Flashy Schalke 04 land at Werder Bremen after their 2-4-result vs Darmstadt 98. Check out our full preview!
- All of Werder Bremen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Schalke 04 have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Werder Bremen form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Werder Bremen have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
Werder enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nürnberg's place. The match ended 2-1 with Leonardo Bittencourt and Niclas Füllkrug scoring. Manager M. Anfang felt very clever after Leonardo Bittencourt scored the winning goal against Nürnberg, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Defender Anthony Jung got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.33/10. Jung won 8 of 10 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus St. Pauli.The Werder Bremen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 6 league matches. Werder have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Schalke 04 form and stats
Schalke 04 have an excellent away record in the 2. Bundesliga so far with 4-0-2 from 6 games.
Home advantage was not enough for Schalke in their previous game, as they lost their 2. Bundesliga-match, hosting Darmstadt 98, 2-4. As you can tell from the result, the match against Darmstadt 98 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfielder Thomas Ouwejan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Ouwejan hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 47 total).
A 0-1 defeat away at Heidenheim before that.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Schalke have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Werder won seven, Schalke 04 triumphed in two and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Terodde 11 goals |   M. Ducksch 5 goals |  M. Bülter 4 goals |
Werder Bremen missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Werder Bremen | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| 19 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 77% |
| 69% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 62% |
| 23% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 15% | 17% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 46% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 46% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 6.7 | 7.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16.6 | 16 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 15.2 | 14.9 |
| 5.3 | 5.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 28% | 29% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 24% | 28% |
| 10.9 | 10.8 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 14.2 | 13.1 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4 |
- All of Werder Bremen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Schalke 04 have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Werder Bremen have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Werder Bremen haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Paderborn | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 23 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Nürnberg | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Heidenheim | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Holstein Kiel | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Hannover 96 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 13 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -22 | 5 |
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