Dortmund – Werder Bremen Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (09.12.2017)

Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen meet in Signal-Iduna-Park, in a match for the 15th round of the Bundesliga. The history of direct matches played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 4 matches won 4. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, on 05-20-2017, the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund won by (4-3). M. Reus (32 ‘and 75’) and P. Aubameyang (42 ‘and 89’) scored the goals of the match, for Borussia Dortmund, and Z. Junuzović (7 ‘), F. Bartels (46’) and M Kruse (68 ‘), for Werder Bremen. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 6 th and 17 th of the league table, it is actually a match between the 14 th best team in home matches and the 13 th best in away matches.

Borussia Dortmund:

The home team is currently in the 6 th position of the league, with 22 points won, after 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Schalke 04, by (4-4). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Bayer Leverkusen, by (1-1). Interestingly, this is a team that has had better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 12 points in away matches and only 10 at their stadium. In the last match they played, for the UEFA Champions League, they lost to Real Madrid by (3-2). In the last 6 home league matches Borussia Dortmund has a record of 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 10 points out of 18 possible.

For this competition, he does not win 7 games ago. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 9 of the last 10 matches, so he has not presented great defensive solidity, but his attack has scored regularly, as he always scored at least one goal in the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 3 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).

Borussia Dortmund started the Bundesliga in a very positive way, but now it is going through a complicated phase, taking into account that it has not won for seven days, having accumulated four defeats in that period. Now, the club comes from two draws in a row, the last of them away from home, against Bayer Leverkusen, in a game in which he was superior, finishing with 73% possession of the ball and few wrong passes, but it was not very efficient, tying by 1×1. The great problem of the team has been the inconsistency of the defensive system, which is now among the worst six in the competition. Instead, it has the best attack, next to Bayern Munich. However, at home he owns the fifth worst campaign. The 4-3-3 or 3-4-2-1 must be the tactical formation used in this duel, without major absences in the starting lineup.

Werder Bremen:

The away team is currently in the 17 th position of the league, with 11 points won, after 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against RB Leipzig, by (2-0). In the last match, they won in a home match against Stuttgart, by (1-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they have won 7 points, against only 4 in their away matches. In the last 7 away league matches Werder Bremen has a record of 4 draws and 3 losses, so they have won 4 points out of 21 possible.

For this competition, they have not won any of the last 7 away matches. This is a team that scores only few times and was only able to open the scoring in 3 of its last 14 games for the Bundesliga, of these 3 came to rest in advantage in 2 and won at the end of the 90 ‘in 2. In 14 matches in this competition, never got the comeback in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.

The Werder Bremen managed to accumulate two victories in the last three days, but still has to give continuity to the positive results to try to get out of the very bad situation in which it is currently in the competition. In his last match, he played a balanced game against Stuttgart, but he had a good offensive performance and managed to do the homework duty, leaving the field with three points. However, as was evident on this last day, the offensive system of the team is presenting a lot of inefficiency, which is why it is currently among the three worst in the competition, having not balanced the adversary network eight times. As a visitor, he has the sixth worst season, but in that condition he has one of the worst defenses. It is likely that the coach will organize the team in 3-1-4-2 or in 4-3-3, with Selassie standing out on the right side.