Bochum celebrates its first win of the season: Holtmann shocks Elversberg!

Bochum celebrates its first win of the season: Holtmann shocks Elversberg!

In football, the world sometimes moves quickly. After the bitter 1:4 defeat against Darmstadt 98, VfL Bochum was able to claim a three-pointer for the first time this season. With a 2-0 win against SV Elversberg on August 10, 2025 in the Ruhrstadion, in front of 24,207 enthusiastic spectators, Bochum made it clear that they did not want to stroll through the season lethargically. Gerrit Holtmann and Ibrahima Sissoko made things clear in their own way.

What was particularly remarkable was that Elversberg had to play outnumbered from the 6th minute onwards: Jan Gyamerah was shown a yellow-red card after a handball. Despite this setback, the team around their new coach Vincent Wagner was not immediately discouraged. They maintained a certain structure and security, even if Bochum seemed a bit unsettled at the start of the game and received numerous warnings.

The key to victory

VfL coach Dieter Hecking went for a surprising line-up when he put Mathis Clairicia up front instead of Philipp Hofmann. The level of freshness and dynamism finally became clearly noticeable with the substitution of Gerrit Holtmann and Koji Miyoshi. The latter had a good opportunity to extend the lead when his shot went past the post. But it took until the 66th minute for the first real bang in the Ruhrstadion.

After a precise corner from Maximilian Wittek, Ibrahima Sissoko was there and scored the redeeming goal to make it 1-0. A header from Mats Pnewig initiated the situation that gave the Bochum team the feeling that they could finally get rolling. In stoppage time, Holtmann finally increased the score to 2-0 with a shot from 17 meters after some nice preparatory work from Miyoshi.

Outlook and next challenges

This victory was not only important for the Bochum team's self-confidence, but also for their position in the table of the 2nd Bundesliga, in which they want to improve their league position with a total of 3 points kicker.de. The next game is already around the corner: Bochum will face Schalke on August 23rd, which represents another challenge for the team.

For SV Elversberg, this setback was a hard stone in the shoe after the flattering 1-0 win against Nuremberg. Coach Wagner had imagined it differently, especially after the impressive first 45 minutes. Now it's time not to let your head down and focus on the upcoming games.

In summary, it can be said that VfL Bochum flipped the switch with this 2-0 win and shows that they will do anything but give up without a fight this season. A good start to the further journey through the 2nd Bundesliga! For the Elversberg team, the search for the right balance continues. Picture and Time report on the details of this exciting encounter.