📊 Form Guide

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund will play in this game following a 3-3 Bundesliga drawn result against Eintracht Frankfurt.

In that game, Borussia Dortmund managed 60% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Borussia Dortmund, goals were scored by Maximilian Beier (10'), Felix Nmecha (68') and Carney Chukwuemeka (90'). Eintracht Frankfurt got 12 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Can Yılmaz Uzun (22'), Younes Ebnoutalib (71') and Mahmoud Dahoud (90') scored for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Over their prior 6 games, Niko Kovač's Borussia Dortmund have netted a combined total of 9 times resulting in an average number of goals per match of 1.5.

Their prior results show that Borussia Dortmund:

• haven't lost in the league to Werder Bremen in their previous 5 matches.
• have not won against Werder Bremen in their previous 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 11 home league matches. It's been impressive.

Werder Bremen

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In their previous fixture, Werder Bremen drew 0-0 in the Bundesliga tie with Augsburg.

In that game, Werder Bremen managed 47% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 0 on target. Augsburg had 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target.

The stats don’t lie, and Werder Bremen have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in total. In defence, Werder Bremen have clearly had some problems. Still, we’ll just have to find out if that trend shall be sustained in this next game.

Taking a look at their past results, Werder Bremen:

• have left without a victory over Borussia Dortmund when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 6 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 20/08/2022 tells us that Borussia Dortmund have won 3 of these games and Werder Bremen 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.

15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 from Dortmund and 6 for Werder. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The previous league contest between these sides was Bundesliga match day 19 on 25/01/2025 which ended up with the score at Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Werder Bremen.

On that occasion, Borussia Dortmund had 46% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Serhou Guirassy (28').

For their opponents, Werder Bremen had 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Marco Friedl (51' Own goal), Leonardo Bittencourt (64') and Marvin Ducksch (72') scored.

The referee was Christian Dingert.

🗞️ Team News: Borussia Dortmund

In all likelihood, Dortmund will possibly employ a 3-4-2-1 formation this time featuring Gregor Kobel, Niklas Suele, Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck, Yan Couto, Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha, Julian Ryerson, Maximilian Beier, Carney Chukwuemeka and Fabio Silva.

📋 Team News: Werder Bremen

We are inclined to think that Werder seem most likely to begin the game with a 3-4-3 lineup, choosing Mio Backhaus, Amos Pieper, Marco Friedl, Karim Coulibaly, Yukinari Sugawara, Jens Stage, Senne Lynen, Isaac Schmidt, Romano Schmid, Justin Njinmah and Cameron Puertas.

💭 Prediction

It’s likely that Werder Bremen will do really well to find the back of the net against a Borussia Dortmund side who should be able to create a lot of chances for themselves and convert these into goals.

Our tip is for a commanding 3-0 victory for Borussia Dortmund after 90 minutes.

Renata Leite, 19:07 13/01/2026