Sterile Domination
VfL Bochum
VfL Bochum monopolised the game and still barely tested the goalkeeper.
- Possession
- 66.0%
- On target
- 1
- Passes
- 663
2. Bundesliga · Matchday 3VfL Bochum
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–1
VfL Osnabrück
I. Badjie 4'
2. Bundesliga
Matchday 3VfL Bochum0–1VfL Osnabrück
1.37
Expected goals
0.52
4′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: VB 1.37, VO 0.52.
Match report
VfL Bochum 0-1 VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück edged out VfL Bochum 1-0 at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in 2. Bundesliga. Badjie opened the scoring for VfL Osnabrück on 4'.
Expected goals finished VfL Bochum 1.37, VfL Osnabrück 0.52. On the balance of chances VfL Bochum had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result VfL Osnabrück will take more happily than the performance deserved. VfL Bochum held 66.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. VfL Bochum graded out for sterile domination — 66.0% possession and 1 on target. VfL Bochum graded out for cynical press — 15 fouls and 3 yellow cards.
I. Badjie came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.0 for VfL Osnabrück from 1 goal, 2 key passes and 2 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them and 7 yellow cards, with VfL Bochum conceding the most free-kicks (15).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
66%Possession34%
20Shots8
1.37xG0.52
What the numbers say
2 readsCynical Press
VfL Bochum
VfL Bochum broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 15 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 15
- Yellow cards
- 3
Timeline
⚽4'
I. Badjie — assist: L. Munst
📺42'
Adrian Beck · Goal cancelled
🟨45+2'
Patrick Kammerbauer
Foul
Half-time
Tom Meyer
Foul
🟨49'
L. Isbruch ↑ T. Meyer ↓
🔄60'
C. Rasmussen ↑ B. Taz ↓
🔄60'
🟨64'
Ismail Badjie
Foul
🔄65'
K. Faber ↑ P. Kammerbauer ↓
🔄66'
J. Abu Hanna ↑ I. Badjie ↓
🔄66'
D. Kyereh ↑ L. Munst ↓
🟨72'
Niklas Wiemann
Foul
Y. Karademir ↑ O. Olsen ↓
🔄79'
🔄79'
B. Riesselmann ↑ R. Meissner ↓
M. Ouro-Tagba ↑ G. Holtmann ↓
🔄82'
Philipp Hofmann
Argument
🟨86'
🔄89'
L. Raimund ↑ A. Beck ↓
🟨90'
Luca Raimund
Foul
Mats Pannewig
Foul
🟨90+2'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueVonovia Ruhrstadion, Bochum
RefereeFelix Wagner, Germany
Competition2. Bundesliga
Season2026
RoundMatchday 3
StatusMatch Finished