The time is almost upon us for the Werder Bremen vs Mainz Bundesliga clash which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the team sheets have just been announced.
Here is the starting XI for Werder Bremen which has been confirmed as follows:
Werder Bremen
Mio Backhaus #30
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.94m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Mönchengladbach, Germany
Marco Friedl #32
Defender
Height: 1.84m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Austria
Julián Malatini #22
Defender
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Argentina
Place of birth: General Cabrera, Argentina
Yukinari Sugawara
Defender
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Toyokawa, Japan
Jens Stage #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Denmark
Place of birth: Denmark
Cameron Puertas #18
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Switzerland
Leonardo Bittencourt #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 60kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Leipzig, Germany
Romano Schmid #20
Midfielder
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Graz, Austria
Marco Grüll
Forward
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 71kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria
Olivier Deman #2
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Belgium
Place of birth: Belgium
Keke Topp #9
Forward
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
The starting line-up for Mainz has also been confirmed as:
Mainz
Daniel Batz #33
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 35
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Erlangen, Germany
Philipp Mwene #2
Defender
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Austria
Stefan Posch
Defender
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Austria
Place of birth: Judenburg, Austria
Danny da Costa #21
Defender
Height: 1.87m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Neuss, Germany
Silvan Widmer #30
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Switzerland
Place of birth: Aarau, Switzerland
Dominik Kohr #31
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Trier, Germany
Kaishu Sano #6
Midfielder
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tsuyama-shi, Japan
Paul Nebel #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.69m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
Jae-sung Lee #7
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Ulsan, Korea Republic
Sheraldo Becker #23
Forward
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 31
Place of birth: Netherlands
Phillip Tietz #20
Forward
Height: 1.9m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Germany
Place of birth: Germany
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