Tough game with a fair division of points: Werder Bremen missed a exclamation mark in the fight for Europe by 0-0 on Sunday (April 27, 2025). With a six-point lead over the relegation rank, the Kiez kickers are closely approaching three game days before the end of the season.
The guests had the first major chance of the game after a flash combination with a double double pass in the 7th minute-but in the end, Werder keeper Michael Zetterer was well loyal to Philipp. Shortly afterwards, Zetterer was beaten, but Carlo Boukhalfa cheered only briefly – he had been offside at David Nemeth’s steep pass.
Also Bremen’s gate due to offside whistle
It was only after ten minutes that Bremen got more stability into midfield, was no longer so easy to overflow, but little continued to go forward. It was only in the 25th minute that it got a little more dangerous in front of the Pauli goal when Jens Stage held his foot in a sharp free kick flank by Marvin Ducksch. The ball went over the gate, the flag of the line judge quickly skipped – but it was the same height.
After that, the game flattened out completely before the break was once again a away position: Stage hit Romano Schmid after a deflected shot by volley, but this time the Dane was clearly in the forbidden zone.
Thanks to Njinmah – Werder is becoming more dangerous
Even after the break, the game initially remained poor in chances before St. Pauli posted the first excitement: First Marco Friedl blocked Noah Weißhaupt’s shot shortly before the goal line, then Nemeth set the second attempt next to the post.
This seemed to be a wake -up call for the Werderans, who noticeably increased the pressure after just under an hour. But at first Justin Njinmah failed with a hard 16-meter shot on the well-reacting Nikola Vasilj, seconds later, after Ducksch-Steilpass, njim near the Pauli keeper was completely free, but pushed the ball over to the right.
St. Pauli demands a penalty – Bremen meets again from the offside
Bremen was lucky on the defensive 20 minutes before the end. Saad penetrated into the penalty area of the Werderans after a solo run with a lot of train and was hit by Friedl on the ankle. The contact was clear, but referee Tobias Reichel was not enough for a penalty whistle – and surprisingly, Var Daniel Siebert did not intervene.
That evening he apparently had enough to do with offside positions. And it was actually challenged again: in the 80th minute the fog horn sounded again, the substitute Oliver Burke had confidently used Schmid’s next class pass – but the Scots also had the foot tip a few centimeters too far ahead.
Bremen near Union, St. Pauli against Stuttgart
Werder Bremen will be a guest in Berlin on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m.). St. Pauli welcomes VfB Stuttgart on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m.).