It's only been four sleeps since Werder Bremen fought FC Köln and the scoreline was 1-7. Can they win vs FC Union Berlin?
- Werder Bremen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
It's no vacation for neither Werder Bremen nor FC Union Berlin as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Werder Bremen form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Werder Bremen have to build on here at wohninvest WESERSTADION in the Bundesliga. Werder has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Werner and the players.
Werder Bremen faced defeat in their previous match, away at FC Köln (1-7). As you see from the result above, Werder Bremen suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The gifted forward Füllkrug bettered all the other players in that game and managed a match rating of 7.04 out of 10. Füllkrug scored one goal and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Werder lost 1-2 at home to RB Leipzig.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as VfL Wolfsburg are coming to town in three days.
The Werder Bremen fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Werder Bremen defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
3-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for FC Union Berlin in their Bundesliga matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Fischer, the FC Union Berlin manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
The followers enjoyed Berlin's previous game versus TSG Hoffenheim (placed 13th), a 3-1 win played at home. That win felt good as this club had gone three league fixtures without winning. Defender Doekhi was the best team player with a rating of 8.54. Doekhi scored two goals and won 4 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting SC Freiburg's place.Lots of goals? This team have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all having at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
The schedule is very tough for FC Union Berlin now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Bundesliga game at Hertha BSC is waiting in only three days.
Berlin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 8 games (in the league). FC Union Berlin's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Werder Bremen two wins, zero draws and FC Union Berlin three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Füllkrug 11 goals |   S. Becker 7 goals |  M. Ducksch 3 goals |
Werder Bremen missing players
FC Union Berlin missing players
| Werder Bremen | FC Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 26 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| 34 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 62% | 81% |
| 62% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 44% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 38% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 38% | 19% |
| 69% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 56% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 38% | 31% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 19% |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 11.5 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 9.8 | 11.9 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 35% | 34% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 38% | 44% |
| 15.6 | 13.9 | 13.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.2 |
| 6.1 | 5.4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
- 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 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 35 |
| 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 30 |
| 3 | FC Union Berlin | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 29 |
| 6 | VfL Wolfsburg | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 22 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 21 |
| 10 | FC Köln | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 13 | TSG Hoffenheim | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Bochum | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 22 | -20 | 16 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -22 | 9 |
