When Union Berlin visits Werder Bremen on Friday evening (October 24th, 8:30 p.m.), the capital city team can achieve something historic.
Next Friday, Werder Bremen will host Union Berlin at the start of the 8th matchday in the Bundesliga (8:30 p.m.). sport.de-Live ticker). The Eisernen should travel to the Weser with a lot of self-confidence, not only because they come into the game with a win under their belt (3-1 against Gladbach), but because they have a top record against SVW.
Union won six of the ten Bundesliga duels against Werder (one draw, three defeats – win rate 60 percent) – only against Darmstadt (100 percent), 1. FC Köln (70 percent) and city rivals Hertha BSC (62.5 percent) is Köpenick’s win rate in the upper house better.
Union had the upper hand in each of the first three guest games in Bremen. Although the Köpenickers lost the last two duels on the Weser, on Friday there is a new chance for a historic mark: Bremen could become the first club where Union wins four away games in the upper house.
Berlin coach Steffen Baumgart is likely to cause worry lines on the green and white faces anyway.
Baumgart not only has a balanced record against Werder (two wins, two draws, two defeats), but also celebrated his biggest Bundesliga win against SVW in January 2023, back then with 1. FC Köln: Effzeh ended up winning 7-1. It was also Baumgart’s highest victory as a professional coach.
Further facts about Werder Bremen against Union Berlin:
- Union Berlin has only lost 4 of the last 17 Bundesliga games (W7 D6, 27 points), only Bayern (39), BVB (36) and opponents Werder (28) have collected more points since March.
- Standard danger: Union has already scored 15 goals from dead balls in 2025, the third most in the league, only Leverkusen (18) and Bayern (20) were more dangerous.
- Robust: Union Berlin has committed the most fouls in the league with 101 and will now face Bremen, who have the second fewest fouls with 59. Curious: Both clubs have 17 yellow cards on their accounts.
- The two teams meet against Werder and Union, who have each conceded 3 goals via penalty – a league record. While Bremen were awarded 3 penalties, Berlin only received 1.
- On the last matchday, Union’s Danilho Doekhi scored his 9th headed goal since his debut in August 2022. No defender in the European top 5 leagues has scored more times with his head since then (only Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes 9 times).
- Reunion I: Oliver Burke moved from Werder Bremen to Union Berlin on a free transfer last summer. The Scot scored eight times in 46 competitive games for the Green-Whites.
- Reunion II: Derrick Köhn played for Bremen on loan from Galatasaray in 2024/25 and contributed to SVW’s comparatively successful season (8th place) in 30 appearances (17 times starting eleven, 2 goals). He was signed by Union permanently in the summer of 2025 and has appeared in all 7 league games so far (starting 4 times).
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