German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, May 23, 2020
Werder Bremen LLLDL 1
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SC Freiburg DLLWD 0
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Dreisamstadion

Match Report

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Bittencourt stunner eases Werder Bremen's Bundesliga relegation fears

Werder Bremen midfielder Leonardo Bittencourt scored a first-half winner in a 1-0 win at Freiburg that reignited their hopes of avoiding relegation.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
7
7
Saves
1
36.8
Possession
63.2
10
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
266
Accurate Passes
514
361
Passes
598
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
15
11
Crosses
42
0.3
Cross %
0.4
66
Long Balls
71
30
Accurate Long Balls
49
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
7
9
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
5
Interceptions
13
33
Effective Clearances
9
33
Clearances
9

Head to Head

SVW leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SCF · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alexander SchwolowG
  2. 5Manuel GuldeCD-L
  3. 25Robin KochCD-R
  4. 30Christian GünterLB
  5. 7Jonathan SchmidRB
  6. 27Nicolas HöflerCM-L
  7. 19Janik HabererCM-R
  8. 32Vincenzo GrifoLM
  9. 22Roland SallaiRM
  10. 18Nils PetersenCF-L
  11. 9Lucas HölerCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Mike FrantzSUB
  2. 6Amir AbrashiSUB
  3. 28Kwon Chang-HoonSUB
  4. 21Brandon BorrelloSUB
  5. 26Mark FlekkenSUB
  6. 4Nico SchlotterbeckSUB
  7. 3Philipp LienhartSUB
  8. 23Dominique HeintzSUB
  9. 36Yannik KeitelSUB

SVW · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jirí PavlenkaG
  2. 18Niklas MoisanderCD-L
  3. 13Milos VeljkovicCD-R
  4. 32Marco FriedlLB
  5. 23Theodor Gebre SelassieRB
  6. 3Kevin VogtCM
  7. 30Davy KlaassenLM
  8. 35Maximilian EggesteinRM
  9. 19Josh SargentF
  10. 7Milot RashicaLF
  11. 10Leonardo BittencourtRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Fin BartelsSUB
  2. 36Christian GroßSUB
  3. 27Stefanos KapinoSUB
  4. 44Philipp BargfredeSUB
  5. 8Yuya OsakoSUB
  6. 4Michael LangSUB
  7. 9Davie SelkeSUB
  8. 15Sebastian LangkampSUB
  9. 41Nick WoltemadeSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Sport-Club Freiburg 0, SV Werder Bremen 1. Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Davy Klaassen following a fast break.
  2. 29' Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 35' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Philipp Bargfrede replaces Kevin Vogt because of an injury.
  4. 42' Philipp Bargfrede (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 63' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Yuya Osako replaces Joshua Sargent.
  6. 63' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Fin Bartels replaces Leonardo Bittencourt.
  7. 71' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Amir Abrashi replaces Janik Haberer.
  8. 81' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Chang-Hoon Kwon replaces Roland Sallai.
  9. 82' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Michael Lang replaces Marco Friedl because of an injury.
  10. 82' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Davie Selke replaces Milot Rashica.
  11. 88' Second yellow card to Philipp Bargfrede (SV Werder Bremen) for a bad foul.
  12. 90' VAR Decision: No Goal Sport-Club Freiburg 0-1 SV Werder Bremen.

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