Match highlights
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VfL Bochum vs 1. FC Union Berlin highlights
How the goals came
45+5' Takuma Asano opens the scoring for VfL Bochum (the winner) → 54' Gonçalo Paciência extends VfL Bochum's lead → 78' Kevin Stöger extends VfL Bochum's lead. Full time: 3-0, VfL Bochum win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
45'+5 Takuma Asano (VfL Bochum) 1-0
With the first half heading toward a goalless break, Takuma Asano struck in the 45+5th minute of stoppage time to put VfL Bochum ahead at home. The goal sent the hosts into the interval with a 1-0 lead. Bochum never relinquished that advantage on the way to a 3-0 win over 1. FC Union Berlin, making Asano's strike the match-winner.
54' Gonçalo Paciência (VfL Bochum) 2-0
Nine minutes into the second half, Gonçalo Paciência doubled VfL Bochum's lead in the 54th minute to make it 2-0. Coming after the opener at the end of the first half, the goal gave the hosts a two-goal cushion. 1. FC Union Berlin now had two goals to make up.
78' Kevin Stöger (VfL Bochum) 3-0
Kevin Stöger made it 3-0 in the 78th minute, a scoreline that held until the final whistle. Three different players found the net for VfL Bochum, who kept a clean sheet against 1. FC Union Berlin at home. The Bundesliga matchday 15 meeting on 16 December 2023 ended in a 3-0 Bochum victory.
