Fearing battle: Union Berlin meets Werder Bremen in top game!

On May 3, 2025, the teams of Union Berlin and Werder Bremen will meet in the Bundesliga. Union Berlin has presented himself strongly in the past games and has been unbeaten for seven games. In the last game, the team secured the relegation and thus established itself in a comfortable situation for the remaining games of the season. Werder Bremen, on the other hand, also stays in the success of the success and has even won four victories in the last five games, which means that the team ranked 8 and has an eye on international places.

Both teams are characterized by a stabilized defensive. Werder coach Ole Werner emphasizes the need to stand well defensively and to stay patient in order to be successful against Union Berlin. At the coming game, Oliver Burke will say goodbye to Werder Bremen because he signed a contract with Union Berlin for the next season. In addition, Union Berlin has to do without Diogo Leiten, which fails for the rest of the season due to a larynx break. Kevin Vogt will step in on the defensive.

lineup and current form

For the game on Saturday at 3:30 p.m., Union Berlin set up the following starting eleven: Rönnow - Doekhi, Vogt, cross field - Trimmel, Schäfer, Khedira, Haberer, Rothe - Hollerbach - Ilić. On the side of Werder Bremen there are Zetterer - Stark, Friedl, Pieper - Weiser, Stage, Lynen, Schmid, AGU - Burke, Ducksch on the square.

The season for Union Berlin has so far been below average without being serious or fought for a place in European competitions. The association has secured its Bundesliga status for the next season, with a comfortable distance of 11 points to the relegation places and 12 points behind the 6th place. The series of unbeaten games includes a 4-4 draw against VfB Stuttgart and a 1-1 against VfL Bochum, whereby Benedict Hollerbach scored the sole goal against Bochum and is one of the club's best goal scorers.

On the Werder Bremen side, an unbeaten series ended, which ended with a 0-0 draw against St. Pauli. However, Bremen remains in the race for an international place and still needs some victories to protect realistic opportunities for participating in European competitions. So far, Bremen is only one point behind the 7th place, two points behind the 6th place and three points behind the 5th place. Werder Bremen is currently also plagued by injury, especially Andre Silva is questionable due to an illness, while Milos Veljković is still injured.