📊 Form Guide

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund go into this match following a 3-3 Bundesliga stalemate versus Eintracht Frankfurt.

In that game, Borussia Dortmund had 60% possession and 16 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the goals were scored by Maximilian Beier (10'), Felix Nmecha (68') and Carney Chukwuemeka (90'). For their opponents, Eintracht Frankfurt had 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them 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 at goal with 0 on target. Augsburg had 14 shots at goal with 6 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

A look at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 20/08/2022 shows that Borussia Dortmund have won 3 of them & Werder Bremen 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

A total of 15 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 9 of them from Dortmund and 6 netted by Werder. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The previous league game between the two was Bundesliga match day 19 on 25/01/2025 and the score finished Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Werder Bremen.

On that occasion, Borussia Dortmund managed 46% possession and 8 shots at goal with 4 on target. The scorer was Serhou Guirassy (28').

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 match was refereed by Christian Dingert.

ℹ️ Team News: Borussia Dortmund

We are thinking that Dortmund look set to use a 3-4-2-1 formation with Gregor Kobel, Niklas Suele, Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Ryerson, Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha, Daniel Svensson, Maximilian Beier, Julian Brandt and Serhou Guirassy.

🗞️ Team News: Werder Bremen

It’s our belief that Werder appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 formation, going with Mio Backhaus, Niklas Stark, Marco Friedl, Amos Pieper, Yukinari Sugawara, Cameron Puertas, Senne Lynen, Jens Stage, Isaac Schmidt, Justin Njinmah and Romano Schmid.

⚡ 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, 05:05 12/01/2026