On Sat Mar 20th, in week 26, Wolfsburg will travel to Bremen to battle Werder Bremen in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. In their last match, Werder Bremen recorded a 1-3 loss against Bayern München. Leon Goretzka struck first for Bayern München in the 22nd minute, then Serge Gnabry added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Thomas Müller. Werder Bremen is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while wolfsburg is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Schalke 04. Shkodran Mustafi struck first for Wolfsburg on an own goal in the 32nd minute, then Wout Weghorst added another in the 51st minute In the end, Schalke 04 couldn’t muster any offence and Wolfsburg ran away with the shutout win. Wolfsburg is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches.
On Nov 27th, Wolfsburg hosted Werder Bremen at the Volkswagen Arena in their last match together. Wolfsburg was victorious by a score of 5 to 3 in front of an empty stadium. Leonardo Bittencourt struck first for Werder Bremen in the 13th minute, then in the 22nd minute, Maxence Lacroix sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ridle Baku Finally they completed the comback in the 76th minute on a goal by Wout Weghorst to cap off a wild match.
For Wolfsburg, their top scorers are Renato Steffen and Wout Weghorst, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Josh Sargent has been the most prolific scorer on Werder Bremen in his last 5 matches with three goals
Florian Kohfeldt’s Werder Bremen squad will be without Marco Friedl, Niclas Füllkrug, Ludwig Augustinsson, Patrick Erras and Gruev, while Oliver Glasner’s squad will be without Marin Pongračić, Josip Brekalo, Renato Steffen, Jérôme Roussillon, Xaver Schlager, Paulo Otávio, Maxence Lacroix and Lino Kasten.