The league table in Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with RB Leipzig leading Werder Bremen by 25 points. Match preview to follow:
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.
RB Leipzig form and stats
21 points is a decent return from 10 Bundesliga games here at Red Bull Arena for RB Leipzig. The data says 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
RB Leipzig manager J. Nagelsmann and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Bayern München (placed 1st) in the Bundesliga. A DFB Pokal defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Eintracht Frankfurt.
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 seven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, three draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
There will be little rest for RB Leipzig after this match as they are travelling to Tottenham Hotspur for a Champions League game in only four days.
RB Leipzig are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Red Bull Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 28 goals in 10 matches. RB Leipzig's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Werder Bremen form and stats
The visitors are W3-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga. Recent form does not give Werder Bremen much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. RB Leipzig will be a tough nut to crack.
Werder Bremen failed to get anything from their last game, a Bundesliga home match vs Union Berlin (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 0-2. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Borussia Dortmund in the DFB Pokal.
You'll want to know how Werder Bremen managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
Werder Bremen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 11 games. The Werder Bremen manager F. Kohfeldt has some worries about the defense as 24 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Werder Bremen - RB Leipzig 0-3 entered in the official records. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's four RB Leipzig victories, one draw and two Werder Bremen wins. five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Werner 20 goals |  M. Sabitzer 7 goals |   M. Rashica 7 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Werder Bremen missing players
| RB Leipzig | Werder Bremen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 21 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 53 | 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 25 |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Conceded | C | 13 | 24 | 48 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 86% |
| 76% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 82% | 76% |
| 57% | 70% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 64% | 52% |
| 24% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 27% | 24% |
| 71% | 90% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 67% |
| 24% | 10% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 5% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 29% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 357 | 183 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 123 | 282 |
| 143 | 77 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 41 | 92 |
| 37% | 36% | 63% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 41% | 27% |
- All of RB Leipzig's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- RB Leipzig has the most points from losing position (13)
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Werder Bremen.
- RB Leipzig haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Werder Bremen has the most dropped points from leading position (19)
- Werder Bremen has the the worst goal difference (-23)
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Werder Bremen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Werder Bremen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Werder Bremen is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 35 | 43 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 42 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 39 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 33 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 28 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Köln | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -11 | 23 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -23 | 17 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -19 | 16 |