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.