Bundesliga · 2025Sat, 16 May 2026, 13:30 UTCWeserstadion

SV Werder Bremen

LWDLL

0–2Historical match

Borussia Dortmund

LLWLW

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Borussia Dortmund won 0–2.

Shots: 917
Shots on target: 39
Expected goals: 0.492.74
Possession: 51%49%

This match

Match statistics

Shots9 shots17 shotsSV Werder Bremen 9 shots, Borussia Dortmund 17 shots
Shots on target3 shots9 shotsSV Werder Bremen 3 shots, Borussia Dortmund 9 shots
Expected goals0.49 xG2.74 xGSV Werder Bremen 0.49 xG, Borussia Dortmund 2.74 xG
Possession51%49%SV Werder Bremen 51%, Borussia Dortmund 49%
Corners4 corners5 cornersSV Werder Bremen 4 corners, Borussia Dortmund 5 corners
Fouls8 fouls5 foulsSV Werder Bremen 8 fouls, Borussia Dortmund 5 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Werder Bremen: 9 shots, 3 on target, 0.41 xG. Borussia Dortmund: 17 shots, 9 on target, 2.82 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Werder Bremen 0.41 xG · Borussia Dortmund 2.82 xG.

Full time

What the match recorded

Borussia Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 2–0. Recorded in this match (Werder Bremen – Borussia Dortmund): shots 9–17, shots on target 3–9, expected goals 0.49–2.74, possession 51%–49%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Werder Bremen have a visible home split

moderate

Werder Bremen's home-only shot average is above their full-season average.

15.4 shots/match ▲ShotsHome only · Season13.1 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: home

Metric	Home only	Season	Baseline
Shots	15.4 shots/match	13.1 shots/match	12.8 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0SV Werder Bremen

2Draws

3Borussia Dortmund

13 Jan 2026Borussia Dortmund — SV Werder Bremen · Bundesliga3–0

25 Jan 2025Borussia Dortmund — SV Werder Bremen · Bundesliga2–2

31 Aug 2024SV Werder Bremen — Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga0–0

9 Mar 2024SV Werder Bremen — Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga1–2

20 Oct 2023Borussia Dortmund — SV Werder Bremen · Bundesliga1–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: SV Werder Bremen favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Borussia Dortmund in 10 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

SV Werder Bremen34 matchesBorussia Dortmund34 matches

1.09 goals/matchGoals scored34/34▲ 2.06 goals/match

1.76 goals/matchGoals allowed34/34▲ 1 goal/match

1.21 xG/matchExpected goals34/34▲ 1.86 xG/match

13.1 shots/matchShots34/3413.1 shots/match

4.12 shots/matchShots on target34/34▲ 4.79 shots/match

51.2%Possession34/34● 53.2%

4.53 corners/matchCorners34/34● 5.32 corners/match

2.62 cards/matchCards29/251.92 cards/match

9.88 fouls/matchFouls34/3411.7 fouls/match

Style profile

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

SV Werder Bremen58.3

Borussia Dortmund63.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

SV Werder Bremen27.8

Borussia Dortmund70.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

SV Werder Bremen33.3

Borussia Dortmund93.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

SV Werder Bremen36.1

Borussia Dortmund13.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

SV Werder Bremen69.5

Borussia Dortmund58.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 87%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

SV Werder Bremen27.8

Borussia Dortmund75.0

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

SV Werder Bremen37.5

Borussia Dortmund70.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 2 matches

7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.79 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — limited

Season samples34 / 34home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 16 May 2026, 17:30 UTC · analysis-v4