Werder Bremen vs Union Berlin match preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Weserstadion Platz 11 (5500 seats)

The visiting Union Berlin side should be favourites in this visit to Werder Bremen, as the away team holds a 7 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Union Berlin has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Bundesliga

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Werder Bremen form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Bundesliga this season. Werder Bremen have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Weserstadion Platz 11. Werder are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Weserstadion Platz 11, having lost their two previous games here.

Happy days for Werder Bremen in their previous game, a DFB Pokal match away at Hannover 96 that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that match, a Bundesliga win away at Mainz 05.

Werder are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. Werder Bremen have conceded 10 from these games.

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Union Berlin form and stats

2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Union Berlin playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.

Home advantage was not enough for Berlin in their previous game, as they lost their DFB Pokal-match, hosting Paderborn, 2-3. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.

Union Berlin has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Berlin have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Werder victories, zero draws and one Union Berlin win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Union BerlinM. Kruse
M. Kruse
6 goals
WerderN. Füllkrug
N. Füllkrug
4 goals
Union BerlinM. Friedrich
M. Friedrich
4 goals

Werder Bremen missing players

Union Berlin missing players

Werder Bremen Union Berlin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 3 6 13
3 1 0 Won W 1 2 5
5 2 0 Drew D 1 3 6
5 3 1 Lost L 1 1 2
16 6 1 Scored S 4 10 27
21 10 2 Conceded C 5 9 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
38% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 69%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 54%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
77% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 85%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.2 11.3 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 10.5 11.8
3.7 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.7 4.7
33% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 45% 44%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Union Berlin's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Union Berlin has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Bundesliga
  • Union Berlin has the most matches over the total-line (9) in Bundesliga
  • Union Berlin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Union Berlin have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Union Berlin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 13 9 3 1 39 19 6 4 2 0 23 8 7 5 1 1 16 11 20 30
2 Bayer Leverkusen 13 8 4 1 28 12 6 3 2 1 13 8 7 5 2 0 15 4 16 28
3 RB Leipzig 13 8 4 1 24 9 7 6 1 0 16 3 6 2 3 1 8 6 15 28
4 Wolfsburg 13 6 6 1 20 13 7 5 2 0 12 6 6 1 4 1 8 7 7 24
5 Borussia Dortmund 13 7 1 5 26 18 6 3 0 3 14 10 7 4 1 2 12 8 8 22
6 Union Berlin 13 5 6 2 27 18 7 3 3 1 17 9 6 2 3 1 10 9 9 21
7 Stuttgart 13 4 6 3 26 20 6 0 4 2 9 12 7 4 2 1 17 8 6 18
8 Borussia M'gladbach 13 4 6 3 24 22 7 2 4 1 10 7 6 2 2 2 14 15 2 18
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 13 3 8 2 21 22 6 1 5 0 9 8 7 2 3 2 12 14 -1 17
10 Freiburg 13 4 5 4 20 23 7 2 3 2 13 12 6 2 2 2 7 11 -3 17
11 Augsburg 13 4 4 5 15 19 7 2 2 3 8 11 6 2 2 2 7 8 -4 16
12 Hoffenheim 13 4 3 6 21 23 6 2 1 3 11 10 7 2 2 3 10 13 -2 15
13 Werder Bremen 13 3 5 5 16 21 6 1 2 3 6 10 7 2 3 2 10 11 -5 14
14 Hertha BSC 13 3 4 6 20 24 6 1 2 3 7 12 7 2 2 3 13 12 -4 13
15 Köln 13 2 5 6 13 21 7 0 2 5 8 17 6 2 3 1 5 4 -8 11
16 Arminia Bielefeld 13 3 1 9 9 23 6 2 0 4 5 10 7 1 1 5 4 13 -14 10
17 Mainz 05 13 1 3 9 12 26 7 0 2 5 6 13 6 1 1 4 6 13 -14 6
18 Schalke 04 13 0 4 9 8 36 7 0 2 5 3 13 6 0 2 4 5 23 -28 4

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