Bundesliga match preview: Werder Bremen versus Borussia Dortmund

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 04.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Weserstadion (42358 seats)

Werder Bremen will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 23 points behind Borussia Dortmund.

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.

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Werder Bremen form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Werder Bremen are 7-5-3 (wins-draw-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Werder Bremen to get some points in this home game.

In their previous game, the manager F. Kohfeldt led his Werder Bremen to a defeat in the Bundesliga match away at Fortuna Dusseldorf. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Weserstadion. Ahead of that match, Werder Bremen lost 2-3 at home to Bayern München.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (31 in 15 games), Werder Bremen's attacking play is working. Werder Bremen have conceded 23 from these games.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

As the visiting team Borussia Dortmund have produced an overall stat of 8-4-3 so far.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Bundesliga home defeat versus Schalke 04 with 2-4 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Freiburg at their stadium, the result 4-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Borussia Dortmund's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 15 away matches. 17 goals have been conceded by Borussia Dortmund in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Borussia Dortmund - Werder Bremen 2-1, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Werder Bremen won 2 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Borussia Dortmund has 6 wins.

Top Goalscorers

Paco Alcácer
17 goals
M. Reus
16 goals / 8 assists
M. Kruse
11 goals / 9 assists

Werder Bremen missing players

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
31 15 4 Played 5 15 31
12 7 0 Won 3 8 21
10 5 1 Drew 1 4 6
9 3 3 Lost 1 3 4
53 31 6 Scored 8 25 74
46 23 13 Conceded 6 17 40
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 87% 94%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 80% 73% 87%
58% 67% 100% Over 2.5 60% 60% 74%
39% 53% 75% Over 3.5 20% 33% 52%
16% 13% 25% Over 4.5 20% 20% 35%
84% 87% 100% BTTS 80% 53% 68%
13% 13% 0% Clean Sheets 20% 40% 29%
3% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 20% 10%
 
5.1 5.3 6.5 Corners For (avg) 7 5.1 5
5.3 4.6 6 Corners Against (avg) 4.4 5.1 4.9
1.8 1.3 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.8 1.5 1.2
3 1 1 Red Cards 1 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • Werder Bremen hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Werder Bremen is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

Werder Bremen
30-03-19 BU Werder Bremen 3 - 1 Mainz 05
03-04-19 DFB Schalke 04 0 - 2 Werder Bremen
07-04-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 1 - 1 Werder Bremen
13-04-19 BU Werder Bremen 2 - 1 Freiburg
20-04-19 BU Bayern München 1 - 0 Werder Bremen
24-04-19 DFB Werder Bremen 2 - 3 Bayern München
27-04-19 BU Fortuna Dusseldorf 4 - 1 Werder Bremen
04-05-19 BU Werder Bremen 16:30 Borussia Dortmund
11-05-19 BU Hoffenheim 13:30 Werder Bremen
18-05-19 BU Werder Bremen 13:30 RB Leipzig
Borussia Dortmund
30-03-19 BU Borussia Dortmund 2 - 0 Wolfsburg
06-04-19 BU Bayern München 5 - 0 Borussia Dortmund
13-04-19 BU Borussia Dortmund 2 - 1 Mainz 05
21-04-19 BU Freiburg 0 - 4 Borussia Dortmund
27-04-19 BU Borussia Dortmund 2 - 4 Schalke 04
04-05-19 BU Werder Bremen 16:30 Borussia Dortmund
11-05-19 BU Borussia Dortmund 13:30 Fortuna Dusseldorf
18-05-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 13:30 Borussia Dortmund
18-07-19 CF Seattle Sounders 02:30 Borussia Dortmund
20-07-19 CF Borussia Dortmund - Liverpool

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bayern München 30 22 4 4 79 29 15 11 3 1 41 12 15 11 1 3 38 17 50 70
2 Borussia Dortmund 31 21 6 4 74 40 16 13 2 1 49 23 15 8 4 3 25 17 34 69
3 RB Leipzig 31 19 7 5 59 24 16 10 5 1 34 9 15 9 2 4 25 15 35 64
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 31 15 9 7 58 35 16 8 4 4 32 19 15 7 5 3 26 16 23 54
5 Borussia M'gladbach 31 15 6 10 49 38 15 9 2 4 29 18 16 6 4 6 20 20 11 51
6 Bayer Leverkusen 31 16 3 12 57 49 15 8 1 6 25 23 16 8 2 6 32 26 8 51
7 Hoffenheim 30 13 11 6 65 41 15 7 5 3 27 15 15 6 6 3 38 26 24 50
8 Werder Bremen 31 12 10 9 53 46 15 7 5 3 31 23 16 5 5 6 22 23 7 46
9 Wolfsburg 30 13 7 10 48 45 15 6 5 4 26 22 15 7 2 6 22 23 3 46
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 12 4 15 44 60 16 8 0 8 25 27 15 4 4 7 19 33 -16 40
11 Hertha BSC 31 9 10 12 41 48 15 5 6 4 22 21 16 4 4 8 19 27 -7 37
12 Mainz 05 31 10 6 15 37 52 15 7 4 4 24 17 16 3 2 11 13 35 -15 36
13 Freiburg 31 7 11 13 40 56 15 5 6 4 26 25 16 2 5 9 14 31 -16 32
14 Augsburg 31 8 7 16 47 59 16 5 4 7 31 29 15 3 3 9 16 30 -12 31
15 Schalke 04 31 8 6 17 36 54 15 4 1 10 16 28 16 4 5 7 20 26 -18 30
16 Stuttgart 31 6 6 19 28 67 16 5 4 7 19 27 15 1 2 12 9 40 -39 24
17 Nürnberg 30 3 9 18 24 56 15 3 6 6 15 17 15 0 3 12 9 39 -32 18
18 Hannover 96 31 4 6 21 26 66 16 4 1 11 12 26 15 0 5 10 14 40 -40 18