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21:18
The next big thing! Felix Agu lets loose a real cracker from 18 meters that would have hit right under the bar. But Schuhen is there and directs the ball over it with his fingertips.
45
21:17
Official injury time (minutes): 2
43
21:16
What was that! Niklas Schmidt doesn’t hit his header properly after a cross from the right, gets his foot on the ball again and stumbles the ball past the keeper’s shoes and the left post! From there the leather drips to Dinkçi, who doesn’t put the thing into the goal but actually manages to shoot Schmidt.
40
21:13
The last pass or the decisive cross just doesn’t want to get through to the home side. Darmstadt defends passionately and simply does not allow any degrees.
38
21:10
After a short period of urgency after being sent off, Bremen lost a bit of the thread and are just starting up rather haphazardly.
35
21:08
There is still no sign of Lilien having one man less on the pitch. Darmstadt acts courageously and purposefully as ever and is fully involved here.
32
21:04
The guests do not hedge themselves in the back and also play happily in ten players. Seydel narrowly misses after a high cross from the left in the middle with a volley, Mehlem aims a few meters to the left from a distance.
30
21:02
Yellow card for Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen)
Schmid comes too late in midfield in a Darmstadt counterattack and is cautioned.
29
21:02
Werder is getting stronger! Füllkrug has the next chance, but he can’t get past shoes with his lob attempt from a tight angle.
29
21:00
The guests continue to play courageously even when they are outnumbered and also have a really good opportunity when Mehlem drives the ball towards two defenders at high speed, but then plays the crucial ball to Skarke in the penalty area too imprecisely.
27
20:59
Werder has the first big chance with a majority! Romano Schmid puts his way through in front of the penalty area with a no-look pass for Niclas Füllkrug, who appears alone in front of Marcel Schuhen. From 16 meters, however, the Bremen striker only manages to fully shoot the keeper of the guests. You can do more with it!
25
20:57
This is of course a major setback for the lilies, who have been the better team so far. Now Darmstadt has to be outnumbered in Bremen for more than an hour.
23
20:54
Red card for Klaus Gjasula (SV Darmstadt 98)
Darmstadt is outnumbered! As usual, Gjasula goes into a duel resolutely and hits Romano Schmid’s knee with a stretched leg. That was definitely not intentional, but just a brutal foul. Referee Schröder initially wants to show yellow, but is summoned to the monitor and quickly corrects his decision. Red!
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20:53
On the other hand, Tim Skarke counterattacks on his own and closes with the right from 25 meters. Pavlenka easily picks the harmless shot away.
18
20:52
Eren Dinkçi has made a very agile impression so far and keeps using his pace in the Bremen attack. This time, however, the 20-year-old is taking on too much and cannot get past the last player from Darmstadt.
15
20:47
Bremen has now worked its way into the match and now also has regular offensive actions. Felix Agu wants to pull in from the left wing, but can’t get past the first player from Darmstadt.
13
20:45
Now Werder is also in the lead! Eren Dinkçi is sent down the left wing, runs through to the baseline and then finds Niclas Füllkrug with his low cross. However, the Bremen player takes a little too long to process the ball and is then blocked at the end.
11
20:43
After a foul by Rapp on Mehlem, there is a free kick for the guests 25 meters in front of the goal. Tobias Kempe takes over, but chases the ball full into the Bremen wall.
9
20:41
Darmstadt again! After a cross from the left, Aaron Seydel gets the ball in the middle with his long leg, but he can’t place his volley and Pavlenka grabs the ball.
7
20:40
The lilies continuously work their way forward on the right wing until Tim Skarke gets the ball 25 meters from the goal and pulls it out of the turn with his left. Since the shot was covered, Pavlenka can only react late, but the ball rushes just past the right.
4
20:36
Werder starts visibly nervous and is not in the game at all. The hosts have to find their new line-up first.
2
20:34
Darmstadt starts very briskly and conquers the first ball deep in the Bremen half. Aaron Seydel shoots from 22 meters, but lands exactly in the arms of Jiří Pavlenka.
20:29
The teams are here! Darmstadt 98 can kick off the game in blue and orange jerseys, Werder plays in green and white as usual.
20:20
The referee of the match is Robert Schröder. Markus Schmidt is responsible for the video evidence.
20:09
In Darmstadt, the point loss against Sandhausen was quickly ticked off. “The fact that we’re in a position to be able to play a top game again shows what the team has achieved so far. Many wouldn’t have thought it before the season started. Nevertheless, it happened and we’re looking forward to the duel on Saturday.” , Torsten Lieberknecht said before the trip to the Weser. The guest coach is not worried that Werder have had a full stadium behind them for a long time now. “A similar cauldron awaited us in Dresden. We also knew that the stadium could unleash a storm. But with our courageous performance we prevented exactly that. We want to show such a performance again in Bremen,” said Lieberknecht.
19:56
Ironically, in the hot phase of the season, the hosts from Bremen were hit by bad luck with injuries. With Ömer Toprak, Marco Friedl, Mitchell Weiser and Marvin Ducksch, four top performers are missing today. For coach Ole Werner, after his first defeat in the eleventh game as SVW coach, there is “no reason to complain”. “The situation is there and now we can all hug each other and complain about how hard fate has hit us. Or we just go out and try to do the best we can on the pitch,” said Werner, who is with Darmstadt expected a team “that has been very good in recent weeks and has played consistently throughout the season.”
19:52
Patric Pfeiffer is missing from the guests due to his fifth yellow card, and Frank Ronstadt is also out with muscular problems. Thomas Isherwood and Matthias Bader take over.
19:49
Out of necessity, Ole Werner has to change several positions at once and brings a total of five new ones. With Mitchell Weiser (torn thigh muscle) and Marco Friedl (abdominal muscle injury), two players are injured, Marvin Ducksch and Leo Bittencourt are also missing with a corona infection, and Lukas Mai is also rotating out to the bench. Eren Dinkçi, Jean-Manuel Mbom, Felix Agu, Niklas Schmidt and Nicolai Rapp are in the starting XI.
19:33
Both teams recently suffered a setback in the promotion race. Werder conceded their first defeat under coach Ole Werner at 1:2 in Heidenheim, Darmstadt did not get more than 1:1 at home against Kellerkind Sandhausen. Both still have the opportunity today to jump back to the top of the table in the second division with a three and take another step towards promotion.
19:33
Good evening and welcome to the top game of matchday 27 in league two! SV Werder Bremen hosts SV Darmstadt 98 at the Weser Stadium at 8:30 p.m.