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8:36 p.m
The people of Bremen have shock written all over their faces. Although the Green-Whites are trying to react quickly, they are not able to have long periods of possession against the very alert Hessians.
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8:33 p.m
Tooor for Eintracht Frankfurt, 0-1 by Arnaud Kalimuendo
The guests got off to a dream start and took the lead 1-0 after just 52 seconds. After the opening diagonal ball, the ball lands on the right wing to Dōan, who pulls the ball up towards the second post. There stands Brown, who heads over to Kalimuendo, who is lurking in the center, who artistically lifts the ball onto the far corner from seven meters with his right outer instep. The ball, which is difficult to assess, catches Backhaus completely on the wrong foot and fidgets in the net.
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8:32 p.m
Kick-off in the Weserstadion. The Bremen team will compete in their green and white home colors. The SGE plays in red and black. Let’s go.
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8:32 p.m
Game start
8:04 p.m
The balance between the two teams is now remarkably even. After 118 meetings, both teams have 46 wins and 26 draws. Werder Bremen has only celebrated more home wins in the Bundesliga against Borussia Dortmund (31) than against the Adler (30). Since the Green-Whites’ return to the top floor of German football, there has only been one win for the Weserelf in the last seven duels (two draws, four defeats). The Hessians also won the first leg 4-1 in front of their home crowd.
19:46
Eintracht Frankfurt, on the other hand, is far too open defensively and recently conceded at least three goals in a Bundesliga game in Stuttgart for the eighth time in the 2025/26 season (league-wide record). The Hessians’ offensive is extremely powerful. Only Bayern, who are in their own sphere, scored more goals in the first half of the season (66) than SGE (35), where winter newcomer Younes Ebnoutalib became the 15th different goalscorer of the current season before his injury. This is also a league-wide record.
19:33
Across the year, SV Werder Bremen has now been winless in six Bundesliga games (two draws, four defeats), meaning their lead over the relegation place has shrunk to five points. The latest development is certainly worrying, because since the 11th matchday no team has scored fewer points (only two) and scored fewer goals (only three) than the Weserelf, who also have the second weakest home offensive in the Bundesliga with only eight goals scored.
19:24
The guests from the Main metropolis have now made four changes after the 2:3 in Stuttgart: Dino Toppmöller sent Mahmoud Dahoud, Farès Chaïbi, Nathaniel Brown and Nnamdi Collins onto the field from the start today for Aurèle Amenda, Oscar Højlund, Ansgar Knauff (all three on the bench) and Younes Ebnoutalib (knee injury).
7:20 p.m
Let’s take a look at how both coaches approach this Friday night game from a personnel standpoint. At SVW there are no changes to the starting eleven after the 3-0 defeat in Dortmund despite the English week. Horst Steffen sends exactly the same eleven players onto the field again from the start. Winter newcomer Jovan Milošević will initially have to make do with a place on the bench.
7:18 p.m
Both teams did not return optimally from the winter break. While the SGE scored five goals in the two games against Dortmund (3:3) and Stuttgart (2:3), although they also conceded six goals, Bremen, whose home game against Hoffenheim fell victim to the onset of winter, fell under the wheels 0:3 in Dortmund on Tuesday evening. The Weserelf is therefore looking for compensation against the Adler.
7:16 p.m
Good evening and welcome from the Weserstadion. Here SV Werder Bremen welcomes Eintracht Frankfurt today at 8:30 p.m. as part of the 18th matchday of the Bundesliga.
