Borussia Dortmund vs Werder Bremen pre-match info: Visitors in for a demanding job at Signal-Iduna-Park

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

This might well be quite the engrossing battle at Signal-Iduna-Park in the Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund is in 1st place and host Werder Bremen in 10th position. Read about the game here!

This looks to be an engrossing match with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Borussia Dortmund have only played one Bundesliga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 13 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.

A good away victory last time out for Borussia Dortmund, who won 3-1 against SC Freiburg (placed 5th). Kobel loved the game against SC Freiburg. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-1 victory. Midfielder Wolf was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.91 (out of ten) in that game. Wolf scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match, Borussia won a home game hosting Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1-0).

Borussia Dortmund are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 8 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 7, drew 0 and lost 1.

Borussia Dortmund has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Werder Bremen form and stats

The visitors settled for one point in their first Bundesliga away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Werder Bremen's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus VfB Stuttgart that finished 2-2. As mentioned above, Werder drew the match against VfB Stuttgart. Manager Werner brought on Burke to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Veljković, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.81. Veljković won 5 of 5 duels.

Before that, Werder Bremen travelled to Wolfsburg and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Werder Bremen has managed 2 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these squads: Borussia Dortmund won four, Werder Bremen were winners in two and we saw four draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Werder BremenN. Füllkrug
N. Füllkrug
2 goals
Borussia DortmundM. Wolf
M. Wolf
1 goals
Borussia DortmundM. Reus
M. Reus
1 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Werder Bremen missing players

Borussia Dortmund Werder Bremen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 1 0 Scored S 0 2 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 3.5
6 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 3.5
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 8.5
4.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4
44% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 50%
 
14.5 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11 12.5
6 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 5
Borussia Dortmund Last season Werder Bremen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
22 13   Won W   10 18
3 0   Drew D   3 9
9 4   Lost L   4 7
85 52   Scored S   36 65
52 28   Conceded C   26 43
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
91% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 94%
76% 88%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   88% 68%
56% 65%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 29%
41% 59%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   35% 24%
76% 76%   BTTS BTTS   71% 65%
21% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 26%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   18% 12%
 
5.4 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 6.4
4.3 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 3.7
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2
1 0   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.7 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   16.4 17.1
5.6 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 5.9
44% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 32%
 
10.8 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.2 11.9
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Borussia Dortmund 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
3 Köln 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
4 Bayern München 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 5 3
5 SC Freiburg 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 3
6 Union Berlin 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
7 Mainz 05 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
8 TSG Hoffenheim 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
9 Augsburg 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 -3 3
10 Werder Bremen 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
11 RB Leipzig 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 VfB Stuttgart 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
13 Wolfsburg 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Schalke 04 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
15 Hertha BSC 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
16 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 0 1 1 2 7 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
17 Bochum 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
18 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 24 5 5 97 37 17 13 2 2 48 15 17 11 3 3 49 22 60 77
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 17 13 0 4 52 28 17 9 3 5 33 24 33 69
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 17 10 2 5 39 23 17 9 5 3 41 24 33 64
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 17 11 2 4 43 17 17 6 5 6 29 20 35 58
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 17 10 5 2 25 17 17 6 4 7 25 27 6 57
6 SC Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 17 8 5 4 32 25 17 7 5 5 26 21 12 55
7 Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 17 9 4 4 27 21 17 5 6 6 25 28 3 52
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 17 10 5 2 33 11 17 3 2 12 17 34 5 46
9 TSG Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 17 8 4 5 34 24 17 5 3 9 24 36 -2 46
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 12 9 13 54 61 17 8 4 5 33 27 17 4 5 8 21 34 -7 45
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 12 12 45 49 17 4 7 6 20 22 17 6 5 6 25 27 -4 42
12 Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 17 7 3 7 25 21 17 5 3 9 18 33 -11 42
13 Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 17 8 4 5 21 17 17 4 2 11 17 35 -14 42
14 Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 17 7 4 6 25 26 17 3 4 10 14 30 -17 38
15 VfB Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 17 6 4 7 28 32 17 1 8 8 13 27 -18 33
16 Hertha BSC 34 9 6 19 37 71 17 6 3 8 24 33 17 3 3 11 13 38 -34 33
17 Arminia Bielefeld 34 5 13 16 27 53 17 2 10 5 15 23 17 3 3 11 12 30 -26 28
18 Greuther Furth 34 3 9 22 28 82 17 3 5 9 15 33 17 0 4 13 13 49 -54 18
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Schalke 04 34 20 5 9 72 44 17 10 2 5 40 27 17 10 3 4 32 17 28 65
2 Werder Bremen 34 18 9 7 65 43 17 8 6 3 29 17 17 10 3 4 36 26 22 63
3 Hamburger SV 34 16 12 6 67 35 17 9 6 2 36 17 17 7 6 4 31 18 32 60
4 Darmstadt 98 34 18 6 10 71 46 17 10 3 4 42 23 17 8 3 6 29 23 25 60
5 St. Pauli 34 16 9 9 61 46 17 11 4 2 37 17 17 5 5 7 24 29 15 57
6 Heidenheim 34 15 7 12 43 45 17 10 4 3 27 18 17 5 3 9 16 27 -2 52
7 Paderborn 34 13 12 9 56 44 17 4 7 6 26 24 17 9 5 3 30 20 12 51
8 Nurnberg 34 14 9 11 49 49 17 8 3 6 26 23 17 6 6 5 23 26 0 51
9 Holstein Kiel 34 12 9 13 46 54 17 8 3 6 23 23 17 4 6 7 23 31 -8 45
10 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 11 11 12 45 42 17 6 6 5 28 21 17 5 5 7 17 21 3 44
11 Hannover 96 34 11 9 14 35 49 17 6 6 5 16 19 17 5 3 9 19 30 -14 42
12 Karlsruher SC 34 9 14 11 54 55 17 5 9 3 32 26 17 4 5 8 22 29 -1 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 10 11 13 41 52 17 4 5 8 17 25 17 6 6 5 24 27 -11 41
14 Sandhausen 34 10 11 13 42 54 17 4 5 8 19 29 17 6 6 5 23 25 -12 41
15 Jahn Regensburg 34 10 10 14 50 51 17 6 4 7 31 29 17 4 6 7 19 22 -1 40
16 Dynamo Dresden 34 7 11 16 33 46 17 5 5 7 18 18 17 2 6 9 15 28 -13 32
17 Erzgebirge Aue 34 6 8 20 32 72 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 3 5 9 18 38 -40 26
18 Ingolstadt 34 4 9 21 30 65 17 2 5 10 12 29 17 2 4 11 18 36 -35 21

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