RB Leipzig vs Werder Bremen preview for betting prediction

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena (42558 seats)

The league table in Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with RB Leipzig leading Werder Bremen by 10 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • RB Leipzig has the most points (15) at home in Bundesliga
  • Werder Bremen have scored in all their matches so far.

The hosts Leipzig saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Manchester United, was also a home game here at Red Bull Arena. The away team is better rested.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for RB Leipzig, who have the most points (15) at home in Bundesliga, so far this season.

The RB Leipzig supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Manchester United in Champions League and win 3-2. Preceding that game was the away draw at Bayern München that finished 3-3.

Leipzig goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi did an outstanding job against Manchester United with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of J. Nagelsmann when Justin Kluivert scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 56th minute.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for RB Leipzig home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, four draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

The manager J. Nagelsmann will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hoffenheim in only four days.

Goals are plentiful at Red Bull Arena in the league this season as Leipzig has scored 14 goals here in 5 home games. From these home matches, Leipzig have conceded only 3 goals.

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Werder Bremen form and stats

The visitors are W1-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.

The manager F. Kohfeldt was unhappy after their last game, a Bundesliga match played at their home ground Weserstadion. Werder suffered a 1-2 loss to Stuttgart (placed 8th). Preceding that game, the 3-5 loss visiting Wolfsburg's place.

Late heartbreak for Werder in the Stuttgart match, as the deciding 1-2 goal came deep into overtime.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Werder played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected zero times.

A quick return to home after this game, as Werder are hosting Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga only three days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Werder's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. Werder struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 9 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Leipzig-Werder Bremen H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: RB Leipzig five wins, Werder Bremen two wins, one draw. six of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

RB LeipzigJ. Esmoris Tasende
J. Esmoris Tasende
4 goals
Werder BremenN. Füllkrug
N. Füllkrug
4 goals
RB LeipzigE. Forsberg
E. Forsberg
3 goals

RB Leipzig missing players

Werder Bremen missing players

RB Leipzig Werder Bremen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 4 Played P 2 5 10
6 5 4 Won W 0 1 2
3 0 0 Drew D 1 3 5
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
21 14 12 Scored S 4 9 14
9 3 2 Conceded C 6 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
60% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 40%
30% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 30%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 20%
60% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 90%
30% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 10%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
15.6 20.2 19.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.8 11.4
5.6 7.6 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.4 3.8
38% 37% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 41% 37%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of RB Leipzig's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Werder Bremen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • RB Leipzig has the fewest conceded goals (3) at home in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig has the most points (15) at home in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • RB Leipzig have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • RB Leipzig have won all their matches at home so far.
  • RB Leipzig haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Werder Bremen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Werder Bremen have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Werder Bremen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 10 7 2 1 34 16 5 3 2 0 21 7 5 4 0 1 13 9 18 23
2 Bayer Leverkusen 10 6 4 0 19 9 4 2 2 0 8 5 6 4 2 0 11 4 10 22
3 RB Leipzig 10 6 3 1 21 9 5 5 0 0 14 3 5 1 3 1 7 6 12 21
4 Borussia Dortmund 10 6 1 3 22 10 5 3 0 2 13 5 5 3 1 1 9 5 12 19
5 Wolfsburg 10 4 6 0 16 10 5 3 2 0 9 5 5 1 4 0 7 5 6 18
6 Union Berlin 10 4 4 2 22 14 5 2 2 1 14 7 5 2 2 1 8 7 8 16
7 Borussia M'gladbach 10 4 4 2 19 16 5 2 3 0 8 4 5 2 1 2 11 12 3 16
8 Stuttgart 10 3 5 2 19 16 5 0 3 2 7 10 5 3 2 0 12 6 3 14
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 2 7 1 15 17 5 1 4 0 6 5 5 1 3 1 9 12 -2 13
10 Hoffenheim 10 3 3 4 18 17 5 2 1 2 11 9 5 1 2 2 7 8 1 12
11 Augsburg 10 3 3 4 12 15 5 2 1 2 6 7 5 1 2 2 6 8 -3 12
12 Hertha BSC 10 3 2 5 18 19 5 1 1 3 7 12 5 2 1 2 11 7 -1 11
13 Werder Bremen 10 2 5 3 14 17 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 3 1 9 9 -3 11
14 Freiburg 10 1 5 4 12 22 5 0 3 2 7 11 5 1 2 2 5 11 -10 8
15 Köln 10 1 4 5 12 17 6 0 2 4 8 13 4 1 2 1 4 4 -5 7
16 Arminia Bielefeld 10 2 1 7 8 20 5 2 0 3 5 9 5 0 1 4 3 11 -12 7
17 Mainz 05 10 1 2 7 12 24 5 0 2 3 6 11 5 1 0 4 6 13 -12 5
18 Schalke 04 10 0 3 7 6 31 5 0 2 3 3 10 5 0 1 4 3 21 -25 3

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