Week 18 features a match on Sat Jan 28th, where Werder Bremen hosts Wolfsburg in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 11th placed Werder Bremen, recorded a 1-7 blowout loss against Köln. Linton Maina scored the first goal for Köln in the 9th minute, then Steffen Tigges added another in the 15th minute on a feed from Florian Kainz. Werder Bremen is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 6th placed Wolfsburg is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Hertha BSC. Mattias Svanberg struck first for Wolfsburg in the 4th minute, then Maximilian Arnold added another in the 31st minute on a penalty shot In the end, Hertha BSC couldn’t muster any offence and Wolfsburg ran away with the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Wolfsburg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match on Saturday Aug 6th, Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen battled to a 2-2 draw in front of almost 28000. Lukas Nmecha scored the first goal for Wolfsburg in the 11th minute, then in the 21st minute, Jens Stage sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Niclas Füllkrug .
Wolfsburg is fortunate enough to have Ridle Baku in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored four goals. Niclas Füllkrug has been the most prolific scorer on Werder Bremen in the last five matches with 2 goals
Ole Werner’s squad will be without Romano Schmid, Felix Agu and Jean-Manuel Mbom, while Wolfsburg will be without Lukas Nmecha, Patrick Wimmer and Kevin Paredes.