VfL Bochum will go into their home match against VfB Stuttgart on Sunday (17:30) with a lot of self-confidence. Three VfL players are threatened by suspension.

1. FC Köln, RB Leipzig, Eintracht Frankfurt. Three strong opponents against whom VfL Bochum have picked up seven points. But now it’s up to them: On Sunday, VfL has a great chance to take a big step towards staying in the relegation zone against a direct competitor.

VfB Stuttgart, a team that has not yet won a game away from home in the Bundesliga, is coming to the Ruhrstadion. On the other hand, things are going well in the DFB Cup – under new coach Sebastian Hoeneß, the team reached the semi-finals on Wednesday with a 1:0 win at 1. FC Nürnberg.

New self-confidence for VfB, but VfL also have enough of that after the last three matches. And Bochum coach Thomas Letsch can almost draw on a full complement of players. Danilo Soares is available again after his yellow suspension.

Letsch is pleased because he only has to replace Cristian Gamboa, who is still behind in training: “Until today, we actually had all players on the pitch for the first time. That has remained the case with regard to the outfield players, only Marko Johansson had to miss out on Thursday due to an injury. We hope it’s not too bad with him. “

Accordingly, the coach is looking forward to the basement duel against Stuttgart: “We are confident going in. We have won many home games. The balance is very important again. We mustn’t give VfB any space, we mustn’t walk into the open. The atmosphere here is great, and we want to ignite it again. “