Werder Bremen demolishes Fortuna Düsseldorf with 2 goals from N. Fullkrug

BREMEN. Werder Bremen was in the end too good for Fortuna Düsseldorf with the goal of N. Fullkrug was the key player of the match after he scored in the 66th and 88th minute.

Werder Bremen demolishes Fortuna Düsseldorf with 2 goals from N. Fullkrug

BREMEN. Werder Bremen was ultimately too much to handle for Fortuna Düsseldorf with the goal of N. Fullkrug was the key player of the match after he scored in the 66th and 88th minute. N. Fullkrug (66′), M. Ducksch (80′) and N. Fullkrug (88′). Werder Bremen capitalized on its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the wohninvest WESERSTADION (Bremen) stadium in Bremen on Saturday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Reichel who was helped by Christian Bandurski and Marc-Philipp Eckermann. The 4th official was Florian Exner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.8 degrees Celsius or 42.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
  • 18 Total 5
  • 7 On Target 0
  • 11 Off Target 5
  • 1 Shots blocked 1
  • 139 Attack 87
  • 43 Dangerous attack 26
  • 77 Ball safe 71
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 3
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 16 Total 12
  • 1 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Werder Bremen had a strong ball possession 60% while Fortuna Düsseldorf was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Werder Bremen was more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Werder Bremen won the match​.

Werder Bremen shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Fortuna Düsseldorf shot 5 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Werder Bremen received 1 yellow card (M. Friedl). On the other side, Fortuna Düsseldorf didn’t receive any yellow card.

Also, Fortuna Düsseldorf didn’t finish the match with 11 players after K. Peterson (Fortuna Düsseldorf) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (58′).

Match Timeline

58'
60'
Mitchell Weiser - sub ->Felix Agu
60'
Marco Friedl  - Yellow
63'
66'
72'
Marvin Ducksch(var)
73'
Marvin Ducksch(var)
75'
79'
Dawid Kownacki - sub ->J. Piotrowski
79'
79'
Marcel Sobottka- sub ->Ao Tanaka 
Marvin Ducksch(goal)Niklas Schmidt
80'
81'
86'
87'
88'
88'

Standings

After playing this encounter, Werder Bremen will have 32 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Fortuna Düsseldorf will stay with 20 points like Hansa Rostock to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Werder Bremen will play away with Paderborn on the 22nd of January with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Paderborn (1 draw).

Fortuna Düsseldorf will host Nürnberg on the 21st of January with a 9-5 head to head statistic in favor of Nürnberg (2 draws).

Werder Bremen – Formation

Werder Bremen
G
Jiri Pavlenka 1.Czech Republic
6.8
D
Milos Veljkovic 13.Serbia
6.8
88'
D
Ömer Toprak 21.Turkey
7.2
D
Marco Friedl   32.Austria
7.2
63'
M
Felix Agu 27.Germany
6.8
60'
M
6.8
60'
M
Christian Groß 36.Germany
7.2
88'
M
Romano Schmid 20.Austria
6.4
81'
M
Anthony Jung 3.Germany
7.2
F
Niclas Füllkrug 11.Germany
9.3
Goals66', 87'
F
Marvin Ducksch 7.Germany
10.0
Goals80'
Substitutes
G
Michael Zetterer 30.Germany
D
Lukas Mai 26.Germany
88'
D
Mitchell Weiser  8.Germany
6.2
60'
D
Nicolai Rapp 23.Germany
6.8
81'
M
Ilia Gruev 28.Bulgaria
88'
M
Jean Manuel Mbom 34.Germany
M
Niklas Schmidt 22.Germany
7.2
60'
M
Oscar Schönfelder 16.Germany
F
Eren Dinkçi 43.Germany

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 (6.8), Miloš Veljković (6.8), Ömer Toprak (7.2), Marco Friedl (7.2), Felix Agu (6.8), Leonardo Bittencourt (6.8), Christian Groß (7.2), Romano Schmid (6.4), Anthony Jung (7.2), Niclas Füllkrug (9.3) and Marvin Ducksch (10.0).

The home team had on the bench: Michael Zetterer, Lars Lukas Mai, Mitchell Weiser (6.2), Eren Dinkçi, Ilia Gruev, Jean-Manuel Mbom, Nicolai Rapp (6.8), Niklas Schmidt (7.2) and Oscar Schönfelder.

Werder Bremen could not rely on the presence of M. Weiser (injured).

Substitutions

Werder Bremen made 5 changes: F. Agu for M. Weiser (60′), L. Bittencourt for N. Schmidt (60′), R. Schmid for N. Rapp (81′), M. Veljkovic for L. L. Mai (88′) and C. Gross for I. Gruev (88′).

Best player: Niclas Füllkrug​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Werder Bremen was Niclas Füllkrug.

His rating is (9.3) with 2 goals, 28 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Fortuna Düsseldorf – Formation

Fortuna Düsseldorf
G
Florian Kastenmeier 33.Germany
6.4
D
Matthias Zimmermann 25.Germany
6.5
D
Christoph Klarer 5.Austria
6.6
D
T. Oberdorf 46.Germany
5.8
D
N. Gavory 34.France
6.5
86'
M
K. Narey 20.Togo
6.4
M
Shinta Appelkamp 23.Germany
6.2
72'
M
Ao Tanaka 4.Japan
6.5
79'
M
J. Piotrowski 8.Poland
7.0
79'
M
5.7
58'
F
Rouwen Hennings 28.Germany
6.2
79'
Substitutes
G
Raphael Wolf 1.Germany
D
Florian Hartherz 7.Germany
6.3
86'
D
J. Siebert 43.Germany
M
Edgar Prib 6.Germany
M
Marcel Sobottka 31.Germany
6.1
79'
M
Thomas Pledl  18.Germany
6.4
72'
F
Nicklas Shipnoski 27.Germany
F
Róbert Bozeník 32.Slovakia
6.4
79'
F
Dawid Kownacki  9.Poland
6.2
79'

Fortuna Düsseldorf started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

Christian Preußer played with: Florian Kastenmeier (6.4), Matthias Zimmermann (6.5), Christoph Klarer (6.6), Tim Christopher Oberdorf (5.8), Nicolas Gavory (6.5), Khaled Narey (6.4), Shinta Karl Appelkamp (6.2), Ao Tanaka (6.5), Jakub Piotrowski (7.0), Kristoffer Peterson (5.7) and Rouwen Hennings (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Raphael Wolf, Florian Hartherz (6.3), Jamil Siebert, Edgar Prib, Nicklas Shipnoski, Marcel Sobottka (6.1), Thomas Pledl (6.4), Róbert Boženík (6.4) and Dawid Kownacki (6.2).

Substitutions

Fortuna Düsseldorf made 5 changes: S. Appelkamp for T. Pledl (72′), A. Tanaka for M. Sobottka (79′), R. Hennings for R. Bozenik (79′), J. Piotrowski for D. Kownacki (79′) and N. Gavory for F. Hartherz (86′).

Best player: Jakub Piotrowski​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fortuna Düsseldorf was Jakub Piotrowski.

His rating is (7.0) with 25 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 19.

Results of the day

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