Werder Bremen have performed really well so far this season, proven by 5th position in the table. FSV Mainz 05 can look both up and down the table from their 12th position.
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Werder Bremen have scored more than double the goals of FSV Mainz 05.
This looks to be an appealing match with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Werder Bremen form and stats
Werder Bremen have played 4 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Werder against TSG Hoffenheim the last match, as Füllkrug and Ducksch were on target. The versatile forward Füllkrug edged out all the other players in that match and was awarded a match rating of 8.13 out of 10. Füllkrug scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Borussia M'gladbach.This is expected to be a close game, with Werder Bremen perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Werder Bremen as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Werder Bremen has won 1 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Werder Bremen as they are travelling to their away game against Paderborn in the DFB Pokal. That match is four days after this one.
The Werder manager Werner has got the team scoring with 10 from 4 home games in the league.
FSV Mainz 05 form and stats
Playing away, FSV Mainz 05 have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 2 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as FSV Mainz 05 have lost on their last two travels.
Mainz delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against RB Leipzig (placed 10th) in their previous fixture. Fernandes was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender Fernandes won 5 of 6 duels.
Prior to that match, the FSV Mainz 05 manager Svensson faced defeat when travelling to Freiburg and losing 1-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Mainz in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for FSV Mainz 05, 1 draw and 7 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The DFB Pokal trip to VfB Lubeck.
The visiting FSV Mainz 05 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Mainz struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Werder Bremen four wins, one draw and FSV Mainz 05 five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Füllkrug 8 goals |   K. Onisiwo 3 goals |  L. Bittencourt 2 goals |
Werder Bremen missing players
FSV Mainz 05 missing players
| Werder Bremen | FSV Mainz 05 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | 10 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 14 | 8 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 56% |
| 56% | 75% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 11% |
| 33% | 50% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 20% | 11% |
| 78% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 11% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 4 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.3 | 6 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 11.5 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.2 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| 38% | 42% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 39% | 28% |
| 14.9 | 14 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 13.6 | 11.6 |
| 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
- FSV Mainz 05 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FSV Mainz 05 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- FSV Mainz 05 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Werder Bremen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Werder Bremen have scored more than double the goals of FSV Mainz 05.
- 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 | Union Berlin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | FC Bayern München | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | TSG Hoffenheim | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | FSV Mainz 05 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
