Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Werder Bremen & RB Leipzig face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Werder Bremen form and stats
Werder was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the DFB Pokal.Werder Bremen's results here at wohninvest WESERSTADION in the Bundesliga have been very modest with 3 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. On the other hand, in the DFB Pokal, Werder Bremen has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Werder have lost seven games in a row. The home stadium (wohninvest WESERSTADION) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Werder it's been a house of straw as the last four games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
The fans are hoping that Werder will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Bundesliga game against Union Berlin. Before that game, the home loss against Mainz 05 with the scoreline 0-1.
Werder have scored 14 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Werder Bremen have conceded 24 from these games.
RB Leipzig form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.8-4-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for RB Leipzig in their Bundesliga matches away. When we have look at the DFB Pokal statistics, we find 4W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
Impressive finishing from Amadou Haidara and Emil Forsberg secured the home win 2-0 against Stuttgart in their previous game. A 1-2 defeat away at Köln before that.
The travelling fans enjoy RB Leipzig's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 15 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Leipzig as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Werder wins - draws - RB Leipzig wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Sabitzer 7 goals |  E. Forsberg 7 goals |  C. Nkunku 6 goals |
Werder Bremen missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| Werder Bremen | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 24 | 41 | ||
| 36 | 18 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.6 | 15.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 86 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 46 | 71 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 31 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 30 | 64 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 57 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 62 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 56 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 31 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 66 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 55 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 31 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 50 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 59 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 29 | 13 | 46 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 9 | 46 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 41 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 39 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -5 | 36 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -16 | 34 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 31 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 22 | -16 | 33 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -17 | 30 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 30 |
| 16 | Köln | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 29 | -24 | 29 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -14 | 26 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 76 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 47 | -58 | 13 |