If it goes after the statistics, the 4: 2-spectacle against Bayern promises nothing good for the VfL Bochum. The last eight teams, who won against the record champion, could not decide the following match (three draws, five defeats).

The last club that made a victory against Bavaria promptly the next threesome was Bayer Leverkusen. In 2019/20 the Werkself first won in Munich, then against Schalke (2: 1 each). The longest curse of this kind took 15 games: from March 1979 to October 1981, the respective Bayern finger did not win the next game.

How to against Bavaria we have to show maximum passion in Stuttgart.

Thomas rice

Thom’s rice, after the high-altitude flight against Bayern, gladly refers to such statistics to sharpen the senses for the next task. “As against Bavaria, we also have to show maximum passion in Stuttgart,” says the coach and recalls that the VfL “away this season has not yet managed over 90 minutes as I wish.” Nevertheless, many good phases have been there too – “in Leverkusen, in Gladbach, in Augsburg and also at Hertha BSC in the second half.”

The Bochumers do not make the impression, as if the 4: 2 destroyed the senses last weekend. “You might think that you can feel safe with 28 points at the present time, but my feeling says something else,” says Cristian Gamboa, who had contributed a dream goal to the 4: 1 pause guide. “Sure, in the table, we are exactly between a Champions League Square and the Relegation Rang 16, but of course the shot and I know that this table picture is no one rising to anyone with us.”

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