Werder Bremen vs Mainz

2 September 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Robert Schröder

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Marvin Ducksch 3’ (pen)
Jens Stage 53’
Leonardo Bittencourt 82’
Justin Njinmah 83’

Match summary

Werder Bremen won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Mainz. Werder Bremen led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Marvin Ducksch put Werder Bremen ahead from the penalty spot in the 3rd minute. In the second half, Jens Stage made it 2-0 with a header in the 53rd minute, set up by Mitchell Weiser, Leonardo Bittencourt made it 3-0 in the 82nd minute, set up by Justin Njinmah, and Justin Njinmah made it 4-0 in the 83rd minute, set up by Romano Schmid.

The chances backed that up: Werder Bremen created 3.01 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Mainz's 0.66 from 13.

Match stats

12 Shots 12

6 Shots on Target 3

1 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

3.01 xG 0.66

2.26 Non-penalty xG 0.66

11 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Werder Bremen Mainz

Kick-off

Marvin Ducksch
Penalty

1-0

3’

Half-time1-0

Jens Stage
Assist: Mitchell Weiser

2-0

53’

Leonardo Bittencourt
Assist: Justin Njinmah

3-0

82’

Justin Njinmah
Assist: Romano Schmid

4-0

83’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen

Marco Friedl
Niklas Stark
Jens Stage

Mainz

Sepp van den Berg
Andreas Hanche-Olsen

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 3.01 xGMainz 0.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Mainz attacking Werder Bremen attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jiri Pavlenka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Friedl	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amos Pieper	DEF	90			2	0.19	0.00	0
Niklas Stark	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.77	2
Anthony Jung	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Romano Schmid	MID	90		1	1	0.56	0.56	3
Jens Stage	MID	80	1		3	0.28	0.04	1
Christian Groß	MID	80			1	0.07	0.00	0
Dawid Kownacki	FWD	80			2	0.08	0.07	1
Marvin Ducksch	FWD	22	1		1	0.76	0.07	2
Nick Woltemade	Sub	68			1	0.13	0.00	0
Senne Lynen	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leonardo Bittencourt	Sub	10	1		1	0.65	0.00	0
Justin Njinmah	Sub	10	1	1	1	0.30	0.65	1
Leon Opitz	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robin Zentner	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Sepp van den Berg	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Edimilson Fernandes	DEF	90	2	0.08	0.04	1
Andreas Hanche-Olsen	DEF	50	0	0.00	0.00	0
Anthony Caci	MID	90	2	0.13	0.00	0
Philipp Mwene	MID	71	1	0.01	0.00	0
Leandro Barreiro Martins	MID	90	1	0.03	0.04	1
Dominik Kohr	MID	88	1	0.04	0.13	1
Jae-Sung Lee	MID	71	3	0.20	0.09	2
Brajan Gruda	MID	70	0	0.00	0.15	3
Karim Onisiwo	FWD	90	3	0.16	0.12	1
Stefan Bell	Sub	40	0	0.00	0.00	0
Nelson Weiper	Sub	20	0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Richter	Sub	19	0	0.00	0.00	0
Tom Krauß	Sub	19	0	0.00	0.00	0
Merveille Papela	Sub	2	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 36% Avg odds 2.67

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.48

Mainz win 37% Avg odds 2.59

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

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen L D L L L

Mainz L L D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Mainz 2-2 Werder Bremen, 08 Apr 23 Next meeting: Mainz 0-1 Werder Bremen, 03 Feb 24 All Werder Bremen vs Mainz 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.