Werder Bremen vs VfL Wolfsburg, 2025-26 German Bundesliga
· German BundesligaBremen strikes late twice to beat Wolfsburg and pile pressure on coach Simonis
Werder Bremen scored twice in the last 15 minutes to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 at home in the Bundesliga on Friday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 2': Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 4': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Mattias Svanberg.
- 5': Attempt saved. Amos Pieper (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner by Kamil Grabara (VfL Wolfsburg). Assisted by Romano Schmid with a cross.
- 5': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Kamil Grabara.
- 5': Foul by Senne Lynen (SV Werder Bremen).
- 5': Vinicius Souza (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Yukinari Sugawara.
- 10': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Moritz Jenz.
- 10': Offside, SV Werder Bremen. Justin Njinmah is caught offside.
- 11': Adam Daghim (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen).
- 13': Attempt saved. Adam Daghim (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Mio Backhaus (SV Werder Bremen). Assisted by Aaron Zehnter with a through ball.
- 14': Offside, SV Werder Bremen. Justin Njinmah is caught offside.
- 17': Attempt missed. Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
- 21': Foul by Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen).
- 21': Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Attempt missed. Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aaron Zehnter.
- 24': Delay in match (SV Werder Bremen).
- 24': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 28': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 0, VfL Wolfsburg 1. Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Saël Kumbedi.
- 30': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
- 31': Foul by Karim Coulibaly (SV Werder Bremen).
- 31': Moritz Jenz (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Kamil Grabara.
- 33': Attempt missed. Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Romano Schmid following a corner.
- 35': Foul by Senne Lynen (SV Werder Bremen).
- 35': Vinicius Souza (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Christian Eriksen (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aaron Zehnter.
- 37': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Karim Coulibaly.
- 38': Attempt saved. Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top left corner by Mio Backhaus (SV Werder Bremen). Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
- 38': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Mio Backhaus.
- 40': Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Mio Backhaus (SV Werder Bremen).
- 40': Foul by Saël Kumbedi (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 40': Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 41': Offside, VfL Wolfsburg. Mohammed Amoura is caught offside.
- 42': Foul by Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen).
- 42': Vinicius Souza (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saël Kumbedi with a cross.
- 42': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Amos Pieper.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Attempt missed. Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marco Grüll.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, SV Werder Bremen 0, VfL Wolfsburg 1.
- 45': Second Half begins SV Werder Bremen 0, VfL Wolfsburg 1.
- 47': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Jenson Seelt.
- 48': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Saël Kumbedi.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Amos Pieper (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Justin Njinmah.
- 50': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Vinicius Souza.
- 51': Attempt missed. Amos Pieper (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Romano Schmid with a cross following a corner.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Justin Njinmah (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jens Stage.
- 59': Foul by Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen).
- 59': Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Adam Daghim (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 61': Foul by Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen).
- 61': Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 62': Foul by Jenson Seelt (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 62': Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Senne Lynen.
- 65': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Samuel Mbangula replaces Keke Topp.
- 66': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Victor Boniface replaces Justin Njinmah.
- 66': Adam Daghim (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by Samuel Mbangula (SV Werder Bremen).
- 67': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Patrick Wimmer replaces Mattias Svanberg.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yukinari Sugawara with a cross.
- 69': Attempt missed. Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
- 71': Attempt saved. Marco Grüll (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Kamil Grabara (VfL Wolfsburg). Assisted by Yukinari Sugawara.
- 73': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Grüll with a cross.
- 74': Foul by Adam Daghim (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 74': Samuel Mbangula (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Foul by Saël Kumbedi (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 75': Samuel Mbangula (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 76': Handball by Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 78': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Aaron Zehnter.
- 78': Delay in match because of an injury Aaron Zehnter (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 79': Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Kamil Grabara (VfL Wolfsburg). Assisted by Romano Schmid with a cross.
- 80': Handball by Adam Daghim (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 80': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Isaac Schmidt replaces Karim Coulibaly.
- 80': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Jonas Wind replaces Mohammed Amoura.
- 81': Foul by Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 81': Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Aaron Zehnter.
- 83': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 1, VfL Wolfsburg 1. Jens Stage (SV Werder Bremen) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yukinari Sugawara with a cross.
- 84': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Adam Daghim.
- 85': Attempt blocked. Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 86': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Leonardo Bittencourt replaces Marco Grüll.
- 86': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Cameron Puertas replaces Senne Lynen.
- 87': Foul by Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen).
- 87': Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Andreas Skov Olsen replaces Adam Daghim.
- 87': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Dzenan Pejcinovic replaces Christian Eriksen.
- 89': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Maximilian Arnold.
- 90': Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Kamil Grabara (VfL Wolfsburg). Assisted by Samuel Mbangula.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Attempt saved. Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Kamil Grabara (VfL Wolfsburg). Assisted by Romano Schmid with a cross.
- 90'+1': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Kamil Grabara.
- 90'+1': Andreas Skov Olsen (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen).
- 90'+2': Foul by Cameron Puertas (SV Werder Bremen).
- 90'+2': Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yukinari Sugawara with a cross.
- 90'+4': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 1. Samuel Mbangula (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Victor Boniface.
- 90'+6': Foul by Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen).
- 90'+6': Vinicius Souza (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+6': Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+7': Offside, VfL Wolfsburg. Jonas Wind is caught offside.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, SV Werder Bremen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 1.
- 0': Match ends, SV Werder Bremen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 1.
Statistics
 WOB |
SVW |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 13 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 13 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 40.4 | Possession | 59.6 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 20 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 318 | Accurate Passes | 490 |
| 405 | Passes | 566 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 12 |
| 10 | Crosses | 48 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 56 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 21 | Accurate Long Balls | 28 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 7 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 14 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 43 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 43 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: Weserstadion
Location: Bremen, Germany
Attendance: 40,500
Venue: Weserstadion
Location: Bremen, Germany
Attendance: 40,500
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 12 | +35 | 34 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 12 | +9 | 26 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 | +12 | 23 |
| 4 | TSG Hoffenheim | 12 | +8 | 23 |
Line-Ups
Werder Bremen (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Mio Backhaus (GK) |
| 31 | Karim Coulibaly |
| 5 | Amos Pieper |
| 32 | Marco Friedl  |
| 3 | Yukinari Sugawara |
| 20 | Romano Schmid |
| 14 | Senne Lynen |
| 6 | Jens Stage |
| 9 | Keke Topp |
| 17 | Marco Grüll |
| 11 | Justin Njinmah |
VfL Wolfsburg (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kamil Grabara (GK) |
| 15 | Moritz Jenz |
| 14 | Jenson Seelt |
| 25 | Aaron Zehnter |
| 26 | Saël Kumbedi |
| 24 | Christian Eriksen |
| 5 | Vinicius Souza |
| 27 | Maximilian Arnold |
| 9 | Mohamed Amoura |
| 32 | Mattias Svanberg |
| 11 | Adam Daghim |
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