Werder Bremen vs Freiburg

16 April 2023 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Florian Badstübner

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Maximilian Philipp 46’
  • Roland Sallai 66’
  • Lucas Höler 71’

Match summary

Freiburg came from behind to win 2-1 away at Werder Bremen. It was goalless at half-time.

Maximilian Philipp put Werder Bremen ahead in the 46th minute, set up by Leonardo Bittencourt, Roland Sallai equalised in the 66th minute, set up by Lucas Höler, and Lucas Höler won it with a header in the 71st minute, set up by Roland Sallai.

Werder Bremen can feel hard done by, creating 1.43 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Freiburg's 0.47 from 7.

Match stats

Werder Bremen Freiburg
13 Shots 6
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.43 xG 0.47
1.43 Non-penalty xG 0.47
16 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Werder Bremen Freiburg
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Maximilian Philipp
Assist: Leonardo Bittencourt1-0 (Werder Bremen)
46’
66’
Roland Sallai
Assist: Lucas Höler1-1 (Freiburg)
71’
Lucas Höler
Assist: Roland Sallai1-2 (Freiburg)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen
  • Niklas Stark
  • Christian Groß
Freiburg
  • Maximilian Eggestein
  • Ritsu Doan
  • Roland Sallai

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.43 0.47 46’ Maximilian Philipp (Werder Bremen), 1-0 46’ 66’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), 1-1 66’ 71’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), 1-2 71’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.43 0.47 46’ Maximilian Philipp (Werder Bremen), 1-0 Philipp 46’ 66’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), 1-1 Sallai 66’ 71’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), 1-2 Höler 71’
Werder Bremen 1.43 xGFreiburg 0.47 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Freiburg attacking Werder Bremen attacking 
46’ Maximilian Philipp (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 61’ Maximilian Philipp (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 2’ Maximilian Philipp (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.10 xG, blocked 50’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 7’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, blocked 66’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 90+7’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 89’ Woo-Yeong Jeong (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 26’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ Mitchell Weiser (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ Eren Sami Dinkci (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 79’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 45’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 23’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 22’ Jens Stage (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Maximilian Philipp (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.70 xG, goal 61’ Maximilian Philipp (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 50’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 2’ Maximilian Philipp (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.10 xG, blocked 7’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, blocked 66’ Roland Sallai (Freiburg), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 90+7’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 89’ Woo-Yeong Jeong (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 26’ Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 69’ Mitchell Weiser (Werder Bremen), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ Eren Sami Dinkci (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 25’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Lucas Höler (Freiburg), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 79’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 22’ Jens Stage (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ Marvin Ducksch (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jiri Pavlenka GK900 0.000.000
Marco Friedl DEF900 0.000.000
Milos Veljkovic DEF900 0.000.031
Niklas Stark DEF840 0.000.011
Mitchell Weiser MID901 0.040.442
Anthony Jung MID900 0.000.041
Leonardo Bittencourt MID7810 0.000.732
Jens Stage MID761 0.010.000
Christian Groß MID760 0.000.000
Marvin Ducksch FWD904 0.080.021
Maximilian Philipp FWD8413 1.140.021
Romano Schmid Sub143 0.110.062
Ilia Gruev Sub140 0.000.000
Niklas Schmidt Sub120 0.000.000
Amos Pieper Sub60 0.000.061
Eren Sami Dinkci Sub61 0.040.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 35% Avg odds 2.75
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.27
Freiburg win 36% Avg odds 2.68

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

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen LLDLD
Freiburg DWDDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Freiburg 2-0 Werder Bremen, 22 Oct 22 Next meeting: Freiburg 1-0 Werder Bremen, 26 Aug 23  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.