With a 2-0 victory at Cologne, Bochum has moved up from last place on the Bundesliga table and is no longer in immediate danger of being eliminated. Bochum won at Cologne for the first time since 2004 and just the second time ever thanks to goals from Erhan Masovic and Kevin Stoger in the ninth and 76th minutes, respectively.
With the win, Bochum snapped a string of four losses and moved up to 14th place, two points ahead of Hertha Berlin and three ahead of VfB Stuttgart, Hoffenheim, and Schalke. After four losses, Cologne is five points clear of Bochum in 12th place. The other matchday 24 games come on Saturday and Sunday, with Schalke playing host to Borussia Dortmund in the Ruhr Derby and Bayern Munich playing Augsburg, who they lost to in the reverse matchup and handed the champions one of the two league losses.