Werder Bremen – Bayern Munich SOCCER PICKS
Werder Bremen and Bayern München face each other in Weserstadion, in a match for the 13th round of the Bundesliga. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which has registered 5 wins in the last 5 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 26-08-2017, for the Bundesliga, which ended with a Bayern München victory by (0-2). The goals of the match were scored by R. Lewandowski (72 ‘and 75’) for Bayern München. Despite being a match between 7 th and 5 th of the table, it is actually a match between the 12 th best team in home matches and the 3rd best in away matches.
Werder Bremen:
After 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, the home team is currently in the 7 th position, with 18 points won. In the last match, they have tied at home against Freiburg, by (1-1), after in the previous match they have lost (1-3) at home, against Borussia M’gladbach. This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 10 points out of 8 and 8 at their stadium, with 10 goals scored and 8 conceded in away matches, against 10 goals scored and 12 conceded at home. For the league, Werder Bremen won 8 points out of 18 possible points, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in the last 6 home matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 12 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 6 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Werder Bremen comes to this game after a foreign draw, a ball, in the move to the arena of Freiburg. Werder Bremen is a team that likes to play in its own midfield, with the aim of trying to surprise the opponent in quick exits for counterattack. It should be noted that the home club has some gaps, mainly in the air game, being that here the team often compromises its results. The club of the house usually acts in a 4-4-2, in which the two most advanced pieces are Kruse and Harnik. The coach of the premises will not be able to count on Jóhannsson, Bartels, Petsos, Bargfrede, Zetterer and Kapino, for being injured.
Bayern München:
The away team is currently in the 5 th position of the league, with 21 points won, after 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Borussia Dortmund, by (3-2). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Fortuna Düsseldorf, by (3-3). This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 12 points in away matches and 9 at their stadium, with 12 goals scored and 7 conceded in away matches, against 11 goals scored and 10 conceded at home. In the last match they played, for the UEFA Champions League, they beat Benfica at home (5-1). In the last 6 away league matches Bayern München has a record of 4 wins and 2 losses, so they have won 12 points out of 18 possible. The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 26 of the last 29 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 9 of its last 12 matches for the Bundesliga, of these 9 came to rest in advantage in 7 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 5.
Bayern Munich enter this motivated performance, after a home win, by 5-1, in the reception to Benfica, in a match for the Champions League: Robben, Lewandowski and Ribéry scored the goals of the victory. Usually Bayern Munich usually control their games in the offensive midfield, practicing a style of possession of ball possession and constant short passes. However, the visiting team usually acts in a tactical system in 4-3-3, being able to apply one of their weapons, the counterattack. In this tactical drawing, the three players responsible for throwing the panic into the opposing defense are Ribéry, Lewandowski and Robben. The foreign technician should not be able to count on Gnabry, James Rodríguez, Tolisso, Thiago and Fruchtl, for being injured.
