BREMEN. Werder Bremen obliterates Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-1 with goals of N. Fullkrug (5′), M. Ducksch (8′), N. Fullkrug (14′), R. Bensebaini (37′ own) and M. Weiser (73′). Talking about the opposition, Borussia Mönchengladbach scored with (64′).
The match was played at the Weserstadion stadium in Bremen on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Matthias Jöllenbeck with the help of Jonas Weickenmeier and Marcel Pelgrim. The 4th official was Frank Willenborg. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 15 Total 13
- 9 On Target 8
- 6 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 106 Attack 84
- 30 Dangerous attack 34
- 88 Ball safe 90
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
Fouls
- 8 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Werder Bremen was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Borussia Mönchengladbach was more aggressive with 34 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, Werder Bremen succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Werder Bremen shot 15 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Borussia Mönchengladbach shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Werder Bremen didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Borussia Mönchengladbach received 1 yellow card (K. Kone).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Werder Bremen will have 12 points like Borussia Mönchengladbach to remain in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Borussia Mönchengladbach will stay with 12 points like Werder Bremen to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Bundesliga, Werder Bremen will play away against FC Köln on the 21st of January with a 9-6 head to head stats in favor of Werder Bremen (9 draws).
Borussia Mönchengladbach will host Bayer 04 Leverkusen on the 22nd of January with a 19-9 head to head statistic in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7 draws).
Werder Bremen – Formation
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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
, Niklas Stark , Miloš Veljković , Marco Friedl , Mitchell Weiser , Romano Schmid , Christian Groß , Ilia Gruev , Anthony Jung , Niclas Füllkrug and Marvin Ducksch .The home team had on the bench: Leonardo Bittencourt
, Eren Dinkçi, Oliver Burke , Felix Agu, Niklas Schmidt, Lee Buchanan, Michael Zetterer, Jens Stage and Nicolai Rapp .Substitutions
Werder Bremen made 5 changes: M. Ducksch for O. Burke (72′), R. Schmid for J. Stage (72′), C. Gross for L. Bittencourt (77′), I. Gruev for N. Rapp (77′) and M. Friedl for N. Schmidt (85′).
Best player: Niclas Füllkrug
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Werder Bremen was Niclas Füllkrug.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 23 passes (52% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.Borussia Mönchengladbach – Formation
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Borussia Mönchengladbach started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Daniel Farke played with: Yann Sommer
, Joseph Scally , Marvin Friedrich , Nico Elvedi , Ramy Bensebaini , Julian Weigl , Kouadio Koné , Jonas Hofmann , Christoph Kramer , Lars Stindl and Marcus Thuram .They had on the bench: Tobias Sippel, Alassane Pléa, Rocco Reitz, Tony Jantschke, Connor Noß, Nathan N’Goumou, Luca Netz, Stefan Lainer
and Patrick Herrmann .Substitutions
Borussia Mönchengladbach made 5 changes: J. Scally for S. Lainer (78′), J. Scally for S. Lainer (77′), C. Kramer for N. Ngoumou (83′), R. Bensebaini for L. Netz (88′) and K. Kone for R. Reitz (88′).
Best player: Marcus Thuram
The player that probably impressed the most for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Marcus Thuram.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 26 passes (53% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- Werder Bremen – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 5-1
- Eintracht Frankfurt – FC Union Berlin – 2-0
- SC Freiburg – FSV Mainz 05 – 2-1
- VfL Wolfsburg – VfB Stuttgart – 3-2
- FC Köln – Borussia Dortmund – 3-2
- RB Leipzig – VfL Bochum 1848 – 4-0