Week 3 brings us a match on Aug 20th where Werder Bremen will travel to Dortmund to battle Borussia Dortmund in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 2nd placed Borussia Dortmund, recorded a 3-1 win against Freiburg. Michael Gregoritsch struck first for Freiburg in the 35th minute, then in the 77th minute, Moukoko sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jamie Bynoe-Gittens But luckily in the 84th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Moukoko. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while werder Bremen is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Stuttgart. Niclas Füllkrug scored the first goal for Werder Bremen in the 4th minute, then Wataru Endo got the equalizer for Stuttgart in the 38th minute on a feed from Kalajdzic . Werder Bremen looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Werder Bremen’s top weapon lately has been Niclas Füllkrug, who has two goals in the last five matches. Both Julian Brandt and Youssoufa Moukoko have been the hottest scorers for Borussia Dortmund in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Edin Terzic’s Borussia Dortmund squad will be without Mahmoud Dahoud, Sébastien Haller and Mats Hummels, while Romano Schmid, Benjamin Goller, Christian Groß, Jean-Manuel Mbom and Dikeni-Rafid Salifou are unavailable to play for Werder Bremen.