VfL Bochum – Karlsruher match report
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VfL Bochum recovered from going behind and won 3-2 against Karlsruher. VfL Bochum owed a lot to Philipp Hofmann, who struck twice. Player of the match: Philipp Hofmann of VfL Bochum, with a ScoreMondo rating of 9.9. The match was played on Sunday, 8 November 2026 at Vonovia Ruhrstadion in Bochum (matchday 11).
The story of the match
Christian Rasmussen opened the scoring for VfL Bochum after 7 minutes. Karlsruher drew level at 1-1 in the 8th minute through Kevin Wiethaup. It was VfL Bochum 1-1 Karlsruher at half-time.
Karlsruher completed the turnaround at 2-1 on 51 minutes thanks to Tim Civeja. VfL Bochum drew level at 2-2 in the 53rd minute through Philipp Hofmann. VfL Bochum completed the turnaround at 3-2 on 90 minutes thanks to Philipp Hofmann.
What the numbers say
The shot count read 14-5, 7-2 on target. Karlsruher's goalkeeper made 5 saves. VfL Bochum committed 13 fouls to Karlsruher's 11, and the offside count read 2-2.
VfL Bochum's yellow cards went to Sean Klaiber in the 76th minute. Booked for Karlsruher: Santeri Vaananen (30').
The players
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to Christian Rasmussen (VfL Bochum, 8.4), Tom Meyer (VfL Bochum, 7.8) and Tim Civeja (Karlsruher, 7.8). From the VfL Bochum bench came Koji Miyoshi on 60 minutes, Gerrit Holtmann on 75 minutes, Charlie Patino on 75 minutes and Mansour Ouro-Tagba on 89 minutes, among 5 changes. Karlsruher made 5 changes: Viktor Bergh for Deniz Ofli (70'), Noel Eichinger for Tim Civeja (75'), Helintón for Sandro Tremoulet (89') and Louey Farhat for Kevin Wiethaup (89').
The context
Before kick-off VfL Bochum were 11th on 11 points and Karlsruher 13th on 11 points. VfL Bochum came into the match with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from their last 5 matches — unbeaten in 3. Their most recent game was a 2-1 win over Energie Cottbus for VfL Bochum. Before kick-off, Karlsruher's last 5 matches had brought 2 wins and 3 defeats. Last time out, Karlsruher beat 1.FC Heidenheim 1846 2-1 at home. The record between them over the last 2 matches reads 1-1-0 from VfL Bochum's point of view. The last meeting, in 2026, ended in a 2-1 win for VfL Bochum. Florian Badstubner was the referee, averaging 3.0 yellow cards per match across 59 matches in our records.
The bigger picture
VfL Bochum climb from 11th to 8th on 14 points. Karlsruher slip to 16th (11 points), having started the day 13th. VfL Bochum are now unbeaten in 4 matches.
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