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Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen carries a clear historical lean towards Leverkusen, but the fixture remains vulnerable to momentum swings and high-scoring disruption. Leverkusen won 1–0 at home on 24 January 2026, after a 3–3 draw in Bremen and a 2–0 Bremen victory at BayArena in March 2025. Future meetings will test whether Leverkusen can impose control or Bremen can again turn open spaces into a challenge.
Past matches, Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Bayer Leverkusen
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36G
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44D
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16D
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13D
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25M
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10M
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6M
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35F
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11F
Werder Bremen Substitutes
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G
13
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D
2
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D
22
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D
33
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M
18
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M
21
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M
24
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F
9
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F
19
Match events
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14'Patrik Schick Goal cancelled
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15'J. Malatini A. Pieper
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37'⚽Lucas Normal Goal (Asst: I. Maza)
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46'O. Deman I. Schmidt
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57'M. Tillman E. Poku
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57'E. Fernandez Lucas
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60'J. Milosevic M. Grull
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72'Arthur I. Maza
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72'E. Palacios A. Garcia
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78'Jonas Hofmann Yellow Card
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78'Marco Friedl Yellow Card
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79'K. Topp Y. Sugawara
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87'Loïc Badé Yellow Card
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88'Julián Malatini Yellow Card
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90' +6Olivier Deman Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Werder Bremen VS Bayer Leverkusen
Leverkusen set the stronger reference point
The historical profile favours Bayer Leverkusen, whose technical control and repeated successes have given this pairing a recognisable hierarchy. Their 1–0 home win on 24 January 2026 was a restrained example, while the 5–0 result in April 2024 showed how quickly the margin can widen when Leverkusen dictate the match.
Bremen can break the script
Werder Bremen’s 2–0 win at BayArena on 8 March 2025 supplies the essential counterexample, and the 3–3 draw in Bremen on 30 August 2025 underlines the danger of treating the fixture as routine. Bremen’s route into the contest is to make transitions count before Leverkusen’s structure settles, with patience and movement needed to turn those breaks into chances; Leverkusen’s challenge is to keep the game in the controlled channels that favour their quality. A future meeting stays interesting because the established hierarchy can be tested by one forceful home performance or one well-timed break.
Past head to head stats
Werder Bremen VS Bayer Leverkusen
Balance Wins - Draws - Losses over time
Points per match over time
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 10 games
Comparison between the 2 teams for the last 20 games
Werder Bremen VS Bayer Leverkusen
Head-to-Head History
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