Bochum v Karlsruher

2025-26 German 2. Bundesliga

VfL BochumBochumBOC

6-3-8, 21 PTS

Karlsruher SCKarlsruherKSC

6-4-7, 22 PTS

Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka - 35', 69'

Marvin Wanitzek - 47'

Shio Fukuda - 86'

1
Horn
32
Wittek
3
Strompf
20
Loosli
39
Morgalla
34
Lenz
24
Pannewig
8
Wätjen
21
Onyeka
29
Alfa-Ruprecht
33
Hofmann

No.Name
1Timo Horn
3Philipp Strompf
20Noah Loosli
32Maximilian Wittek
39Leandro Morgalla 15Felix Passlack
24Mats Pannewig
8Kjell-Arik Wätjen 11Moritz-Broni Kwarteng
34Cajetan Lenz
33Philipp Hofmann
21Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka 35Kacper Koscierski
29Farid Alfa-Ruprecht 23Koji Miyoshi

Substitutes
27Niklas Jahn
4Erhan Masovic
9Ibrahim Sissoko
22Niclas Thiede
26Romario Rösch

1
Bernat
20
Herold
4
Beifus
6
Rapp
15
Scholl
2
Jung
10
Wanitzek
16
Müller
7
Burnic
11
Förster
9
Simic

No.Name
1Hans Christian Bernat
6Nicolai Rapp
4Marcel Beifus 36Rafael Pedrosa
15Paul Scholl
20David Herold
2Sebastian Jung
16Andreas Müller 34Mateo Kritzer
10Marvin Wanitzek
7Dzenis Burnic 44Eymen Laghrissi
11Philipp Förster
9Roko Simic 13Shio Fukuda

Substitutes
29Marc Niclas Dühring
21Meiko Wäschenbach
35Robert Geller
17Leon Opitz
30Robin Himmelmann

Vonovia Ruhrstadion

7:00 AM, December 20, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Bochum, Germany

Attendance: 26,000

Referees:
Marc Philip Eckermann

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Schalke 04	33	20	7	6	+18	67
SV 07 Elversberg	33	17	8	8	+22	59
Hannover 96	33	16	11	6	+16	59
SC Paderborn 07	33	17	8	8	+12	59
SV Darmstadt 98	33	13	13	7	+14	52
Hertha Berlin	33	14	9	10	+8	51
Kaiserslautern	33	15	4	14	+4	49
1. FC Nürnberg	33	12	9	12	+2	45
Karlsruher SC	33	12	8	13	-10	44
VfL Bochum	33	10	11	12	+1	41
Holstein Kiel	33	11	8	14	-3	41
1. FC Magdeburg	33	12	3	18	-5	39
Dynamo Dresden	33	10	8	15	0	38
TSV Eintracht Braunschweig	33	10	7	16	-17	37
Fortuna Düsseldorf	33	11	4	18	-17	37
Arminia Bielefeld	33	9	9	15	-3	36
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	33	9	7	17	-22	34
Preußen Münster	33	6	12	15	-20	30

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Bochum v Karlsruher

Game Information

German 2. Bundesliga Standings

2. Bundesliga News

Edin Dzeko leads Schalke to Bundesliga promotion at 40 years old

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German police investigate 'dangerous bodily harm' after fan trouble