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Werder Bremen vs Mainz

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – Weserstadion

Date: 31st January 2025

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

Bundesliga resumes this Friday with Werder Bremen hosting Mainz in the first match of round 20.

The hosts come into this tie looking to end a poor run of form that has seen them win none of their last four league games (D2, L2). The most recent in that sequence came in the form of a 2-2 draw with ten-men Borussia Dortmund.

Bremen played with a man advantage for over 70 minutes of that game against Dortmund but failed to make the most of their opportunity. However, the positive thing from that game was that they came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2, keeping them well in the hunt for European qualification.

That was the third match already in 2025 in which Ole Werner’s men had conceded first, while it was the second consecutive encounter in which they had let in the first two goals. So they will have a lot to correct in their defending if they want to push for a top six finish this season.

There is concern that Bremen’s home form could scupper that dream as they have the joint-fewest home wins in the Bundesliga this season (W2, D4, L3). Both victories came against sides currently 14th or lower, suggesting that another poor outing could be on the cards here against a Mianz side fighting for a place in the top four.

On a positive note, though, Bremen managed to draw with two of the top four teams at the Weserstadion (Leverkusen and Stuttgart) and claimed a share of the spoils with Dortmund.

Mainz come into this tie sitting in sixth position, having secured nine wins in 19 outings this term (D4, L6). The visitors ended a run of two straight losses last time out, with a 2-0 win over high-flying Stuttgart. That result reduced the gap to the Champions League places to one point, while it was also their seventh win in their last ten games (W7, L3).

However, those three defeats all came away from the MEWA ARENA even though Bo Henriksen’s men were unbeaten on the road this season until early December. They may be licking their lips ahead of Friday, however, as in no stadium other than their home have they managed to win as often in the Bundesliga as here (seven times), having lost only two of the last ten away H2Hs (W5, D3).

Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

February 21, 2025
SC Freiburg 20:30 Werder Bremen
February 22, 2025
Holstein Kiel 15:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Wolfsburg 15:30 VFL Bochum
Borussia Mönchengladbach 15:30 Augsburg 1907
Mainz 15:30 FC St. Pauli
Borussia Dortmund 18:30 Union Berlin
February 23, 2025
RB Leipzig 15:30 Heidenheim
Bayern Munich 17:30 Eintracht Frankfurt
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 19:30 Stuttgart
February 28, 2025
Stuttgart 20:30 Bayern Munich
March 1, 2025
VFL Bochum 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
FC St. Pauli 15:30 Borussia Dortmund
Werder Bremen 15:30 Wolfsburg
RB Leipzig 15:30 Mainz
Heidenheim 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Eintracht Frankfurt 18:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
March 2, 2025
Union Berlin 15:30 Holstein Kiel
Augsburg 1907 17:30 SC Freiburg
March 7, 2025
Borussia Mönchengladbach 20:30 Mainz

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayern Munich 22 17 4 1 65 19 +46 55
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 22 13 8 1 49 27 +22 47
3 Eintracht Frankfurt 22 12 6 4 49 29 +20 42
4 RB Leipzig 22 10 7 5 36 29 +7 37
5 SC Freiburg 22 11 3 8 29 36 -7 36
6 Mainz 22 10 5 7 35 24 +11 35
7 Stuttgart 22 10 5 7 40 33 +7 35
8 Borussia Mönchengladbach 22 10 4 8 35 32 +3 34
9 Wolfsburg 22 9 6 7 45 36 +9 33
10 Werder Bremen 22 8 6 8 35 42 -7 30
11 Borussia Dortmund 22 8 5 9 37 38 -1 29
12 Augsburg 1907 22 7 7 8 24 35 -11 28
13 Union Berlin 22 6 6 10 21 29 -8 24
14 FC St. Pauli 22 6 3 13 18 25 -7 21
15 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 22 5 6 11 29 45 -16 21
16 Heidenheim 22 4 2 16 25 45 -20 14
17 VFL Bochum 22 3 5 14 21 46 -25 14
18 Holstein Kiel 22 3 4 15 34 57 -23 13

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