Week 1 features a match on Fri Aug 18th, where Bayern München will travel to Bremen to battle Werder Bremen 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. 18th placed Werder Bremen is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Viktoria Köln. Marvin Ducksch scored the first goal for Werder Bremen in the 43rd minute, but David Lennart Philipp got the equalizer for Viktoria Köln in the 72nd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 94th minute on a goal by Donny Bogicevic to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while bayern München has not played yet this season.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Bayern München won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Bayern München is fortunate enough to have Serge Gnabry in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored five goals. For Werder Bremen, their top scorers are Justin Njinmah and Niclas Füllkrug, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches
Ole Werner’s squad will be without Mitchell Weiser, Naby Keïta, Christian Groß, Felix Agu, Amos Pieper and Dikeni-Rafid Salifou, while Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern München squad will be without Alphonso Davies, Manuel Neuer and Paul Wanner.