Werder Bremen vs Union Berlin prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-01-24 19:30.
While the Bundesliga table still paints a picture of relative comfort for Werder Bremen who start the round in tenth, things are far from cheerful in the home team's camp. They returned to league action last weekend by extending their losing run to three Bundesliga matches, conceding 6+ goals in two of those games. The most recent, a 7-2 thrashing at Cologne, was the first-ever occasion in which the club had conceded five top-flight goals before half-time.
Defender Mitchell Weiser was brutally honest in his assessment of that loss, stating post-match: "that was simply abysmal from us", before vowing his team would perform better in this contest with Union Berlin. History indicates this won't be an easy game to bounce back in though, especially as Werder have lost three of the four Bundesliga meetings between these sides – including both home matches to nil.
The visitors travel in a much better mood after ending a winless run of three league (D1, L2) matches in dramatic style against Hoffenheim. A headed double from Danilho Doekhi – the second arriving in the dying minutes – and an injury-time strike from Jamie Leweling helped them secure a come-from-behind 3-1 victory to maintain a place inside the Bundesliga's top three ahead of this clash.
Urs Fischer’s men will be confident of building on that win given their standout record versus newly promoted Bundesliga sides, losing only one of their 13 games against such opponents (W8, D4). But shoring up the defence could be crucial in getting that desired positive result here, particularly as they've conceded more goals in their last two road trips (nine) than in their nine prior away league games combined (eight).
Key battle: Although he’s without a goal in three league matches, it seems only a matter of time before Werder’s Marvin Ducksch (G3) hits the net again; ahead of the round only one Bundesliga player has hit more shots on target (23). But he will be trying to get past Union keeper Frederik Rønnow, who ahead of the gameweek has the best save percentage in the league (80.9%).
Hot stat: Five of Union’s last eight league goals have been headers.