FC Union Berlin 2-1 VfL Bochum 1848: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Friday 27 January 2017

Result

FC Union Berlin 2-1 VfL Bochum 1848

2. Bundesliga · Friday 27 January 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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FC Union Berlin 2-1 VfL Bochum 1848: match report

FC Union Berlin won against VfL Bochum 1848 2-1 in the 2. Bundesliga on Friday 27 January 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Tim Hoogland opened the scoring in the 40th minute. FC Union Berlin's goals came from Sebastian Polter (67') and Steven Skrzybski (80'). VfL Bochum 1848 scored through Tim Hoogland (40').

Discipline: FC Union Berlin received 3 yellow cards; VfL Bochum 1848 received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Union Berlin were 3rd on 32 points from 17 and VfL Bochum 1848 11th on 22 points from 17. FC Union Berlin went on to finish that season 3rd with 64 points, and VfL Bochum 1848 8th with 44.

FC Union Berlin lined up in a 4-3-3 and VfL Bochum 1848 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Felix Kroos of FC Union Berlin (8.3), ahead of Tim Hoogland (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 FC Union Berlin wins, 2 draws and 3 for VfL Bochum 1848.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · Patrick FabianVfL Bochum 1848
  • 40'Goal · Tim HooglandVfL Bochum 1848 · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Roberto PuncecFC Union Berlin
  • 67'Goal · Sebastian PolterFC Union Berlin · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Johannes WurtzVfL Bochum 1848
  • 80'Goal · Steven SkrzybskiFC Union Berlin · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Christopher TrimmelFC Union Berlin
  • 87'Yellow card · Nils QuaschnerVfL Bochum 1848
  • 89'Yellow card · Damir KreilachFC Union Berlin

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Union Berlin 5, draws 2, VfL Bochum 1848 3.

Team news

FC Union Berlin line-up (4-3-3)

Jakob Busk, Roberto Puncec, Kristian Pedersen, Christopher Trimmel, Toni Leistner, Damir Kreilach, Felix Kroos, Michael Parensen, Sebastian Polter, Simon Hedlund, Steven Skrzybski

VfL Bochum 1848 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Manuel Riemann, Tim Hoogland, Felix Bastians, Patrick Fabian, Nico Rieble, Anthony Losilla, Johannes Wurtz, Alexander Merkel, Nils Quaschner, Marco Stiepermann, Peniel Mlapa