Borussia Dortmund will back in action weekend when they host Werder Bremen at the Signal Iduna Park in the third round of 2022-23 Bundesliga. Match day schedules for August 20 at 16:30 EAT.
The hosts were one of is one of the best teams in Germany and in the Bundesliga, last season they finished second and they have already started the season perfectly and will be looking for their third win in their third fixture of the new season. Coming into this game, Borussia Dortmund is now unbeaten in five competitive games.
Borussia Dortmund prepare for this meeting in high spirits after 1-3 Bundesliga triumph over Freiburg in their last match. In that game, Borussia Dortmund had 61% possession, 13 shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (77′), Youssoufa Moukoko (84′) and Marius Wolf (88′). Freiburg got 16 shots with seven of them on target and a goal by Michael Gregoritsch (35′).
Werder Bremen on the other just got promoted to the top flight from Bundesliga 2 after a second place finish alongside Schalke 04. Currently, Werder Bremen is 10th in the Bundesliga standings with two points and two goals. Coming into this game, Werder lost one, drew two and won three of their last six matches.
Werder Bremen held each other to 2-2 Bundesliga draw with Stuttgart in their previous encounter. In that game, Werder Bremen had 57% possession, five shots with three of them on target and goals scored by Niklas Füllkrug (4′) and Oliver Burke (95′). Stuttgart got 14 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Wataru Endo (38′) and Silas Katompa Mvumpa.
Borussia Dortmund vs. Werder Bremen head to head
Borussia Dortmund holds a slight upper hand in the head to head history of this fixture having won 31 times from the 64 head to head encounters since 1992. Werder Bremen won 21 times while 12 matches ended in draws.
- Dortmund 4-1 Bremen 18/04/21
- Bremen 1-2 Dortmund 15/12/20
- Bremen 0-2 Dortmund 22/02/20
- Bremen 3-2 Dortmund 04/02/20
- Dortmund 2-2 Bremen 28/09/19
Home
- Freiburg 1-3 Dortmund
- Dortmund 1-0 Leverkusen
- Dortmund 1-1 Antalyaspor
- 1860 Munich 0-3 Dortmund
- Dortmund 0-2 Villarreal
Away
- Bremen 2-2 Stuttgart
- Wolfsburg 2-2 Bremen
- Cottbus 1-2 Bremen
- Besiktas 2-1 Bremen
- Bremen 2-1 Karlsruhe
Borussia Dortmund team news
Sébastien Haller, Karim Adeyemi and Niklas Süle are not available for Edin Terzić’s selection through I njuries.
Werder Bremen team news
Dikeni Salifou, Christian Groß and Jean Manuel Mbom have been sidelined for the visitors through fitness issues.
Prediction and odds
- Borussia Dortmund Win
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
