A classic home victory, the away team steals it or an exciting draw? Anything could happen when the mid-table sides Werder Bremen and VfL Wolfsburg duel at wohninvest WESERSTADION.
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- VfL Wolfsburg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Bundesliga
It's no vacation for neither Werder Bremen nor VfL Wolfsburg 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
Werder Bremen have collected 10 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 3-1-5. It's trouble wherever Werder are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
The Werder Bremen club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at wohninvest WESERSTADION: A 1-2 defeat against FC Union Berlin (placed 2nd). Stark, defender, was given a rating of 7.21/10 in that game, top of the team. Stark won 6 of 9 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Köln.Goals from both sides! That has happened in 5 league games in a row for this side. Will it happen again?
A decent goal production from Werder Bremen in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for VfL Wolfsburg in their Bundesliga matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Wolfsburg as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. VfL Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels is eager to challenge this, with his 228 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
It's the second away game in a row for VfL Wolfsburg, but there's smiles all around after the 5-0 victory versus Hertha BSC (placed 17th) last time out. As mentioned above, VfL Wolfsburg was the only team on the pitch versus Hertha BSC in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfielder Svanberg was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.23. Svanberg scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
That result followed a home victory 6-0 versus SC Freiburg.Observe that 8 of this team's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Wolfsburg manager Kovač as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against FC Union Berlin.
VfL Wolfsburg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 10 goals have been conceded by Wolfsburg in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
VfL Wolfsburg have managed a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Werder Bremen.The squads have met each other previously this season, with the final score VfL Wolfsburg - Werder Bremen 2-2 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Füllkrug 11 goals |   R. Baku 5 goals |  M. Arnold 4 goals |
Werder Bremen missing players
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
| Werder Bremen | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 35 |
| 36 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 88% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 65% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 59% |
| 41% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 22% | 47% |
| 29% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 71% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 41% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 41% |
| 18% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 24% |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7.3 | 6.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 11.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 9.8 | 12.4 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 34% | 33% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 41% | 44% |
| 15.4 | 13.7 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 15.8 | 14.6 |
| 6.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
- VfL Wolfsburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- VfL Wolfsburg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Bundesliga
- VfL Wolfsburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- VfL Wolfsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- VfL Wolfsburg is in the best form (6-0-0) in Bundesliga
- Werder Bremen have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | FC Bayern München | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 36 | 36 |
| 2 | FC Union Berlin | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 33 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 32 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 31 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 29 |
| 8 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 24 |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 22 |
| 10 | Köln | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 21 |
| 12 | FSV Mainz 05 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 13 | TSG Hoffenheim | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 16 |
| 16 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -22 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 9 |
