BREMEN. FSV Mainz 05 conquers Werder Bremen with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Ingvartsen (36′) and a goal from L. Jae-Sung (66′). Werder Bremen was surely superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the wohninvest WESERSTADION (Bremen) stadium in Bremen on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Robert Hartmann with the support of Christian Leicher and Dominik Schaal. The 4th official was Florian Exner. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.5 degrees Celsius or 59.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Werder Bremen was in firm control of the ball 68% while FSV Mainz 05 was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Werder Bremen was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, FSV Mainz 05 was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Werder Bremen shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, FSV Mainz 05 shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Werder Bremen received 1 yellow card (N. Fullkrug). On the other side, FSV Mainz 05 received 2 yellow cards (A. Hack and J. Burkardt).

Standings

After playing this match, Werder Bremen will stay with 15 points like RB Leipzig and FSV Mainz 05 to remain in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, FSV Mainz 05 will have 15 points like Werder Bremen and RB Leipzig to hold in the 10th 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 statistic in favor of Werder Bremen (9 draws).

FSV Mainz 05 will play away agasint VfB Stuttgart on the 21st of January with a 10-10 head to head.

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 (7.0), Niklas Stark (7.6), Amos Pieper (7.1), Marco Friedl (6.9), Mitchell Weiser (6.2), Romano Schmid (6.4), Christian Groß (6.5), Ilia Gruev (6.5), Anthony Jung (6.7), Marvin Ducksch (6.9) and Niclas Füllkrug (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Goller, Eren Dinkçi, Oliver Burke (6.6), Lee Buchanan (7.1), Michael Zetterer, Felix Agu, Jens Stage (6.2), Fabio Chiarodia and Niklas Schmidt (6.6).

Substitutions

Werder Bremen made 4 changes: I. Gruev for N. Schmidt (62′), R. Schmid for O. Burke (72′), C. Gross for J. Stage (72′) and A. Jung for L. Buchanan (73′).

Best player: Niklas Stark​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Werder Bremen was Niklas Stark.

His rating is (7.6) with 102 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

FSV Mainz 05 – Formation

FSV Mainz 05 started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Bo Svensson played with: Robin Zentner (7.4), Edimilson Fernandes (7.4), Dominik Kohr (7.3), Alexander Hack (7.2), Danny da Costa (7.6), Leandro Barreiro (7.2), Anton Stach (7.2), Aarón Martín (7.1), Karim Onisiwo (7.0), Jae-Sung Lee (7.3) and Marcus Ingvartsen (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Eniss Shabani, Anthony Caci (6.4), Niklas Tauer, Finn Gilbert Dahmen, Angelo Fulgini (6.2), Ben Justus Bobzen, Jonathan Burkardt (6.4), Delano Burgzorg and Aymen Barkok.

Substitutions

FSV Mainz 05 made 5 changes: M. Ingvartsen for J. Burkardt (68′), D. Kohr for A. Caci (76′), Lee Jae-Sung for A. Fulgini (76′), L. Barreiro for A. Barkok (87′) and E. Fernandes for N. Tauer (88′).

Best player: Danny da Costa​

The most impressive player for FSV Mainz 05 was Danny da Costa even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 21 passes (47% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Werder Bremen – FSV Mainz 05 – 0-2
• VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1848 – 4-1
• VfL Wolfsburg – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 2-2
• Eintracht Frankfurt – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 5-1
• RB Leipzig – Hertha BSC – 3-2