There are three matches to be played in the German Bundesliga on Sunday afternoon and the first of those takes place at the Wohninvest Westerstadion. Werder Bremen meet Wolfsburg with the hosts needing to win in their bid to avoid relegation and the visitors hoping to claim the points as they aim to qualify for the Europa League.
Werder Bremen come into this match having played their game in hand on Wednesday night at home against Eintracht Frankfurt. It provided an opportunity for Werder Bremen to move out of the automatic relegation zone but they failed to take advantage of that chance and lost the game 3-0.
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That result put an end to Werder Bremen’s 3 match unbeaten run during which they picked up victories against Freiburg and Schalke away plus a draw at home against Borussia Monchengladbach. Werder Bremen appeared to be moving in the right direction in their battle against relegation but some of that work was undone in the defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Trends show Werder Bremen have won just 4 of their last 25 matches in the Bundesliga and their home form is poor. Werder Bremen have struggled to win games at home both with and without fans inside the stadium. You must go back to the 1st of September to find the last time they won a home Bundesliga match and since then Werder Bremen have gone 12 home games without tasting victory.
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Wolfsburg’s most recent match came last weekend and they lost 2-1 at home against Eintracht Frankfurt. It was a disappointing result, especially as they had travelled to Bayer Leverkusen during the week before and picked up an excellent 4-1 victory.
Since the restart, Wolfsburg have won 2 and lost 2 of their 4 Bundesliga matches with the other victory coming against Augsburg away from home. As seems to be the trend in the Bundesliga without any fans inside the stadium, Wolfsburg have been performing better away from home.
In fact, Wolfsburg are undefeated in their last 5 away games in the Bundesliga. They have won 4 of those matches with the wins coming against Paderborn and Hoffenheim in addition to the victories highlighted above. Trends show both teams have scored in each of Wolfsburg’s last 6 away Bundesliga matches.
Looking ahead to the team news and Werder Bremen are still without the injured duo of Kevin Möhwald and Nuri Sahin. Claudio Pizarro, Ömer Toprak and Niclas Füllkrug are all back in training.
Wolfsburg travel without the suspended Renato Steffen. They also have a significant injury list including Ignacio Camacho, Jerome Roussillon, Mamoudou Karamoko, Paulo Otavio and William. Josuha Guilavogui is a doubt due to a knee injury.
While Werder Bremen have been struggling at home, Wolfsburg have been enjoying playing away. That suggests we should see an away victory and Wolfsburg could take maximum points with both teams scoring.