Hannover 96 welcome VfL Bochum to the Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena on Sunday morning for matchday six of the 2. Bundesliga regular season, with kick-off at 11:30 UTC. The hosts sit 16th in the 18-team table, placing them in the bottom third, while Bochum occupy eighth position in the mid-table cluster.
Hannover have collected four points from their opening five matches, recording one win, one draw and three defeats. Their goal record stands at five scored and eight conceded. The most recent outing saw them fall 2-1 to 1. FC Nürnberg, continuing a patchy stretch that also includes a 3-1 defeat at Energie Cottbus and a home loss to VfL Wolfsburg.
Bochum arrive with seven points from their last five matches — the same tally as their overall return from five 2. Bundesliga fixtures, which comprises two wins, one draw and two defeats. They are level on goals scored and conceded at four apiece. Their recent sequence includes back-to-back away victories against Dynamo Dresden and Eintracht Braunschweig, though a home defeat to VfL Osnabrück and a draw with SpVgg Greuther Fürth punctuate that run.
The two sides met on 13 December 2025, with that fixture finishing 0-0. The three-point gap that currently separates them in the 2. Bundesliga table sets the context for what is at stake at the Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena on Sunday.