Aug 20th features a match where Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund will play a match in Dortmund in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Borussia Dortmund recorded a 3-1 win against Freiburg. Michael Gregoritsch struck first for Freiburg in the 35th minute, then Bynoe-Gittens tied it up for Borussia Dortmund in the 77th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 84th minute on a goal by Moukoko to cap off a wild match. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while werder Bremen is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Stuttgart. Niclas Füllkrug struck first for Werder Bremen in the 4th minute on a feed from Anthony Jung, then Wataru Endo got the equalizer for Stuttgart in the 38th minute on a feed from Sasa Kalajdzic . Werder Bremen looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Werder Bremen’s most prolific scorer has been Niclas Füllkrug. He has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Both Julian Brandt and Moukoko have been the hottest scorers for Borussia Dortmund in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Edin Terzic’s Borussia Dortmund squad will be without Mahmoud Dahoud, Sébastien Haller and Mats Hummels, while Romano Schmid, Benjamin Goller, Christian Groß, Jean-Manuel Mbom and Dikeni-Rafid Salifou are unavailable to play for Ole Werner’s team.