SANDHAUSEN. Sandhausen manages to recover against Werder Bremen with a goal on the N. Rapp 12′ and a goal on the N. Fullkrug 90′. Werder Bremen was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%)​

The match was played at the BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald stadium in Sandhausen on Sunday and it started at 11:30 am local time. The referee was Patrick Ittrich with the assistance of Christian Gittelmann and Fabian Porsch. The 4th official was Patrick Glaser. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.3 degrees Celsius or 55.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Werder Bremen had a strong ball possession 67% while Sandhausen was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sandhausen was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Sandhausen to win the match​.

Sandhausen shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Werder Bremen shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Sandhausen received 5 yellow cards (B. Ajdini, N. Rehnen, D. Diekmeier, A. Zhirov and P. Testroet). On the other side, Werder Bremen received 4 yellow cards (M. Zetterer, N. Rapp, L. Bittencourt and M. Veljkovic).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Sandhausen will have 9 points to stay in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Werder Bremen will have 15 points like Fortuna Düsseldorf and Heidenheim to stay in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Sandhausen will play away against Dynamo Dresden on the 30th of October with a 4-4 head to head.

Werder Bremen will host St. Pauli on the 30th of October with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Werder Bremen (1 draw).

Sandhausen – Formation

Sandhausen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Alois Schwartz decided to play with the following team: Patrick Drewes (7.1), Dennis Diekmeier (7.3), Immanuel Höhn (6.6), Aleksandr Zhirov (6.4), Chima Okoroji (6.5), Janik Bachmann (6.4), Erik Zenga (6.7), Bashkim Ajdini (7.4), Marcel Ritzmaier (7.1), Arne Sicker (6.2) and Pascal Testroet (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Nikolai Rehnen, Oumar Diakhite, Christian Joe Conteh, Alexander Esswein (6.6), Anas Ouahim, Cebio Soukou (6.1), Charlison Benschop, Christian Kinsombi and Vincent Schwab.

Substitutions

Sandhausen made 3 changes: A. Sicker for A. Esswein (57′), P. Testroet for C. Soukou (86′) and M. Ritzmaier for O. Diakhite (90′).

Best player: Pascal Testroet​

The most impressive player for Sandhausen was Pascal Testroet.

His rating is (8.0) with 2 goals, 22 passes (63% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Werder Bremen – Formation

Werder Bremen started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

On the opposite side, Markus Anfang played with: Michael Zetterer (5.9), Felix Agu (7.0), Lars Lukas Mai (7.4), Miloš Veljković (7.0), Marco Friedl (6.4), Romano Schmid (6.5), Niklas Schmidt (6.6), Ilia Gruev (6.7), Nicolai Rapp (7.2), Leonardo Bittencourt (7.0) and Marvin Ducksch (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Jiří Pavlenka, Anthony Jung, Mitchell Weiser, Jean-Manuel Mbom, Abdenego Nankishi, Roger Assalé, Eren Dinkçi (7.1), Niclas Füllkrug (7.7) and Oscar Schönfelder (6.8).

Substitutions

Werder Bremen made 3 changes: N. Schmidt for N. Fullkrug (57′), N. Rapp for E. Dinkci (68′) and L. Bittencourt for O. Schonfelder (77′).

Best player: Niclas Füllkrug​

The most impressive player for Werder Bremen was Niclas Füllkrug.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 12 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 10.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 57′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.​

• St. Pauli – Hansa Rostock – 4-0
• Jahn Regensburg – Hannover 96 – 3-1
• Sandhausen – Werder Bremen – 2-2