VfL Wolfsburg vs Werder Bremen Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 🐺
This will be the 53rd meeting between Wolfsburg and Werder. Between 1974 and 2019/20, they have faced each other on 46 occasions in the Bundesliga and six in the DFB-Pokal. Wolfsburg have won 18 of these games to Werder’s 24 (D10).
Wolfsburg have faced Werder 52 times in all competitions, only facing Bayern more often (53 meetings). The Wolves have scored more goals against Werder than against any other side (89) but have also conceded 101 to SVW (only more vs. Bayern – 133).
VfL Wolfsburg ended a run of eight games without a win against Werder (D2 L6) on MD30 last season. Their 1-0 victory on the road was their first in this fixture since November 2015, when they won their sixth consecutive game against Bremen (6-0 H).
Wolfsburg won 2-0 at Schalke last time out and are one of only two undefeated teams left in the Bundesliga this season, alongside Bayer Leverkusen. 2019/20 is the only other time the Wolves have started the season with an eight-game unbeaten run, suffering their first defeat on MD10 (3-0 in Dortmund).
VfL Wolfsburg have won their last two Bundesliga home games for the first time under Oliver Glasner. They last won three BL home games on the bounce within a single season in October/November 2015, with the third win coming against Werder (6-0).
SV Werder Bremen drew 1-1 against Bayern München last time out, ending a run of 22 defeats against the Bavarians (a Bundesliga record against a single opponent). Werder now have 11 points from their opening eight games, two more than at this stage last season.
Werder Bremen are unbeaten in their last seven Bundesliga games (W2 D5), last going seven without defeat at the start of the second half of 2018/19 (12 games unbeaten). Their only defeat this season came on the opening day (4-1 at home vs. Hertha).
Werder have drawn 1-1 in each of their last five Bundesliga games. The only other side to have done this was Bayer Leverkusen in 1980/81.
Wolfsburg’s Wout Weghorst has scored in four of his last five Bundesliga games, including in all three of Wolfsburg’s wins in this timeframe. The Wolves have lost just one of the 16 BL games that Weghorst has scored in under Oliver Glasner (W10, D5), losing their most recent home game against Werder (3-2 loss on 1st December 2019).
Werder head coach Florian Kohfeldt has won three games against Wolfsburg – he has only won more against Augsburg (4) and Schalke (5).
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