Although the Wolves have been chasing a win for a while, trips to Bremen generally turn out well for VfL. The Green-and-Whites have won 11 times at Werder – nowhere have they registered more victories on the road. The figure of 91 goals scored against Bremen in the Bundesliga is also a club best.
More facts and stats ahead of Saturday’s meeting:
- Werder Bremen are without a win in four Bundesliga games and have lost the last three. It’s 14 months since they last suffered four successive league defeats.
- The Hanseatic club have never lost to VfL under coach Ole Werner
- VfL striker Kevin Behrens was born in Bremen and once played for Werder’s third team.
- Ralph Hasenhüttl is the sixth new head coach to be appointed during this Bundesliga season. His five counterparts Jess Thorup, Jan Siewert, Nenad Bjelica, Bo Hendriksen and Timo Schultz all avoided defeat in their first match for their new club.
- The new VfL boss won four of his six encounters with Werder as coach of FC Ingolstadt and RB Leipzig, only losing once.
- Hasenhüttl also experienced the Weserstadion as a player: with Austria Vienna he lost 5-0 in Bremen in the second round of the 1989/90 UEFA Cup. He then scored boh goals in a 2-0 win for his side in the second leg.
- Patrick Wimmer serves a one-match ban for the Wolves following his controversial dismissal in the recent 3-1 defeat to Augsburg. For the hosts, a trio of players are suspended: Mitchell Weiser, Senne Lynen and Jens Stage all collected their fifth yellow cards of the campaign in the 2-1 loss at Union Berlin last time out.
