Werder: 1. Zetterer - 5. Pieper, 27. Agu F., 32. Friedl - 4. Stark N., 6. Stage (Bittencourt, 68), 8. Weiser, 14. Lynen, 15. Burke (Njinmah, 68), 20. Schmid R. (Topp, 89) - 7. Ducksch (Grüll, 68)
Substitution: Bittencourt (from 68); Njinmah (from 68); Grüll (from 68); Topp (from 89)
Bench: 30. Backhaus - 3. Jung A., 22. Malatini - 29. Kaboré I. - 9. André Silva
Yellow Cards: Weiser 27; Stark N. 86; Lynen 90
VfL Bochum: 1. Horn T. - 5. Bernardo, 13. Medic, 14. Oermann, 32. Wittek Max. (Pannewig, 88) - 6. Sissoko I. (till 86) - 11. Masouras G. (Broschinski, 78), 15. Passlack (Masovic, 78), 17. Krauß T., 21. Holtmann (Boadu, 63) - 33. Hofmann P. (Bamba S., 78)
Substitution: Boadu (from 63); Masovic (from 78); Bamba S. (from 78); Broschinski (from 78); Pannewig (from 88)
Bench: 27. Drewes - 2. Gamboa - 8. Losilla - 10. de Wit D.
Yellow Cards: Sissoko I. 34, 86; Masovic 85; Horn T. 90
Red cards: Sissoko I. 86'
With seven matches remaining, Leverkusen have reignited what many considered a fading title race

Leverkusen missed a golden opportunity to close the gap on the Bundesliga leaders

This victory allowed Hoffenheim to extend their lead to 7 points over Heidenheim and Bochum

Bayern Munich extended their winning streak to seven games with a commanding 3-0 victory over Werder Bremen

Borussia Dortmund failed to secure a win in their recent Bundesliga match against Werder Bremen

RB Leipzig missed out on an away win over Bochum and dropped out of the Bundesliga top-four

In the 16th round of the German Bundesliga Leipzig hosted Bremen Werder

The last team of the Bundesliga picked up their second point in the current season, shocking Bayer

Bochum, the worst team in the Bundesliga, hosted Bayern Munich on matchday eight

Poor defensive play cost German champions two points in today's game against Werder

Bayern got a second big win in a week, destroying Werder in Bundesliga

Bayer is close to going through the entire 2023-24 German Championship without defeat

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