2. Bundesliga preview: VfL Bochum vs. Karlsruher SC

VfL Bochum will host Karlsruher SC at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion on Sunday in a 2. Bundesliga clash. Bochum manager Uwe Rösler enters the match following a 2-1 victory over Energie Cottbus, which snapped a five-game winless league streak. Meanwhile, Maximilian Senft's Karlsruher side also secured a 2-1 win against 1. FC Heidenheim in their previous outing, leaving both teams level on 11 points from ten matches.

Karlsruhe are seeking their first away league win of the season, though they remain unbeaten across their last six visits to Bochum. Team news shows Bochum without Enis Cokaj, Jean Manuel Mbom, and Oliver Olsen, while Karlsruhe remain without defenders Marcel Franke and Sebastian Jung due to injury.