Bochum will host Borussia Dortmund at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion in the Bundesliga second round of games on Saturday evening. VfL Bochum and Borussia Dortmund had contrasting starts to the new season. Borussia Dortmund picked up three points, albeit in an unspectacular manner, while Bochum will be looking to respond following humiliation on opening day. The hosts suffered a 5-0 thumping in their campaign opener away at Stuttgart last week and will look to return to winning ways in their first home match of the season. They allowed both Serhou Guirassy and Silas Katompa Mvumpa to bag a brace in the rout, with former Dortmund defender Dan-Axel Zagadou completing the scoring. The visitors, on the other hand, got their league campaign underway with a 1-0 home win over Koln. Donyell Malen scored an 88th-minute winner to ensure two wins from as many competitive games for his side. For this encounter, I am expecting a win for Borussia Dortmund for the following reasons:

Firstly. After finishing only two points clear of the bottom three last season, VfL Bochum would have been eager to hit the ground running in 2023-24, but they ended up making the worst possible start to the new campaign. Not only did Bochum see just 39% of the ball at Mercedes-Benz Arena in their last outing, but they also faced a barrage of 21 shots, managing a solitary attempt on target in reply. This shows how weak and porous their defence is, and Borussia Dortmund will seek to exploit this weakness. It is also worth pointing out that Bochum suffered a penalty-shootout defeat against Arminia Bielefeld in the first round of the DFB-Pokal earlier this month, drawing 2-2 with the third-tier outfit before losing 4-1 on spot kicks.

Secondly. Borussia Dormund has undergone a lot of changes, but it is still a team with great quality and experience. They finished the preparatory period without a single defeat and there were a lot of quality rivals like Chelsea, Ajax, Manchester Utd. The obligations in the DFB Pokal were flawlessly fulfilled with a 6-1 thrashing of Schott Mainz in the DFB-Pokal, racking up 73% possession and 24 shots, with Sebastien Haller scoring twice in the rout, and in the 1st round of Bundesliga Dortmund beat Cologne, maybe by a minimal score, but very surely. Following the agony of surrendering the title to Bayern Munich on the final day of the previous campaign, Die Schwarzgelben will be determined to go one better this season, having watched Bayern claim each of the past 11 titles.

After conceding five goals in a dismal display last time out, Bochum will be desperate to avoid another humiliation and mauling this weekend, meaning that Letsch should set his team up to defend. Still, Dortmund possess more than enough attacking firepower to break through Bochum's backline. So I expect Dortmund to claim a victory this evening.

周六晚上，波鸿将在沃诺维亚鲁尔球场迎战多特蒙德，进行德甲第二轮比赛。波鸿和多特蒙德在新赛季的开局表现截然不同。多特蒙德拿到了三分，尽管表现平平，而波鸿将在开赛日的耻辱之后寻求回应。上周，主队在揭幕战客场0 - 5惨败于斯图加特，他们希望在本赛季的首场主场比赛中回归胜利之路。他们让Serhou Guirassy和Silas Katompa Mvumpa打入两球，前多特蒙德后卫Dan-Axel Zagadou完成了进球。另一方面，客队主场1-0战胜科隆，开始了他们的联赛之旅。唐耶尔·马伦在第88分钟打进绝杀球，确保球队在两场比赛中获胜。对于这场比赛，我希望多特蒙德能取得胜利，原因如下:

首先。在上赛季仅以2分的优势落后倒数3名之后，波鸿队本想在2023-24赛季一飞冲天，但他们最终以最糟糕的开局结束了新赛季。在上一场比赛中，波鸿不仅在梅赛德斯-奔驰球场只有39%的控球率，而且他们还面临着一连串的射门，只有一次射门成功。这表明了他们的防守是多么的脆弱和漏洞百出，多特蒙德将会利用这个弱点。同样值得指出的是，波鸿在本月早些时候的德国德甲联赛首轮点球大战中输给了比勒菲尔德，以2比2战平了这支三流球队，然后在点球大战中以4比1落败。

其次。多蒙德经历了很多变化，但它仍然是一支有实力和经验的球队。他们在准备阶段没有一场失利，面对的是切尔西、阿贾克斯、曼联这样的强敌。在德甲联赛中，多特蒙德以6-1大胜肖特-美因茨，控球率达到73%，射门次数达到24次，塞巴斯蒂安-哈勒在比赛中梅开二度，多特蒙德在德甲联赛首轮击败科隆，比分可能很小，但这是毫无疑问的。在经历了上赛季最后一天将冠军拱手让给拜仁慕尼黑的痛苦之后，在见证了拜仁在过去11个赛季中夺得的每一个冠军后，Schwarzgelben将决心在本赛季做得更好。

在上一场比赛中丢了5个球后，波鸿将不顾一切地避免在本周末再次遭受羞辱和重创，这意味着莱奇应该让他的球队防守。尽管如此，多特蒙德拥有足够的进攻火力来突破波鸿的后防线。所以我希望多特蒙德今晚能取得胜利。