Five facts about the game between RB Leipzig and VfL Bochum:

• VfL Bochum have lost all of their seven competitive games against Leipzig. The Revierclub has not scored a goal in the past three duels.

• Both clubs are historically in bad shape. RB Leipzig was always better than the current eight points after seven match days. Bochum had never had just one point after seven games before.

• Bochum are the weakest attacking team in the league. Only five goals are on the credit side, although VfL has the tenth most attempts in the league with a total of 91 shots on goal. Leipzig has the third best value with 101 shots on goal.

• Bochum’s new coach Thomas Letsch is very familiar with the RB cosmos. The 54-year-old worked from 2012 to 2017 in the Salzburg youth team, with the Liefering farm team and as an assistant and interim coach for the professionals.

• Gerrit Holtmann has been the unlucky man of the season so far. The 27-year-old leads the league’s aluminum statistics with two hits against the post and crossbar.

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