Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 VfL Bochum 1848: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Friday 27 February 2026

Result

Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 VfL Bochum 1848

2. Bundesliga · Friday 27 February 2026, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 VfL Bochum 1848: match report

Fortuna Düsseldorf beat VfL Bochum 1848 2-1 in the 2. Bundesliga on Friday 27 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Cedric Itten opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Fortuna Düsseldorf's goals came from Cedric Itten (45') and Florent Muslija (57'). VfL Bochum 1848 scored through Farid Alfa-Ruprecht (79').

Discipline: Fortuna Düsseldorf received 1 yellow card; VfL Bochum 1848 received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Fortuna Düsseldorf were 12th on 25 points from 23 and VfL Bochum 1848 10th on 29 points from 23. Fortuna Düsseldorf went on to finish that season 17th with 37 points, and VfL Bochum 1848 9th with 44.

Fortuna Düsseldorf lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and VfL Bochum 1848 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Florent Muslija of Fortuna Düsseldorf (8.0), level with Timo Horn (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fortuna Düsseldorf wins, 3 draws and 4 for VfL Bochum 1848.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

45'Goal · Cedric IttenFortuna Düsseldorf · 1-0
57'Goal · Florent MuslijaFortuna Düsseldorf · 2-0
66'Yellow card · Moritz-Broni KwartengVfL Bochum 1848
79'Goal · Farid Alfa-RuprechtVfL Bochum 1848 · 2-1
90+2'Yellow card · Anouar El AzzouziFortuna Düsseldorf

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Fortuna Düsseldorf 3, draws 3, VfL Bochum 1848 4.

VfL Bochum 1848 0-1 Fortuna Düsseldorf2. Bundesliga · 27 Sep 2025
Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-3 VfL Bochum 18482. Bundesliga · 22 Mar 2021
VfL Bochum 1848 5-0 Fortuna Düsseldorf2. Bundesliga · 30 Nov 2020
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-2 VfL Bochum 18482. Bundesliga · 6 Apr 2018
VfL Bochum 1848 0-0 Fortuna Düsseldorf2. Bundesliga · 30 Oct 2017
VfL Bochum 1848 1-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf2. Bundesliga · 3 Mar 2017

Team news

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Tim RossmannFortuna Düsseldorf · injury (Ill)
Julian HettwerFortuna Düsseldorf · injury (Knee Problems)
Ibrahim SissokoVfL Bochum 1848 · injury (Ankle Injury)
Hamza AnhariFortuna Düsseldorf · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Florian SchockFortuna Düsseldorf · injury (Fitness)
Tim BreithauptFortuna Düsseldorf · injury (Hip Flexor Problems)
Moritz GöttlicherVfL Bochum 1848 · injury (Pelvic Injury)
Kenneth SchmidtFortuna Düsseldorf · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Jesper DalandFortuna Düsseldorf · suspension (Red Card Suspension)
Maximilian WittekVfL Bochum 1848 · suspension (Yellow Card Suspension)
Jordy de WijsFortuna Düsseldorf · injury (Adductor Injury)

Fortuna Düsseldorf line-up (3-1-4-2)

Florian Kastenmeier, Tim Oberdorf, Elias Egouli, Sima Suso, Satoshi Tanaka, Valgeir Lunddal, Anouar El Azzouzi, Shinta Appelkamp, Emmanuel Iyoha, Cedric Itten, Christian Rasmussen

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

Timo Horn, Leandro-Noel Morgalla, Noah Loosli, Philipp Strompf, Mikkel Rakneberg, Cajetan Benjamin Lenz, Mats Pannewig, Koji Miyoshi, Callum Marshall, Gerrit Holtmann, Philipp Hofmann