German Bundesliga

FT Friday, October 24, 2025
1. FC Union Berlin LWDLW 0
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Werder Bremen WLLWD 1
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Match Report

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.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
42.3
Possession
57.7
12
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
269
Accurate Passes
410
364
Passes
505
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.2
69
Long Balls
49
18
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
8
11
Effective Tackles
8
18
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
10
34
Effective Clearances
45
34
Clearances
45

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SVW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Mio BackhausG
  2. 31Karim CoulibalyCD-L
  3. 5Amos PieperCD-R
  4. 32Marco FriedlLB
  5. 3Yukinari SugawaraRB
  6. 20Romano SchmidAM
  7. 14Senne LynenLM
  8. 6Jens StageRM
  9. 44Victor BonifaceF
  10. 7Samuel MbangulaAM-L
  11. 17Marco GrüllAM-R

FCU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Frederik RonnowG
  2. 14Leopold QuerfeldCD
  3. 4Diogo LeiteCD-L
  4. 5Danilho DoekhiCD-R
  5. 6Aljoscha KemleinCM-L
  6. 8Rani KhediraCM-R
  7. 39Derrick KöhnLM
  8. 28Christopher TrimmelRM
  9. 23Andrej IlićF
  10. 10Ilyas AnsahCF-L
  11. 7Oliver BurkeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Karim Coulibaly (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Tim Skarke replaces Andrej Ilic because of an injury.
  3. 61' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. András Schäfer replaces Aljoscha Kemlein.
  4. 61' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Tom Rothe replaces Derrick Köhn.
  5. 70' Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 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.
  7. 79' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Woo-yeong Jeong replaces Diogo Leite.
  8. 79' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Janik Haberer replaces Christopher Trimmel.
  9. 85' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Keke Topp replaces Victor Boniface.
  10. 85' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Cameron Puertas replaces Samuel Mbangula.
  11. 90' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Niklas Stark replaces Marco Grüll.
  12. 90' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Julián Malatini replaces Yukinari Sugawara because of an injury.
  13. 90'+1' Keke Topp (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+2' Amos Pieper (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Justin Njinmah replaces Romano Schmid.

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