Werder Bremen vs Freiburg

27 January 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Robert Hartmann

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Marvin Ducksch 9’ (pen)
Justin Njinmah 53’
Julián Malatini 90+3’

Vincenzo Grifo 28’ (pen)

Match summary

Werder Bremen beat Freiburg 3-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marvin Ducksch put Werder Bremen ahead from the penalty spot in the 9th minute and Vincenzo Grifo equalised from the penalty spot in the 28th minute. In the second half, Justin Njinmah put Werder Bremen back in front in the 53rd minute, set up by Romano Schmid and Julián Malatini made it 3-1 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Werder Bremen created 2.33 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Freiburg's 1.34 from 7.

Match stats

14 Shots 7

4 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.33 xG 1.34

1.57 Non-penalty xG 0.58

9 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Werder Bremen Freiburg

Kick-off

Marvin Ducksch
Penalty

1-0

9’

28’

Vincenzo Grifo
Penalty

1-1

Half-time1-1

Justin Njinmah
Assist: Romano Schmid

2-1

53’

Julián Malatini

3-1

90+3’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen

Niklas Stark
Senne Lynen

Freiburg

Michael Gregoritsch

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.

Werder Bremen 2.33 xGFreiburg 1.34 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Freiburg attacking Werder Bremen 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	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Michael Zetterer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Friedl	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.09	1
Anthony Jung	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Stark	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Felix Agu	MID	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Olivier Deman	MID	90			2	0.16	0.00	0
Senne Lynen	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Jens Stage	MID	90			2	0.09	0.06	1
Romano Schmid	MID	79		1	0	0.00	0.11	2
Justin Njinmah	FWD	90	1		3	0.13	0.06	1
Marvin Ducksch	FWD	79	1		2	0.82	0.07	1
Nick Woltemade	Sub	11			1	0.12	0.10	1
Leonardo Bittencourt	Sub	11			1	0.01	0.12	1
Julián Malatini	Sub	1	1		1	0.85	0.00	0
Santos Borré	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Groß	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Noah Atubolu	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Kübler	DEF	79		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiliann Sildillia	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	90		2	0.12	0.00	0
Jordy Makengo	DEF	79		0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Eggestein	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Merlin Röhl	MID	87		0	0.00	0.00	0
Noah Weißhaupt	MID	90		0	0.00	0.08	1
Lucas Höler	MID	90		1	0.31	0.00	0
Vincenzo Grifo	MID	90	1	2	0.81	0.36	2
Michael Gregoritsch	FWD	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolas Höfler	Sub	11		1	0.02	0.00	0
Attila Szalai	Sub	11		0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Philipp	Sub	3		1	0.08	0.00	0
Florent Muslija	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.07	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 40% Avg odds 2.39

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.47

Freiburg win 32% Avg odds 2.97

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

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen W D D D W

Freiburg W W L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Freiburg 1-0 Werder Bremen, 26 Aug 23 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 0-1 Freiburg, 05 Oct 24 All Werder Bremen vs Freiburg 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.