Werder Bremen vs Augsburg - prediction, team news, lineups

A revitalised Werder Bremen volition invited in-form Augsburg to Weserstadion for a finely-poised Bundesliga showdown on Saturday.

Die Werderaner could marque it 3 wins from 5 games this weekend, portion Die Fuggerstadter are hoping to proceed their unbeaten commencement to the season. 

Match preview

At the extremity of a tumultuous 2025-26 campaign, Daniel Thioune guided Werder to information successful the German apical flight, and has managed to support an upward trajectory into this term.

Die Werderaner headed into their Bundesliga opener afloat of optimism pursuing their 3-0 DFB-Pokal triumph implicit Luneburger Hansa connected August 22, but were thoroughly beaten 4-1 by Freiburg.

It is simply a motion of Thioune's side's mentality that they were capable to bounce backmost from that nonaccomplishment to instrumentality each 3 points successful a shock 3-1 triumph against RB Leipzig, courtesy of goals from Eren Dinkci, Niclas Fullkrug and Marco Grull.

Proving their spot of caput erstwhile again, Bremen came from down past clip retired to draw 1-1 with FC Koln, a stalemate that has the nine sat 10th successful the array connected 4 points.

With 3 goals from his archetypal 4 games for Die Werderaner this play - including the equaliser astatine RheinEnergieStadion - Fullkrug is making the astir of his instrumentality to the Green-Whites, and volition beryllium a superior menace erstwhile again connected Saturday.

Meanwhile, Manuel Baum was besides liable for his team's resurgence past term, lifting the nine distant from a relegation conflict and into a comfy mid-table finish.

This clip around, Die Fuggerstadter person made an awesome commencement to the 2026-27 campaign, winning 4 and drafting 1 of their 5 outings crossed each competitions truthful far.

Most recently, Augsburg were held to a 2-2 stalemate by Bayer Leverkusen, a clash that saw the squad travel from down to pb 2-1, lone for Patrick Schick to nett an 89th-minute equaliser for Die Werkself.

However, portion Baum's broadside volition beryllium disappointed to person seen their four-match winning streak travel to an end, they were capable to proceed their tally of scoring astatine slightest 2 goals successful each outing this season.

Die Fuggerstadter volition beryllium optimistic astir returning to victorious ways connected Saturday, buoyed by their opening to the season, arsenic good arsenic their grounds of 4 wins from their past 5 competitory distant clashes.

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Team News

Werder person a lengthy absentee database to contend with, including midfielders Jens Stage and Senne Lynen, who are recovering from respective thigh and groin injuries.

Filling the gaps, Thioune could opt for Youri Regeer and Ludovit Reis successful his treble pivot, portion Chuki operates successful the fig 10 role.

Further forward, the versatile Justin Njinmah is dealing with a thigh contented of his own, and striker Keke Topp remains sidelined until adjacent twelvemonth with an anterior cruciate ligament injury, so Niclas Fullkrug should pb the line, supported from retired wide by Eren Dinkci and Marco Grull.

At the other extremity of the pitch, left-backs Felix Agu (calf) and Moussa N'Diaye (groin) are some unavailable, though Olivier Deman should beryllium connected manus to commencement connected near of the hosts' defence.

As for Augsburg, they are missing Tim Breithaupt (toe), portion Anton Kade (muscle) is simply a doubt, and if helium is not acceptable to play, then Han-Noah Massengo and Fabian Rieder look acceptable to enactment up successful the centre of the park.

Elsewhere, winger Faik Sakar is sidelined owed to an ankle issue, and versatile centre-back Sima Suso has a musculus injury, so Noahkai Banks, Calvin Brackelmann and Chrislain Matsima should signifier the visitors' backline, while Marius Wolf and Hennes Behrens commencement arsenic wing-backs.

Werder Bremen imaginable starting lineup:

Hein; Arthur, Freud, Pieper, Deman; Reis, Regeer; Dinkci, Chuki, Grull; Fullkrug

Augsburg imaginable starting lineup:

Dahmen; Banks, Brackelmann, Matsima; Wolf, Massengo, Rieder, Behrens; Fellhauer, Ibrahimovic; Gregoritsch

We say: Werder Bremen 1-2 Augsburg

Werder person made a importantly amended commencement to the play than past term, but they stay the underdogs this weekend.

Augsburg volition beryllium assured of taking each 3 points, and it would not beryllium a astonishment to spot them tally retired constrictive winners connected the spot of their attacking force. 

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