BREMEN. FC Bayern München overcome Werder Bremen to win 2-1. A goal from N. Schmidt was decisive in the 86min. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was FC Bayern München to strike first with a goal of Serge Gnabry at the 62′. Then Leroy Sané scored again for FC Bayern München in the 72′ minute. Eventually, Niklas Schmidt reduced the distance for Werder Bremen (86′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. FC Bayern München was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the wohninvest WESERSTADION (Bremen) stadium in Bremen on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Christian Dingert with the collaboration of Benedikt Kempkes and Timo Gerach. The 4th official was Max Burda. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.4 degrees Celsius or 56.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

FC Bayern München was in firm control of the ball 67% while Werder Bremen was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Bayern München was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Bayern München won the match.​

Werder Bremen shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, FC Bayern München shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards (A. Pieper and Marco Friedl). On the other side, FC Bayern München received 1 yellow card (João Cancelo).

Standings

After this encounter, Werder Bremen will stay with 35 points to sit in the 12th place. On the opposite side, FC Bayern München will have 65 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen will host FC Köln on the 20th of May with a 9-7 head to head stats in favor of Werder Bremen (9 draws).

FC Bayern München will host Schalke 04 on the 13th of May with a 26-3 head to head stats in favor of FC Bayern München (8 draws).

Werder Bremen – Formation

Werder Bremen started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Ole Werner decided to play with the following team: Jiří Pavlenka (6.6), Amos Pieper (6.8), Niklas Stark (7.2), Marco Friedl (6.4), Mitchell Weiser (7.3), Leonardo Bittencourt (7.3), Christian Groß (6.8), Jens Stage (6.9), Anthony Jung (7.0), Romano Schmid (6.9) and Marvin Ducksch (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Eren Dinkçi, Niklas Schmidt (7.1), Jean-Manuel Mbom, Lee Buchanan (6.6), Michael Zetterer, Miloš Veljković (6.9), Fabio Chiarodia, Ilia Gruev (6.8) and Maximilian Philipp (6.5).

Substitutions

Werder Bremen made 5 changes: A. Pieper for Miloš Veljković (55′), Anthony Jung for Lee Buchanan (77′), Christian Groß for Ilia Gruev (77′), Marvin Ducksch for Maximilian Philipp (77′) and Leonardo Bittencourt for Niklas Schmidt (82′).

Best player: Leonardo Bittencourt​

The player that probably impressed the most for Werder Bremen was Leonardo Bittencourt.

His rating is (7.3) with 28 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 21. He performed 3 crosses.

FC Bayern München – Formation

FC Bayern München started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Thomas Tuchel played with: Yann Sommer (6.1), Noussair Mazraoui (7.5), Benjamin Pavard (6.8), Matthijs de Ligt (7.1), João Cancelo (6.2), Ryan Gravenberch (7.0), Joshua Kimmich (8.1), Kingsley Coman (6.7), Jamal Musiala (5.9), Sadio Mané (6.7) and Serge Gnabry (7.1).

They had on the bench: Daley Blind, Liam Morrison, Sven Ulreich, Mathys Tel, Arijon Ibrahimović, Leroy Sané (7.4), Thomas Müller (6.2), Bouna Sarr and Aleksandar Pavlović.

Substitutions

FC Bayern München made 3 changes: Kingsley Coman for Leroy Sané (64′), R. Gravenberch for Thomas Müller (65′) and Sadio Mané for Bouna Sarr (88′).

Best player: Joshua Kimmich​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Bayern München was Joshua Kimmich even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 100 passes (88% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 13 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• SC Freiburg – RB Leipzig – 0-1
• Werder Bremen – FC Bayern München – 1-2
• TSG Hoffenheim – Eintracht Frankfurt – 3-1
• Hertha BSC – VfB Stuttgart – 2-1
• FC Augsburg – FC Union Berlin – 1-0
• Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 1848 – 2-0