Fortuna Düsseldorf vs VfL Bochum, 2025-26 German 2. Bundesliga

· German 2. Bundesliga

Fortuna Düsseldorf

45': Cedric Itten
57': Florent Muslija

FT
2 - 1

VfL Bochum

79': Farid Alfa-Ruprecht

About

Fortuna Düsseldorf are hosting VfL Bochum at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German 2. Bundesliga.

Match Timeline

20': Florent Muslija (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Substitution at 20'
45': Cedric Itten (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Goal at 45'
45': Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka (VfL Bochum) Substitution at 45'
45': Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (VfL Bochum) Substitution at 45'
57': Florent Muslija (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Goal at 57'
61': Farid Alfa-Ruprecht (VfL Bochum) Substitution at 61'
61': Matús Bero (VfL Bochum) Substitution at 61'
66': Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (VfL Bochum) Yellow Card at 66'
69': Marin Ljubicic (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Substitution at 69'
76': Oliver Olsen (VfL Bochum) Substitution at 76'
79': Farid Alfa-Ruprecht (VfL Bochum) Goal at 79'
86': Sotiris Alexandropoulos (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Substitution at 86'
86': Matthias Zimmermann (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Substitution at 86'
90'+2': Anouar El Azzouzi (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Yellow Card at 92'

Statistics

BOC		F95
13	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	10
7	Saves	2
45.4	Possession	54.6
10	SHOTS	20
3	ON GOAL	9
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
2	Blocked Shots	4
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: German 2. Bundesliga

Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Attendance: 41,066

2. Bundesliga Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Schalke 04	28	+15	55
2	SC Paderborn 07	28	+16	54
3	SV 07 Elversberg	28	+18	52
4	SV Darmstadt 98	28	+18	50

Full Table

Line-Ups

Fortuna Düsseldorf (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
33	Florian Kastenmeier (GK)
44	Elias Egouli
46	Klaus Suso
15	Tim Oberdorf
16	Satoshi Tanaka
23	Shinta Appelkamp
8	Anouar El Azzouzi
19	Emmanuel Iyoha
12	Valgeir Lunddal Fridriksson
10	Christian Rasmussen
13	Cedric Itten

Fortuna Düsseldorf Substitutes:

Marcel Lotka, Florent Muslija, Moritz Heyer, Luca Raimund, Sotiris Alexandropoulos, Zan Celar, Marin Ljubicic, Jordi Paulina, Matthias Zimmermann.

VfL Bochum (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Timo Horn (GK)
3	Philipp Strompf
20	Noah Loosli
18	Mikkel Rakneberg
39	Leandro Morgalla
16	Callum Marshall
24	Mats Pannewig
34	Cajetan Lenz
33	Philipp Hofmann
17	Gerrit Holtmann
23	Koji Miyoshi

VfL Bochum Substitutes:

Kjell-Arik Wätjen, Niclas Thiede, Marcel Sobottka, Farid Alfa-Ruprecht, Moritz-Broni Kwarteng, Matús Bero, Erhan Masovic, Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka, Oliver Olsen.

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