In this week 33 match on May 20th, Werder Bremen hosts Köln in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. Werder Bremen sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against RB Leipzig. Leonardo Bittencourt struck first for Werder Bremen in the 70th minute on a feed from Jens Stage, then Willi Orbán tied it up for RB Leipzig in the 87th minute on a feed from Christopher Nkunku Finally they completed the comback in the 96th minute on a goal by Dominik Szoboszlai to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 10th placed Köln, recorded a 5-2 win against Hertha BSC. Davie Selke struck first for Köln in the 8th minute on a feed from Eric Martel, but Lucas Tousart got the equalizer for Hertha BSC in the 18th minute , but luckily for Köln it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Köln is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Köln won by a score of 7 to 1 in front of almost 50000 jubilant spectators. Linton Maina struck first for Köln in the 9th minute, then Steffen Tigges added another in the 15th minute.
Köln is fortunate enough to have Davie Selke in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Marvin Ducksch has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Werder Bremen
Ole Werner’s squad will be without Niclas Füllkrug, Miloš Veljković, Felix Agu, Amos Pieper and Dikeni-Rafid Salifou, while Steffen Baumgart’s Köln squad will be without Florian Dietz and Rijad Smajic.