Werder Bremen vs VfL Wolfsburg Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Werder Bremen

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Werder Bremen will be wanting a better result here following the 1-2 Bundesliga 1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Union Berlin.

In that match, Werder Bremen had 58% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Werder Bremen was Amos Pieper (13'). Union Berlin got 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Janik Haberer (17') and Kevin Behrens (46') scored for Union Berlin.

Fixtures featuring Werder Bremen have usually been exciting affairs lately with high scoring expected. Over their past six games, the sum of 25 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 4.17 goals per game) with 7 of those belonging to Werder Bremen.

Coming into this meeting, Werder Bremen have left without a victory over VfL Wolfsburg in their last 4 league matches.

VfL Wolfsburg

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VfL Wolfsburg will go into this game following a 0-5 Bundesliga 1 win in the defeat of Hertha Berlin in their previous outing.

In that match, VfL Wolfsburg managed 58% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For VfL Wolfsburg, the goalscorers were Mattias Svanberg (4'), Maximilian Arnold (31'), Jonas Wind (34'), Ridle Baku (72') and Omar Marmoush (86'). On the other side, Hertha BSC got 8 shots at goal with 2 on target.

A sequence of reliable showings from the VfL Wolfsburg defence has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 1 from their past 6 clashes overall. In that period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 22. With no two games being the same, we will just have to wait and see if that trend shall be replicated here in this game.

Their past results show that VfL Wolfsburg:

• are undefeated by Werder Bremen in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their last 5 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head to head clashes going back to 03/03/2019 shows that Werder Bremen have won 1 of these games and VfL Wolfsburg 3, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 23 in all which averages out at 3.83 goals per match.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 1 match day 1 on 06/08/2022 when it finished VfL Wolfsburg 2-2 Werder Bremen.

On that occasion, VfL Wolfsburg managed 61% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The goals were scored by Lukas Nmecha (11') and Josuha Guilavogui (84').

For their opponents, Werder Bremen got 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. Niklas Füllkrug (21') and Leonardo Bittencourt (23') scored.

The match was refereed by Sascha Stegemann.

ℹ️ Team News: Werder Bremen

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just the sole fitness concern for the Werder Bremen manager Ole Werner to be concerned with due to a largely intact group of players. Romano Schmid (Ruptured intraarticular ligament initiation in knee) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: VfL Wolfsburg

Out of a mainly healthy squad, there is just the sole fitness problem for the VfL Wolfsburg boss Niko Kovač to be concerned with. Lukas Nmecha (Rupture of the pattella) won’t be playing here.

🔮 Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that VfL Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen may well both score, with little between these two teams.

We’ll see, but this looks like it could end up all-square. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a very close game with a score draw after 90 minutes.

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Peter Guest, 02:01 24/01/2023