Luneburger SK Hansa vs Werder Bremen - prediction, team news, lineups

Luneburger SK Hansa person made it to the DFB-Pokal archetypal circular for the archetypal clip successful 9 years, and their reward is simply a tasty Saturday clash with heavyweights Werder Bremen.

The fifth-tier broadside person made a dilatory commencement to their league campaign, but they volition present crook their attraction to cupful duties, wherever they volition hitch shoulders with Bundesliga opposition. 

Match preview

LSK Hansa person qualified for the archetypal circular of the DFB-Pokal for the 3rd time, and they volition beryllium looking to springiness their Bundesliga opponents a tally for their money.

Back successful 2008-09, the nine were thumped 5-0 by VfB Stuttgart, but they performed a batch amended 9 years later, erstwhile they were beaten 3-1 by Mainz 05.

Another accidental beckons for the Lower Saxony club, though momentum is not connected their broadside fixed a dilatory commencement to their league campaign.

Competing successful the Oberliga Niedersachsen, LSK Hansa kicked disconnected their play with a 3-2 nonaccomplishment distant astatine Eintracht Braunschweig II and a 2-2 gully astatine location with Meppen II.

The manager successful complaint of the nine is Germany’s Tarek Gibbah, who arrived astatine the nine successful the summertime of 2026, and led his broadside to a decent sixth-placed decorativeness past season. 

Werder Bremen were sitting successful the bottommost 2 conscionable 10 weeks earlier the extremity of past season, though a precocious caput manager alteration saw Daniel Thioune steer the nine to safety.

The German brag led his broadside to 5 victories successful the last agelong of the season, which was much than the nine managed successful the archetypal 23 rounds of the campaign.

Bremen volition beryllium hoping to present a acold much competitory run this season, and to bash so, they person made immoderate superior changes successful the summertime transportation market.

The likes of Mio Backhaus, Romano Schmid and Leonardo Bittencourt person each departed the club, with the archetypal 2 names leaving for large money.

When it comes to arrivals, the nine person splashed millions connected defence, buying caller centre-back Oskar Wojcik from Polish broadside Cracovia, and besides Arsenal’s erstwhile goalkeeper Karl Hein. The indebtedness signing of Niclas Fullkrug, meanwhile, is simply a determination to amended the club’s attacking options.

In presumption of the DFB-Pokal, the nine person been eliminated successful the archetypal circular 3 times implicit the past 5 seasons, though they besides person a quarter-final quality nether their belts from the 2024-25 campaign. 

Luneburger SK Hansa signifier (all competitions):

L D

Werder Bremen affable form:

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Team News

LSK Hansa are expected to commencement with experienced goalkeeper Arne Exner implicit recently signed Tommy Henze.

The nine person added 3 caller names to their defence this summer, but the backmost 4 volition beryllium unchanged for this DFB-Pokal encounter.

Teenager Julien Grundker should get immoderate minutes successful midfield pursuing his determination from Energie Cottbus.

When it comes to Werder Bremen, caller signings Wojcik and Hein are some unavailable owed to muscular problems, meaning they volition not marque their debuts this weekend. 

Elsewhere, Felix Agu has a calf injury, portion Eren Dinkci and Niklas Stark are some struggling with muscular issues.

Head manager Thioune is spoilt for options successful onslaught with Salim Musah, Cedric Itten and Fullkrug each astatine his disposal. 

Luneburger SK Hansa imaginable starting lineup:

Exner; Hubner, Wilson, Muhlack, Wolk; Grundker, Perera; Borges, Scheuer, Kunze; Dorr

Werder Bremen imaginable starting lineup:

Schlager; Schmetgens, Pieper, Friedl, Deman; Lynen; Stage, Chuki; Njinmah, Mbangula; Musah

We say: Luneburger SK Hansa 0-3 Werder Bremen

LSK Hansa volition beryllium attempting to springiness a bully relationship of themselves, though yet the gulf successful prime could beryllium decisive. 

There are 4 divisions separating some clubs, and Werder Bremen should prevail without excessively galore problems.

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