Werder Bremen and FC Köln have both played out a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golfing expression. The teams both hold mid-table places in the Bundesliga.
- Werder Bremen have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in Bundesliga
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (16) in Bundesliga
Werder Bremen are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Köln most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Werder Bremen form and stats
With 5 Bundesliga wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats from their home games, Werder Bremen are certainly not brimming with confidence. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at wohninvest WESERSTADION, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Bochum game.
The followers are hoping that Werder Bremen will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against RB Leipzig (placed 3rd). The defeat against RB Leipzig was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored six minutes into stoppage time (by Szoboszlai). Midfielder Weiser was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.14 (out of ten) in that game. Weiser hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against FC Bayern München that was lost 1-2.Goals from both teams! That has been the case in 7 league games in a row for this team. Could it happen again?
A decent goal production from Werder in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Werder Bremen have conceded 27 from these games.
FC Köln form and stats
4-6-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Köln in their Bundesliga matches away. It’s been three wins in a row for FC Köln on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Köln are travelling after their nice 5-2 home win in the fixture against Hertha BSC (placed 18th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Hertha BSC was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Hübers was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 9.01. The defender Hübers scored two goals, hit the woodwork once and won 10 of 14 duels.
Prior to that result FC Köln won their away game at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The scoreline was 2-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Köln have scored 20 goals in 16 league games away. The FC Köln manager Baumgart has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved played each other before this season: FC Köln - Werder Bremen 7-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Werder Bremen two wins, four draws and FC Köln four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Füllkrug 16 goals |  M. Ducksch 12 goals |   E. Skhiri 7 goals |
Werder Bremen missing players
FC Köln missing players
| Werder Bremen | FC Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 50 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 47 |
| 62 | 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 33 | 51 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 84% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 78% |
| 72% | 75% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | 50% |
| 34% | 25% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 38% |
| 22% | 19% | 75% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 72% | 69% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 56% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 16% | 19% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 41% |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
| 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 10 | 12.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| 36% | 32% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | 32% |
| 14.5 | 12.4 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.8 | 11.7 |
| 5.9 | 4.8 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
- FC Köln have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Köln have the most points from losing position (16) in Bundesliga
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Werder Bremen have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Bundesliga
- Werder Bremen have the fewest points (16) at home in Bundesliga
- Werder Bremen have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in Bundesliga
- Werder Bremen have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Bundesliga
- 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 | FC Bayern München | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 89 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 55 | 68 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 78 | 42 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 67 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 60 |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 59 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 42 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 56 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 49 |
| 7 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 49 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 45 |
| 10 | FC Köln | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 47 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 33 | -4 | 41 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 35 | -5 | 39 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 50 | 62 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 35 | -12 | 35 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 58 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 37 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Hoffenheim | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 43 | 54 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 27 | -11 | 32 |
| 15 | Bochum | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 36 | 71 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 39 | -35 | 31 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 65 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -34 | 30 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 34 | -15 | 29 |
| 18 | Hertha BSC | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 67 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 41 | -28 | 25 |
