Hannover 96 2-1 VfL Bochum 1848: result and report

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 20 September 2026

Result

Hannover 96 2-1 VfL Bochum 1848

2. Bundesliga · Sunday 20 September 2026, 11:30 UTC · Heinz von Heiden Arena, Hannover · half-time 2-0

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Hannover 96 2-1 VfL Bochum 1848: match report

Hannover 96 beat VfL Bochum 1848 2-1 in the 2. Bundesliga on Sunday 20 September 2026 at Heinz von Heiden Arena. The half-time score was 2-0.

Stefán Teitur Thórdarson opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Hannover 96's goals came from Stefán Teitur Thórdarson (24') and Marcel Hartel (43'). VfL Bochum 1848 scored through Tom Meyer (77').

Discipline: Hannover 96 received 3 yellow cards; VfL Bochum 1848 received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hannover 96 were 16th on 4 points from 5 and VfL Bochum 1848 8th on 7 points from 5. In the current table Hannover 96 are 12th on 11 points and VfL Bochum 1848 are 11th on 11 points.

Hannover 96 lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and VfL Bochum 1848 in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leo Weinkauf of Hannover 96 (8.7), ahead of Michael Steinwender (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Hannover 96 wins, 3 draws and 4 for VfL Bochum 1848.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Franz RoggowHannover 96
  • 13'Yellow card · Stefán Teitur ThórdarsonHannover 96
  • 24'Goal · Stefán Teitur ThórdarsonHannover 96 · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Marcel HartelHannover 96 · 2-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Lars GindorfHannover 96
  • 61'Yellow card · Michael SteinwenderVfL Bochum 1848
  • 77'Goal · Tom MeyerVfL Bochum 1848 · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Sean KlaiberVfL Bochum 1848

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
11VfL Bochum 184810325811-311LLLDW
12Hannover 96103251016-611WLDLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hannover 96 3, draws 3, VfL Bochum 1848 4.

Team news

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Hannover 96 line-up (4-1-3-2)

Leo Weinkauf, Bastian Allgeier, Boris Tomiak, Virgil Ghiță, Maurice Neubauer, Franz Roggow, Kolja Oudenne, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Marcel Hartel, Lars Gindorf, Benjamin Källman

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

Timo Horn, Sean Klaiber, Michael Steinwender, Karol Mets, Maximilian Wittek, Tom Meyer, Charlie Patiño, Christian Rasmussen, Koji Miyoshi, Gerrit Holtmann, Philipp Hofmann

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