Werder Bremen vs Arminia Bielefeld Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Werder Bremen are without a win in four competitive games against Bielefeld (D2 L2). Werder's last win in this fixture was an 8-1 thrashing in September 2017 -it was also the last time they scored eight goals in a game.
Bremen and Bielefeld are facing each other for the first time in over five years, when Arminia won 3-1 in the DFB-Pokal round of 16 in March 2015.
Fabian Klos captained the then third-division side at the time. Bielefeld have taken four points from their first two games -they last managed this in the Bundesliga in 2007/08 (finished 15th). They had just two points at this stage in Bundesliga 2 last season.
Werder have won just one of their last 16 Bundesliga home games (D3 L12): a 6-1 triumph against Kain on matchday 34 last season. They've lost 11 of their last 13 BL home games (W1 D1).
Since the restart in May, all five of Bremen's league wins have come on a Saturday, having played just seven times on this day of the week in that time (W5 L2).
Bielefeld have won just 13% of their Bundesliga away games (38 of 290) -the lowest proportion of any side to have played at least 1 0 Bundesliga seasons.
Bielefeld head coach Uwe Neuhaus has faced Werder just once as a head coach. He lost 0-5 at home with Union Berlin in the first round of the DFB-Pokal in 2009/10.
Bielefeld goalkeeper Stefan Ortega Moreno assisted the winning goal against Kain last time out (1-0). He's also set up three goals in Bundesliga 2.
Since summer 2017, he has picked up four assists -more than any other goalkeeper in Germany's top three divisions. Since returning to Bremen in 2019,
Niclas Fullkrug has been involved in a goal in all five Bundesliga games he has started (6 goals, 1 assist).
Joan Simun Edmundsson scored on his Bundesliga debut on matchday 2. He also scored on his Bundesliga 2 debut. He is the first player from the Faroe Islands to score in the Bundesliga.
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