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Werder Bremen vs FC Schalke 04 is a tightly balanced German matchup built on close scorelines and changing venue control. Schalke won 2–1 at home in April 2023, Werder had answered 2–1 in Bremen in November 2022, and Werder won 2–0 at Schalke in the DFB Cup in April 2019. A new meeting will ask which side turns familiarity into an edge.
Past matches, Werder Bremen vs FC Schalke 04
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes FC Schalke 04
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26F
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40F
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24M
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5D
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2D
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29M
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8M
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3D
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34G
Werder Bremen Substitutes
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D
5
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M
28
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M
22
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M
34
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M
19
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M
20
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D
26
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D
39
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G
30
Match events
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18'⚽M. Ducksch Normal Goal (Asst: M. Weiser)
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25'Jens Stage Yellow Card
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57'Miloš Veljković Yellow Card
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65'Tom Krauß Yellow Card
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67'A. Pieper N. Stark
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68'Marvin Ducksch Yellow Card
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74'M. Frey S. Terodde
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74'S. Polter K. Karaman
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75'Maya Yoshida Yellow Card
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75'D. Drexler J. Uronen
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76'I. Gruev L. Bittencourt
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77'S. van den Berg H. Matriciani
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77'N. Schmidt M. Philipp
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81'⚽S. van den Berg Normal Goal (Asst: S. Polter)
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85'Sepp van den Berg Yellow Card
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87'T. Ouwejan M. Bülter
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88'Rodrigo Zalazar Yellow Card
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90' +3J. Mbom C. Groß
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90' +2⚽D. Drexler Normal Goal (Asst: R. Zalazar)
Stats for this game
Matchup Werder Bremen VS FC Schalke 04
Neither club owns the script
The pairing has moved between narrow wins, draws and occasional emphatic results without settling into one reliable pattern. Werder’s 2–1 home victory on 5 November 2022 showed how Bremen can make initiative count, while Schalke replied 2–1 at the Veltins-Arena on 29 April 2023. The response mattered because it restored the value of home pressure without removing the contest’s overall uncertainty.
Different contexts, similar tension
Werder’s 2–0 DFB Cup win in Gelsenkirchen on 3 April 2019 adds a useful cup example, while a 1–1 draw in Bremen on 20 November 2021 shows the sides’ ability to cancel each other out. The next meeting can therefore hinge on small details: who protects a lead, who handles the crowd and who finds a way through a familiar opponent’s resistance. That makes preparation and composure as important as reputation when the margins narrow. One well-timed change can reshape a familiar contest.