Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig — Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow4 clips- 4′Werder Bremen, goal:1–0assist
- 23′Werder Bremen, yellow card:Foul
- 24′RB Leipzig, VAR review:Penalty cancelled
- Half-time1 – 0
- 63′RB Leipzig, substitution:off
- 67′Werder Bremen, substitution:off
- 67′Werder Bremen, substitution:off
- 68′Werder Bremen, goal:2–0assist
- 74′Werder Bremen, substitution:off
- 75′RB Leipzig, substitution:off
- 80′Werder Bremen, goal:3–0
- 83′Werder Bremen, substitution:off
- 83′Werder Bremen, substitution:off
- 84′RB Leipzig, substitution:off
- 84′RB Leipzig, substitution:off
- 90′RB Leipzig, goal:3–1assist
- Full-time3 – 1
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Match report
Werder Bremen rout RB Leipzig with three-goal second-half burst
Werder Bremen beat RB Leipzig 3-1 at the Weserstadion in the second round of the Bundesliga season, moving level on points with their visitors despite sitting lower in the table beforehand. Eren Dinkçi put the hosts ahead inside four minutes, finishing an assist from Chuky San José to make it 1-0 at the interval.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Bremen doubled their advantage in the second half when Niclas Füllkrug converted a Marco Grüll assist in the 68th minute, and Grüll turned scorer himself twelve minutes later to make it 3-0. Leipzig's response came only deep into stoppage time, Ridle Baku netting from an Andrija Maksimović assist in the 90+5th minute to give the scoreline a slightly closer look at 3-1.
Despite having just 29 percent of possession, Werder were clinical and direct, and the closing goals underlined how the match swung decisively their way after the break. Referee Benjamin Brand booked one Bremen player across a game in which the hosts committed more fouls than their opponents.
Grüll scored once and set up another for Füllkrug, finishing with the highest rating on the pitch at 8.4 as Bremen's second-half surge took shape around him.
Werder Bremen scored three goals and won convincingly despite Leipzig holding 71 percent of possession, a striking imbalance between territory and end product.
Werder Bremen beat RB Leipzig 3–1 (half-time 1–0).
Werder Bremen met RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga (Regular Season - 2). Kick-off was Saturday, 5 September 2026, 13:30 UTC at Weserstadion. Referee: Benjamin Brand.
Team pages: Werder Bremen · RB Leipzig · Bundesliga
Key moments
- 4' Goal: Eren Dinkçi (assist: Chuki) — 1–0 · Watch Eren Dinkçi's goal video (4')
- 68' Goal: Niclas Füllkrug (assist: Marco Grüll) — 2–0 · Watch Niclas Füllkrug's goal video (68')
- 80' Goal: Marco Grüll — 3–0 · Watch Marco Grüll's goal video (80')
- 90' Goal: Ridle Baku (assist: Andrija Maksimović) — 3–1 · Watch Ridle Baku's goal video (90')
Starting line-ups
Werder Bremen (4-2-3-1)
- 1 Karl Hein
- 2 Olivier Deman
- 32 Marco Friedl (c)
- 5 Amos Pieper
- 13 Arthur
- 44 Youri Regeer
- 15 Ludovit Reis
- 17 Marco Grüll
- 20 Chuki
- 18 Eren Dinkçi
- 10 Niclas Füllkrug
RB Leipzig (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Werder Bremen 31%, the draw 27%, RB Leipzig 42%. It finished Werder Bremen 3–1 RB Leipzig.
RB Leipzig's rating edge outweighs Werder Bremen's home ground — RB Leipzig are the stronger side on our strength rating, and the early-season home fade on top gives RB Leipzig the lean. The draw at 27% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why RB Leipzig at 42%?
RB Leipzig sit 184 points higher on our strength rating — 1715 to 1899. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,132 such games. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Werder Bremen's column. Across 10,911 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018. The 300 most similar past games finished 26–27–47.
Why only 42%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 42% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 27% and Werder Bremen at 31%.
Why the draw at 27%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 3.4 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,073. The goals environment takes 2.3 points off the draw. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
RB Leipzig average 6 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 184 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Last 6 between them: Werder Bremen 0 wins, 3 draws, RB Leipzig 3 wins. Most recently Werder Bremen 1–2 RB Leipzig, 5 months ago. Fixture history hasn't carried forward once class is level: past leaders won just 28.1% of 5612 such games — no measurable edge, 0 points. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Bundesliga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Eren Dinkçi's goal against RB Leipzig (4').
- Watch Niclas Füllkrug's goal against RB Leipzig (68').
- Watch Marco Grüll's goal against RB Leipzig (80').
- Watch Ridle Baku's goal against Werder Bremen (90').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Werder Bremen 3–1 RB Leipzig. Explore more on the Werder Bremen and RB Leipzig team pages or the Bundesliga page.