German Bundesliga

FT Friday, November 7, 2025
VfL Wolfsburg LLWLL 1
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Werder Bremen LWDWD 2
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WOB101
SVW022
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Match Report

Bremen 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.

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Team Stats

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

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. 9Keke ToppF
  10. 17Marco GrüllAM-L
  11. 11Justin NjinmahAM-R

WOB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kamil GrabaraG
  2. 15Moritz JenzCD-L
  3. 14Jenson SeeltCD-R
  4. 25Aaron ZehnterLB
  5. 26Saël KumbediRB
  6. 24Christian EriksenAM
  7. 5Vinicius SouzaLM
  8. 27Maximilian ArnoldRM
  9. 9Mohamed AmouraF
  10. 32Mattias SvanbergAM-L
  11. 11Adam DaghimAM-R

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 61' Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 65' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Samuel Mbangula replaces Keke Topp.
  4. 66' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Victor Boniface replaces Justin Njinmah.
  5. 67' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Patrick Wimmer replaces Mattias Svanberg.
  6. 80' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Isaac Schmidt replaces Karim Coulibaly.
  7. 80' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Jonas Wind replaces Mohammed Amoura.
  8. 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.
  9. 86' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Leonardo Bittencourt replaces Marco Grüll.
  10. 86' Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Cameron Puertas replaces Senne Lynen.
  11. 87' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Andreas Skov Olsen replaces Adam Daghim.
  12. 87' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Dzenan Pejcinovic replaces Christian Eriksen.
  13. 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.
  14. 90'+6' Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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