Werder Bremen — RB Leipzig 3:1, 5 September: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 2 Saturday 5 September · 13:30 UTC

Werder Bremen 10th · 3 pts DDWDW

3 : 1 1st half 1:0

RB Leipzig 8th · 3 pts LWLWL

Weserstadion · referee B. Brand

Match predictionValue

Werder Bremen to lose by two at most

89% · Werder Bremen games average 4.5 goals

Prediction landed. We predicted “Werder Bremen to lose by two at most”, and the match finished 3:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Werder Bremen 25% draw 22% RB Leipzig 53%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was RB Leipzig win, and the match finished 3:1. Fans backed RB Leipzig win — they got it wrong.

fans 65 votes

Werder Bremen 23% draw 14% RB Leipzig 63%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

E. Dinkci assist: Chuki 1-0 4'

Chuki 23'

T. Gomis for J. Bakayoko 63'

P. Erevbenagie for E. Dinkci 67'

M. Schmetgens for Arthur 67'

N. Fullkrug assist: M. Grull 2-0 68'

C. Itten for N. Fullkrug 74'

M. Guiu for N. El Aynaoui 75'

M. Grull 3-0 80'

S. Musah for Chuki 83'

D. Stalmach for Y. Regeer 83'

A. Maksimovic for C. Nkunku 84'

S. Konate for A. Nusa 84'

R. Baku assist: A. Maksimovic 3-1 90+5'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Werder Bremen 4-2-3-1 · Daniel Thioune 4-3-3 · Martin Demichelis RB Leipzig

Karl Hein  
Arthur  5 Amos Pieper  32 Marco Friedl  2 Olivier Deman  
Ludovit Reis  44 Youri Regeer  
Eren Dinkçi  20 Chuki  17 Marco Grüll  
Niclas Füllkrug  

Johan Bakayoko  28 Christopher Nkunku  7 Antonio Nusa  
Neil El Aynaoui  13 Nicolas Seiwald  6 Ezechiel Banzuzi  
Ridle Baku  4 Willi Orbán  3 Maxime Estève  22 David Raum  
Maarten Vandevoordt  

Werder Bremen bench

30Alexander Schlager
26Cédric Itten
23Dariusz Stalmach
33Mick Schmetgens
16Moussa Ndiaye
4Niklas Stark
3Oskar Wójcik
38Paul Erevbenagie
29Salim Musah

RB Leipzig bench

2Abdoul Kone
30Andrija Maksimović
39Benjamin Henrichs
16Lukas Klostermann
9Marc Guiu
35Max Finkgräfe
45Samba Konaté
27Tidiam Gomis
1Ørjan Nyland

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

29%Possession71%

12Shots19

7Shots on target5

3Shots off target7

2Blocked shots7

5Shots inside box14

7Shots outside box5

65Attacks170

26Dangerous attacks95

2Corners7

4Offsides1

13Fouls8

1Yellow cards0

3Saves4

286Passes689

211Accurate passes612

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Werder Bremen

RB LeipzigThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Werder Bremen and RB Leipzig met on matchday 2 of the Bundesliga on 5 September at Weserstadion. Final score — 3:1.

Werder Bremen sit 10th on 3 points after 6 matches (2 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss), unbeaten in 5 matches. RB Leipzig sit 8th on 3 points after 6 matches (3 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), 3 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Werder Bremen won 0, RB Leipzig won 2. Aggregate score — 1:4.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Werder Bremen last five RB Leipzig

DDWDW form LWLWL

6 Matches 6

2 — 3 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 0 — 3

12 — 12 Scored — conceded 16 — 11

1.5 Points per game 1.5

2 Goals scored per game 2.67

0 Clean sheets 3

0 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 5 Current streak winless in 1

Werder Bremen at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 8—5, 2.33 points per match.

RB Leipzig away: 3 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses, goals 2—11, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Werder Bremen wins 0 draws 2 RB Leipzig wins goals 1:4 Werder Bremen — RB Leipzig

04/04/2026	Werder Bremen — RB Leipzig	1:2	Bundesliga
23/11/2025	RB Leipzig — Werder Bremen	2:0	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
6	Elversberg	6	3	1	2	12—11	10
7	RB Leipzig	5	3	0	2	15—5	9
8	Werder Bremen	6	2	3	1	12—12	9
9	Hamburger SV	6	3	0	3	6—15	9
10	Augsburg	6	2	2	2	16—12	8
11	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	2	2	2	10—16	8

Full Bundesliga table

Werder Bremen — RB Leipzig, 5 September 2026, 13:30 UTC : score 3:1