Werder Bremen favourites for feisty fight facing Fortuna Düsseldorf

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Weserstadion (42358 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Werder Bremen and Fortuna Düsseldorf. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

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Werder Bremen form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Werder Bremen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Werder Bremen, who have participated in one training match. Werder Bremen have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.

Last season, Werder Bremen's league statistics were 14 wins, 11 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 58 goals and conceded 49. Playing at home last season Werder Bremen managed 8-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 35 goals and 26 conceded.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

We have checked recent matches where Fortuna Düsseldorf have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were W4-D1-L5.

Just as the home team, Fortuna Düsseldorf have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 2 Fortuna Düsseldorf wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Let's have a look at how Fortuna Düsseldorf performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 5 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 65 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 22/37 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between the teams: Werder Bremen won 2, Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1 and 1 draw. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 0 matches with two goals or less.

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Werder Bremen Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Werder Bremen Last season Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
34 17   Played   17 34
14 8   Won   4 13
11 6   Drew   5 5
9 3   Lost   8 16
58 35   Scored   22 49
49 26   Conceded   37 65
100% 100%   Over 0.5   94% 97%
91% 100%   Over 1.5   88% 91%
59% 71%   Over 2.5   65% 74%
38% 53%   Over 3.5   41% 35%
15% 12%   Over 4.5   24% 21%
82% 88%   BTTS   65% 62%
15% 12%   Clean Sheets   18% 15%
3% 0%   Failed To Score   24% 26%
 
4.9 5.1   Corners For (avg)   4.2 4.2
5.4 5.1   Corners Against (avg)   4.6 4.8
1.9 1.4   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.2 2
3 1   Red Cards   1 1
Key stats last season:
  • All of Werder Bremen's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Werder Bremen have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Werder Bremen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Werder Bremen
All DFB Pokal Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-05-19 BU Werder Bremen 2 - 2 Borussia Dortmund
11-05-19 BU Hoffenheim 0 - 1 Werder Bremen
18-05-19 BU Werder Bremen 2 - 1 RB Leipzig
20-05-19 CF VfL Oldenburg 1 - 7 Werder Bremen
03-08-19 CF Werder Bremen 0 - 0 Everton
10-08-19 DFB Atlas Delmenhorst 18:45 Werder Bremen
17-08-19 BU Werder Bremen 13:30 Fortuna Düsseldorf
24-08-19 BU Hoffenheim 13:30 Werder Bremen
01-09-19 BU Werder Bremen 13:30 Augsburg
14-09-19 BU Union Berlin 13:30 Werder Bremen
Fortuna Düsseldorf
All 2. Bundesliga DFB Pokal Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-05-19 BU Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 - 1 Hannover 96
22-05-19 CF Chemie Leipzig 1 - 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf
08-07-19 CF Sportfreunde Siegen 0 - 6 Fortuna Düsseldorf
20-07-19 CF Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 - 1 Istanbul Basaksehir
06-08-19 CF Benrath 1 - 15 Fortuna Düsseldorf
10-08-19 DFB Villingen 13:30 Fortuna Düsseldorf
17-08-19 BU Werder Bremen 13:30 Fortuna Düsseldorf
24-08-19 BU Fortuna Düsseldorf 13:30 Bayer Leverkusen
01-09-19 BU Eintracht Frankfurt 16:00 Fortuna Düsseldorf
13-09-19 BU Fortuna Düsseldorf 18:30 Wolfsburg

Last season 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 34 24 6 4 88 32 17 13 3 1 49 14 17 11 3 3 39 18 56 78
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 23 7 4 81 44 17 14 2 1 52 25 17 9 5 3 29 19 37 76
3 RB Leipzig 34 19 9 6 63 29 17 10 6 1 34 9 17 9 3 5 29 20 34 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 17 9 2 6 32 25 17 9 2 6 37 27 17 58
5 Borussia M'gladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 17 9 3 5 31 22 17 7 4 6 24 20 13 55
6 Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 17 8 5 4 36 23 17 8 2 7 26 27 12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 17 8 4 5 32 21 17 7 5 5 28 27 12 54
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 17 8 6 3 35 26 17 6 5 6 23 23 9 53
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 12 9 70 52 17 7 5 5 28 20 17 6 7 4 42 32 18 51
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 5 16 49 65 17 9 0 8 27 28 17 4 5 8 22 37 -16 44
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 10 13 49 57 17 6 6 5 26 27 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 43
12 Mainz 05 34 12 7 15 46 57 17 8 5 4 31 22 17 4 2 11 15 35 -11 43
13 Freiburg 34 8 12 14 46 61 17 6 7 4 32 27 17 2 5 10 14 34 -15 36
14 Schalke 04 34 8 9 17 37 55 17 4 3 10 16 28 17 4 6 7 21 27 -18 33
15 Augsburg 34 8 8 18 51 71 17 5 4 8 34 33 17 3 4 10 17 38 -20 32
16 Stuttgart 34 7 7 20 32 70 17 6 4 7 22 27 17 1 3 13 10 43 -38 28
17 Hannover 96 34 5 6 23 31 71 17 5 1 11 15 26 17 0 5 12 16 45 -40 21
18 Nürnberg 34 3 10 21 26 68 17 3 7 7 16 22 17 0 3 14 10 46 -42 19

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