Week 17 brings us a match on Jan 25th, where Werder Bremen and Union Berlin will play a match in Bremen in a Bundesliga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Werder Bremen is fresh off their 1-7 blowout loss against Köln. Linton Maina struck first for Köln in the 9th minute on a feed from Ellyes Skhiri, then Steffen Tigges added another in the 15th minute on a feed from Florian Kainz. Werder Bremen is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Union Berlin, recorded a 3-1 win against Hoffenheim. Ihlas Bebou scored the first goal for Hoffenheim in the 43rd minute, then in the 73rd minute, Christopher Trimmel sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Danilho Doekhi But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 89th minute on a goal by Danilho Doekhi. Union Berlin is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Danilho Doekhi has been the most prolific scorer on Union Berlin in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Werder Bremen’s most prolific scorer has been Niclas Füllkrug. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Romano Schmid, Felix Agu and Jean-Manuel Mbom are unavailable to play for Ole Werner’s team, while Urs Fischer’s Union Berlin squad will be without Diogo Leite, Morten Thorsby and András Schäfer.