Werder Bremen vs 1. FC Union Berlin, 2025-26 German Bundesliga

Grüll's curling shot gives Werder Bremen win over Union Berlin

Marco Grüll curled in left-foot shot in the 72nd minute to give Werder Bremen a 1-0 win over Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on Friday.

• 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
• 0': First Half begins.
• 1': Foul by Aljoscha Kemlein (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 1': Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 3': Corner, 1. FC Union Berlin. Conceded by Amos Pieper.
• 3': Attempt blocked. Derrick Köhn (1. FC Union Berlin) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 5': Foul by Aljoscha Kemlein (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 5': Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 6': Foul by Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 6': Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 7': Attempt blocked. Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 8': Attempt missed. Andrej Ilic (1. FC Union Berlin) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Oliver Burke.
• 9': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Diogo Leite.
• 12': Attempt saved. Oliver Burke (1. FC Union Berlin) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Mio Backhaus (SV Werder Bremen). Assisted by Rani Khedira.
• 12': Corner, 1. FC Union Berlin. Conceded by Mio Backhaus.
• 12': Attempt missed. Andrej Ilic (1. FC Union Berlin) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Christopher Trimmel with a cross following a corner.
• 14': Corner, 1. FC Union Berlin. Conceded by Yukinari Sugawara.
• 14': Foul by Leopold Querfeld (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 14': Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 15': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
• 17': Foul by Leopold Querfeld (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 17': Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 18': Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 18': Foul by Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen).
• 19': Amos Pieper (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 19': Foul by Danilho Doekhi (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 19': Attempt blocked. Aljoscha Kemlein (1. FC Union Berlin) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Christopher Trimmel.
• 19': Corner, 1. FC Union Berlin. Conceded by Romano Schmid.
• 22': Attempt blocked. Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Grüll.
• 22': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Diogo Leite.
• 22': Attempt blocked. Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 23': Foul by Karim Coulibaly (SV Werder Bremen).
• 23': Ilyas Ansah (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 23': Karim Coulibaly (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 24': Attempt blocked. Christopher Trimmel (1. FC Union Berlin) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rani Khedira.
• 24': Attempt missed. Danilho Doekhi (1. FC Union Berlin) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christopher Trimmel following a set piece situation.
• 26': Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Frederik Rønnow (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 27': Attempt saved. Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Frederik Rønnow (1. FC Union Berlin). Assisted by Samuel Mbangula.
• 27': Delay in match because of an injury Andrej Ilic (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 29': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Tim Skarke replaces Andrej Ilic because of an injury.
• 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 35': Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 35': Foul by Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen).
• 36': Attempt blocked. Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Romano Schmid.
• 37': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Rani Khedira.
• 37': Attempt missed. Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
• 41': Foul by Rani Khedira (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 41': Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 43': Attempt missed. Ilyas Ansah (1. FC Union Berlin) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Diogo Leite.
• 44': Delay in match because of an injury Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen).
• 44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 45': Attempt blocked. Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Boniface.
• 45': Attempt missed. Amos Pieper (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Mbangula.
• 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
• 45'+1': Corner, 1. FC Union Berlin. Conceded by Samuel Mbangula.
• 45'+2': Attempt missed. Danilho Doekhi (1. FC Union Berlin) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Christopher Trimmel with a cross following a corner.
• 45'+3': First Half ends, SV Werder Bremen 0, 1. FC Union Berlin 0.
• 45': Second Half begins SV Werder Bremen 0, 1. FC Union Berlin 0.
• 47': Attempt missed. Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
• 56': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Rani Khedira.
• 57': Attempt blocked. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Romano Schmid with a cross.
• 57': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Diogo Leite.
• 58': Foul by Danilho Doekhi (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 58': Samuel Mbangula (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
• 61': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. András Schäfer replaces Aljoscha Kemlein.
• 61': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Tom Rothe replaces Derrick Köhn.
• 61': Foul by Leopold Querfeld (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 61': Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 62': Attempt blocked. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 62': Attempt blocked. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
• 65': Foul by Tom Rothe (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 65': Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 66': Foul by Karim Coulibaly (SV Werder Bremen).
• 66': Oliver Burke (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick on the right wing.
• 67': Attempt missed. Tim Skarke (1. FC Union Berlin) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
• 67': Offside, 1. FC Union Berlin. Tom Rothe is caught offside.
• 70': Foul by Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen).
• 70': Oliver Burke (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 70': Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 72': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 1, 1. FC Union Berlin 0. Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Yukinari Sugawara.
• 75': Amos Pieper (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 75': Foul by Ilyas Ansah (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 79': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Woo-yeong Jeong replaces Diogo Leite.
• 79': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Janik Haberer replaces Christopher Trimmel.
• 80': Foul by Janik Haberer (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 80': Samuel Mbangula (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 80': Delay in match because of an injury Samuel Mbangula (SV Werder Bremen).
• 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 84': Foul by Rani Khedira (1. FC Union Berlin).
• 84': Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
• 85': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Keke Topp replaces Victor Boniface.
• 85': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Cameron Puertas replaces Samuel Mbangula.
• 88': Attempt saved. Tim Skarke (1. FC Union Berlin) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Mio Backhaus (SV Werder Bremen). Assisted by Tom Rothe.
• 89': Delay in match because of an injury Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen).
• 90': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
• 90': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Niklas Stark replaces Marco Grüll.
• 90': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Julián Malatini replaces Yukinari Sugawara because of an injury.
• 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
• 90'+1': András Schäfer (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
• 90'+1': Foul by Keke Topp (SV Werder Bremen).
• 90'+1': Keke Topp (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
• 90'+2': Amos Pieper (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card.
• 90'+3': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Justin Njinmah replaces Romano Schmid.
• 90'+4': Attempt missed. Keke Topp (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Justin Njinmah following a fast break.
• 90'+5': Corner, 1. FC Union Berlin. Conceded by Amos Pieper.
• 90'+6': Attempt missed. Danilho Doekhi (1. FC Union Berlin) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Woo-yeong Jeong with a cross following a corner.
• 90'+7': Offside, 1. FC Union Berlin. Tom Rothe is caught offside.
• 90'+8': Second Half ends, SV Werder Bremen 1, 1. FC Union Berlin 0.
• 0': Match ends, SV Werder Bremen 1, 1. FC Union Berlin 0.