VfL Bochum will be looking for their first points of the season against 1. FC Köln on Matchday 7. Interim coach Heiko Butscher trusts this starting eleven.

Game one after the Reis era for VfL Bochum. Interim coach Heiko Butscher had just under a week to prepare the Bochum team for the match against 1. FC Köln (17:30, RevierSport live ticker) on matchday 7 of the Bundesliga.

Butscher had stressed in the run-up to the match that he would not be making any starting eleven guarantees. All VfL professionals should get the chance to try out for the first team in training. His clear motto: Don’t talk so much, just do it. He has now followed up these words with action.

Compared to the derby defeat against Schalke, he changed the starting eleven in four positions. The 42-year-old surprises especially in the defence and completely changes the central defence with the young Tim Oermann alongside Ivan Ordets. He also entrusted Patrick Osterhage with the six-man position next to captain Anthony Losilla. Gerrit Holtmann replaces Takuma Asano, as he did last weekend after being substituted due to injury. Manuel Riemann remains in goal.

Cologne travel with a 0:1 home defeat against Union Berlin and have a European Cup match from Thursday night in their bones. Can the Bochum side take advantage of this and claim their first points of the season or will they remain bottom of the table with a growing gap? The answer can be found in the RevierSport live ticker from 17:30 onwards.