As of: December 21, 2021 12:27 p.m.
At the end of November, Werder Bremen was still one of the problem children in the second Bundesliga. Three weeks and the signing of coach Ole Werner later, the Hanseatics are right in the middle of the promotion race. The data for success.
When Werner came to the Weser, Werder was pure mediocrity: After the 1: 2 defeat in Kiel, the green-whites, tenth in the table, had five wins, five draws and five defeats. The gap to third was eight points.
“Werder stands for a courageous and aggressive style of play,” said the soccer teacher at his first press conference, adding: “I’m really looking forward to getting started with the team and fighting for points.” Said and done.
The game system
During his time with Holstein Kiel, Werner preferred a 4-1-4-1 system. A stable defense was the trump card, the only tip was mostly Janni Serra.
In Bremen, however, the coach found other player material – and especially in Marvin Ducksch and Niclas Füllkrug two very dangerous center forwards. Werner switched to a 3-1-4-2 system. The results speak for themselves: there was a 4-0 win against Aue, a 3-2 win in Regensburg despite the deficit and finally the convincing one 4: 1 success in Hanover.
The offensive
Werner managed to rekindle the Werder attack vortex within a very short time.
Bremen had an average of 1.4 goals in the first 15 games of the season – 3.7 goals since then. No other team in the league has scored more goals during this period. And the green-whites are great in other areas too. On the offensive, the Bremer win an outstanding 50.72 percent of their duels. You create twelve chances to score per game, which is also due to the fact that an average of eight of the so-called key passes arrive.
In addition, the North Germans use their standard situations. They finish 55.56 percent of all standards with a shot on goal. Werder is particularly strong at corners: After 69.77 percent of all corners, the SVW comes to the end of the goal.
The defensive
Under Werner, the defense work really begins in the front row. The high rate in offensive duels leads to an average of 16 ball conquests in the opposing half. His team is also at the top of the league: The pressing efficiency on the defensive is a sensational 56.52 percent.
The opponents only have 0.85 “expected goals” against Bremen. And should the green-whites allow a conclusion, the probability of a goal per shot is just eight percent. Again, no other club has better values. Only HSV conceded one less than Werder with two goals conceded in the last three games, but only got four points.
The bottom line
The Bremen game under Werner almost inevitably leads to success. The difference between your own “expected goals” and those of your opponent is a whopping 1.65 per game.
Not least because “Werner-Werder” is the strongest team in the league in duels (56.38%) and also takes first place in the GSN “Performance Score” (57.33), the Hanseatic League has 2.6 expected points per game . These are the dates of a climber.
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