Week 17 features a match on Wednesday Jan 25th, where Werder Bremen will play host to Union Berlin in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Werder Bremen is fresh off their 1-7 blowout loss against Köln. Linton Maina struck first for Köln in the 9th minute on a feed from Ellyes Skhiri, then Steffen Tigges added another in the 15th minute. Werder Bremen is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while union Berlin sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Hoffenheim. Ihlas Bebou struck first for Hoffenheim in the 43rd minute on a feed from Robert Skov, but Danilho Doekhi got the equalizer for Union Berlin in the 73rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 89th minute on a goal by Danilho Doekhi. Union Berlin is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Danilho Doekhi has been the most prolific scorer on Union Berlin in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Niclas Füllkrug has been the most prolific scorer on Werder Bremen in his last 5 matches with 2 goals
Ole Werner’s squad will be without Romano Schmid, Felix Agu and Jean-Manuel Mbom, while Union Berlin will be without Diogo Leite, Morten Thorsby and András Schäfer.