Week 12 brings us a match on Oct 28th, where Werder Bremen plays host to Hertha BSC in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Werder Bremen is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Freiburg. Lukas Kübler struck first for Freiburg in the 56th minute, then Vincenzo Grifo added another in the 80th minute from the penalty spot In the end, Werder Bremen was frustrated by Freiburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Freiburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Werder Bremen is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 13th placed Hertha BSC, recorded a 2-1 win against Schalke 04. Lucas Tousart struck first for Hertha BSC in the 49th minute, then Florent Mollet got the equalizer for Schalke 04 in the 85th minute on a feed from Sebastian Polter. Hertha BSC is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Dodi Lukebakio has been the most prolific scorer on Hertha BSC in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Werder Bremen’s most prolific scorer has been Niclas Füllkrug. The German attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Ole Werner’s squad will be without Marco Friedl, Leonardo Bittencourt, Miloš Veljković, Christian Groß, Jean-Manuel Mbom and Dikeni-Rafid Salifou, while Sandro Schwarz’s squad will be without Rune Jarstein and Kelian Nsona Wa Saka.