side found a winner, and both put five shots on target. Bochum's next game is a DFB Pokal home tie against FSV Mainz 05 on Tuesday, while Wolfsburg travel to SC Freiburg in the same competition on Wednesday.
Timon Wellenreuther was the top-rated performer on a rating of 7.97 for Wolfsburg, ahead of goalscorer Fabian Reese on 7.9.
Bochum had 19 shots to Wolfsburg's 14 despite having only 37% of the possession.
VfL Bochum and VfL Wolfsburg drew 1–1 (half-time 0–1).
VfL Bochum met VfL Wolfsburg in the 2. Bundesliga (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Friday, 23 October 2026, 16:30 UTC at Vonovia Ruhrstadion. Referee: Eric-Dominic Weisbach.
Team pages: VfL Bochum · VfL Wolfsburg · 2. Bundesliga
Key moments
- 2' Goal: Fabian Reese (assist: Muhammed Damar) — 0–1 · Watch Fabian Reese's goal video (2')
- 63' Goal: Sean Klaiber (assist: Gerrit Holtmann) — 1–1 · Watch Sean Klaiber's goal video (63')
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VfL Bochum (4-2-3-1)
VfL Wolfsburg (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave VfL Bochum 27%, the draw 24%, VfL Wolfsburg 49%. It finished VfL Bochum 1–1 VfL Wolfsburg.
Wolfsburg's strength edge, with Bochum due a lift — We give VfL Wolfsburg 49% mainly because our strength rating puts them 163 points higher, 1573 to 1410, though Bochum's finishing has run below the quality of their chances and cold streaks like that tend to bounce back. The draw sits at 24%, a touch under the usual 25% for a gap this size, trimmed by that finishing streak and a typical scoring level.
Why VfL Wolfsburg at 49%?
VfL Wolfsburg sit 163 points higher on our strength rating — 1573 to 1410. Sides with a 160–240-point rating edge on the road won 50.4% of 7,177 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 28–22–50.
Why only 49%?
VfL Bochum sit -0.38 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Finishing swings carry a receipt at this rating gap too: sides finishing this cold won 38.5% of 2,927 such games where the class table expected 35.6%.
Why the draw at 24%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 25.4%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,149. The bounce-back factor takes 1.2 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
VfL Bochum come into this after a busy window — 15 arrivals and 15 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). VfL Wolfsburg won 4 of the last 6 meetings with VfL Bochum. The record is 4 wins for VfL Wolfsburg, 1 draw and 1 win for VfL Bochum. These were 6 Bundesliga games played at both grounds between 29 October 2022 and 22 February 2025. Latest meeting: 22 February 2025 — VfL Wolfsburg 1–1 VfL Bochum. In 6,070 historical matches between similarly rated teams, visiting sides with the stronger head-to-head record won 28.2%.
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About this match
On this page: the VfL Bochum vs VfL Wolfsburg 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.
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- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Fabian Reese's goal against VfL Bochum (2').
- Watch Sean Klaiber's goal against VfL Wolfsburg (63').
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