We are close to seeing the trophies awarded in Germany this season and on Friday the 30th of April we have a meeting between Werder Bremen and RB Leipzig in the semi-final of the DFB Pokal.
The match will take place at the Weser-Stadion, Bremen and the winner will progress to the final and play either Borussia Dortmund or Holstein Kiel.
🕞 90.+3 MinEnde..⚽ 3:1 #FCUSVW pic.twitter.com/RiZISFEYFh— SV Werder Bremen (@werderbremen) April 24, 2021
🕞 90.+3 MinEnde..⚽ 3:1 #FCUSVW pic.twitter.com/RiZISFEYFh
Werder Bremen come into the match having lost 3-1 at Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on the weekend. It was a fourth successive defeat for Werder Bremen in the league and they are in danger of being sucked into the relegation zone.
You must go back 5 games to find the last time Werder Bremen tasted success and it came in the quarter-final of the DFB Pokal.
Werder Bremen picked up a narrow 1-0 victory at Jahn Regensburg and is one of 4 fixtures they gave won in the competition this season.
Interestingly, three of their four wins in the DFB Pokal have come away from home, including 2-0 at Carl Zeiss Jena and 3-0 at Hannover 96.
Werder Bremen have a strong home record in the DFB Pokal and have won 14 of their last 16 at home in the competition.
The only two defeats were both at the hands of Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen have scored 2 or more goals in each of their last 5 home DFB Pokal matches.
RB Leipzig come into the game having defeated Stuttgart 2-0 at home in the Bundesliga on the weekend. That result means although they will not catch Bayern Munich at the top of the table, RB Leipzig should finish second in the Bundesliga this season.
However, they have not had things all their own way recently and RB Leipzig have won two of their last 5 fixtures in all competitions.
RB Leipzig have played an equal number of matches at home and away in the DFB Pokal this season. They beat Nurnberg and Augsburg 3-0 away from home followed by wins over Bochum and Wolfsburg at home.
RB Leipzig have a good away record in the DFB Pokal, winning 8 of their last 9 away fixtures. They have been scoring plenty of goals and RB Leipzig have netted 3 or more goals in 5 of their last 6 away DFB Pokal games.
Looking ahead to the team news and Werder Bremen have five players unavailable, with Milos Veljkovic, Leonardo Bittencourt, Omer Toprak, Nick Woltemade, and Luca Plogmann on the treatment table.
RB Leipzig will be without attacking pair Yussuf Poulsen and Dominik Szoboszlai due to injury. Every other player should be available for Julian Nagelsmann.
This competition presents a great chance for both teams to win a trophy this season, especially with Bayern Munich having been eliminated.
RB Leipzig are the stronger team and if they perform to their best, we expect to see them win the match, keeping a clean sheet in the process.