Werder Bremen vs Darmstadt prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-02-23 14:30.
Werder Bremen got back on track after what was a disappointing 2-1 loss to Heidenheim in their last home match, when they went to Cologne and walked away with a 1-0 victory. That made it four wins from the last five rounds for Ole Werner’s men, with only league-leaders Bayer Leverkusen picking up more points in that time frame.
The River Islanders paddled upstream all the way to seventh place as a result, starting this round just four points behind Eintracht Frankfurt in the last European spot. They’ll look to really apply the pressure with a win over rock-bottom Darmstadt, and although they lost the reverse fixture 4-2, they should take confidence from the fact the home side on the day has never lost a league H2H between these two teams (W7, D4).
Darmstadt will be desperate to secure their first ever league double in this fixture, as victory has eluded them since beating Werder and Augsburg in consecutive matches in October. The 15 winless matches (D5, L10) since has not only seen them plummet to the foot of the table, but also set a new club record for their longest winless run in their Bundesliga history.
Their last outing was a 2-1 loss at home to Stuttgart, with the only positive being that they managed to find the net for the first time in four games, albeit against ten men. Even if the Lilies manage to score with more regularity going forward, their season appears doomed on the basis of no side with 12 or fewer points at this stage of a Bundesliga season ever managing to escape the drop!
Players to watch: Bremen can thank Justin Njinmah for their three points against Cologne, with that being the fourth time in five goalscoring outings this season where he netted the last goal of the game. Darmstadt will hope the return of top scorer Tim Skarke will help them have the last laugh, since his last four goals have all come on the road.
Hot stat: Bremen have won four of their five home Bundesliga matches in which they started as the favourites this season (L1), a significant improvement on what was the league’s worst record last season for such games (W3, D2, L4)!