Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen

14 September 2019 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Tobias Welz

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Sebastian Andersson 14’ (pen)

Davy Klaassen 5’ (pen)
Niclas Füllkrug 55’

Match summary

Werder Bremen took a 2-1 win at Union Berlin. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Davy Klaassen put Werder Bremen ahead from the penalty spot in the 5th minute, Sebastian Andersson equalised from the penalty spot in the 14th minute, and Niclas Füllkrug won it with a header in the 55th minute, set up by Nuri Sahin.

There was little between the sides on chances: Union Berlin created 2.00 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Werder Bremen 2.15 from 16. Davy Klaassen had a penalty saved for Werder Bremen. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

12 Shots 16

5 Shots on Target 7

7 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 4

1 Red Cards 1

1.98 xG 2.15

1.22 Non-penalty xG 0.63

5 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Union Berlin Werder Bremen

Kick-off

5’

Davy Klaassen
Penalty

0-1

Sebastian Andersson
Penalty

1-1

14’

Half-time1-1

55’

Niclas Füllkrug
Assist: Nuri Sahin

1-2

Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Union Berlin

Neven Subotic
Christopher Trimmel

Werder Bremen

Nuri Sahin
Leonardo Bittencourt
Niclas Füllkrug

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Union Berlin 2.00 xGWerder Bremen 2.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Werder Bremen attacking Union Berlin attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Rafal Gikiewicz	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Christopher Trimmel	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.24	5
Marvin Friedrich	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Neven Subotic	DEF	90		1	0.05	0.56	1
Christopher Lenz	DEF	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Sheraldo Becker	MID	76		0	0.00	0.00	0
Robert Andrich	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Gentner	MID	87		1	0.08	0.00	0
Marius Bülter	MID	90		1	0.56	0.00	0
Sebastian Andersson	FWD	90	1	3	0.92	0.06	1
Anthony Ujah	FWD	70		2	0.10	0.01	1
Sebastian Polter	Sub	20		2	0.19	0.00	0
Akaki Gogia	Sub	14		0	0.00	0.29	3
Suleiman Abdullahi	Sub	3		1	0.06	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jiri Pavlenka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Lang	DEF	90			2	0.05	0.05	1
Theodor Gebre Selassie	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Groß	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Marco Friedl	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	2
Nuri Sahin	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.17	3
Leonardo Bittencourt	MID	90			1	0.05	0.10	2
Davy Klaassen	MID	90	1		2	1.52	0.00	0
Johannes Eggestein	MID	87			4	0.19	0.00	0
Niclas Füllkrug	FWD	90	1		2	0.22	0.05	1
Yuya Osako	FWD	71			3	0.05	0.13	2
Joshua Sargent	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Claudio Pizarro	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Goller	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Union Berlin win 40% Avg odds 2.38

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.68

Werder Bremen win 34% Avg odds 2.83

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Union Berlin L D W

Werder Bremen W W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Werder Bremen 0-2 Union Berlin, 08 Feb 20 All Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.