Werder Bremen hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 14th position in the Bundesliga table. Visiting Schalke 04 holds 7th place with 19 pts.
Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Werder Bremen form and stats
The story so far in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen at their home stadium (Weserstadion) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Werder Bremen lost their last game at Borussia M'gladbach (placed 1st) after a 1-3 scoreline. Before that, Werder Bremen drew at home versus Freiburg.
Werder Bremen has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Werder Bremen with 11 goals conceded in these matches.
Schalke 04 form and stats
3-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Schalke 04 in their Bundesliga matches away.
There were no winners in Schalke 04's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 3-3 vs Fortuna Düsseldorf (placed 13th). Prior to that result Schalke 04 won their away game at Augsburg. The scoreline was 3-2.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Schalke 04, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Schalke 04 have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. Schalke 04 have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Werder Bremen won 6 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Schalke 04 has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3Top Goalscorers
  A. Harit 5 goals |   M. Rashica 4 goals |  S. Serdar 4 goals |
Werder Bremen missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Werder Bremen | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| 24 | 11 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 36% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 5.1 | 6.8 | 7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 3.8 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- All of Werder Bremen's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Werder Bremen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Werder Bremen have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 5 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 19 |
| 7 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 13 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 10 |
| 16 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 21 | -18 | 9 |
| 17 | Köln | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -13 | 7 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 4 |