Borussia Dortmund vs Werder Bremen Preview

Borussia Dortmund vs Werder Bremen

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – SIGNAL IDUNA PARK

Date: 20th October 2023

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

After a two-week hiatus, European club football returns this Friday with Borussia Dortmund and Bremen opening Round 8 of the Bundesliga season at Signal Iduna Park.

The hosts welcome Bremen to Dortmund with a sense of regret and vengeance after their 3-2 loss to the visitors last season contributed to their title collapse. That loss came despite them holding a 2-0 advantage till the 88th minute of the game.

They have beaten Bremen 2-0 since that loss though and will fancy their chances of recording another win here given their form. Die Schwarzgelben are one of only three unbeaten Bundesliga clubs this term and are currently on a four-game winning run.

They’ve now made their best start to a campaign after seven games (W5, D2) since 2018/2019 and haven’t tasted defeat in 15 German top-flight matches overall, the longest run of any team in the league.

Edin Terzic’s side are also formidable at home having not tasted defeat at Signal Iduna Park in any competition since August last year.

By contrast, things are looking gloomy for Werder Bremen, as they have started the season with two wins and five losses from their first seven games. Their new season form stretches back with Ole Werner picking up just 21 points in 26 outings in 2023. That return means the Northerners have the lowest tally of any current Bundesliga outfit during that period (of the sides that started the calendar year in the division).

Things aren’t looking well for them on the injury front either as goalkeeper Jiří Pavlenka and Justin Njinmah, the matchwinner in their last victory, are all set to miss out due to injury.

To add to the bad omens, Werder have conceded first in six of their seven Bundesliga encounters this season (W1, L5) – losing all three matches on the road in the process – and have won only one of their last nine Bundesliga H2Hs (W1, D3, L5).

Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

November 22, 2024
Bayern Munich 20:30 Augsburg 1907
November 23, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15:30 RB Leipzig
Wolfsburg 15:30 Union Berlin
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15:30 Heidenheim
Borussia Dortmund 15:30 SC Freiburg
Stuttgart 15:30 VFL Bochum
Eintracht Frankfurt 18:30 Werder Bremen
November 24, 2024
Holstein Kiel 15:30 Mainz
Borussia Mönchengladbach 17:30 FC St. Pauli
November 29, 2024
FC St. Pauli 20:30 Holstein Kiel
November 30, 2024
RB Leipzig 15:30 Wolfsburg
Werder Bremen 15:30 Stuttgart
SC Freiburg 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Augsburg 1907 15:30 VFL Bochum
Union Berlin 15:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Borussia Dortmund 18:30 Bayern Munich
December 1, 2024
Mainz 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Heidenheim 17:30 Eintracht Frankfurt
December 6, 2024
Stuttgart 20:30 Union Berlin

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayern Munich 10 8 2 0 33 7 +26 26
2 RB Leipzig 10 6 3 1 15 5 +10 21
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 6 2 2 26 16 +10 20
4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10 4 5 1 21 16 +5 17
5 SC Freiburg 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17
6 Union Berlin 10 4 4 2 9 8 +1 16
7 Borussia Dortmund 10 5 1 4 18 18 +0 16
8 Werder Bremen 10 4 3 3 17 21 -4 15
9 Borussia Mönchengladbach 10 4 2 4 15 14 +1 14
10 Mainz 10 3 4 3 15 14 +1 13
11 Stuttgart 10 3 4 3 19 19 +0 13
12 Wolfsburg 10 3 3 4 19 18 +1 12
13 Augsburg 1907 10 3 3 4 13 20 -7 12
14 Heidenheim 10 3 1 6 13 15 -2 10
15 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 10 2 3 5 13 19 -6 9
16 FC St. Pauli 10 2 2 6 7 12 -5 8
17 Holstein Kiel 10 1 2 7 12 25 -13 5
18 VFL Bochum 10 0 2 8 10 30 -20 2

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