Struggling Werder Bremen will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bayer Leverkusen in the upcoming league round. It’s 17th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Werder Bremen form and stats
Werder Bremen's struggle is real here at Weserstadion Platz 11 with only 5 points collected from 11 Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-8. With nine home Bundesliga games in a row without a win, the Werder fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Augsburg game long ago, can be stopped today.
Werder shared the glory with Hertha BSC in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A DFB Pokal defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Opportunity lost for Werder Bremen in the Hertha BSC match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
Werder are traveling soon after this match as the Bundesliga match at Freiburg awaits in four days.
Werder Bremen have scored 8 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Werder are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (26 from 11 played).
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
7-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bayer Leverkusen in their Bundesliga matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Bayer Leverkusen, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Rangers in the Europa League last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 4-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Leverkusen manager P. Bosz as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Borussia M'gladbach.
The travelling fans enjoy Leverkusen's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 12 league matches away. As opposed to that, Leverkusen have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Bayer Leverkusen - Werder 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Werder victories, three draws and three Bayer Leverkusen wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Volland 9 goals |   M. Rashica 7 goals |  K. Havertz 6 goals |
Werder Bremen missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| Werder Bremen | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 27 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 11 | 20 | 45 |
| 55 | 26 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 88% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 92% | 88% |
| 75% | 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 60% |
| 50% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 16% |
| 62% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 32% |
| 33% | 55% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 306 | 169 | 36 | Total Shots | T S | 52 | 162 | 393 |
| 99 | 53 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 68 | 146 |
| 27% | 15% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 31% |
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayer Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals away as Werder Bremen have scored home.
- Bayer Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Werder Bremen have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Werder Bremen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- 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 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 50 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 47 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -8 | 35 |
| 10 | Köln | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -16 | 28 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -19 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -23 | 22 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 29 | -28 | 18 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 16 |
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