Werder Bremen chase first win over Borussia Dortmund in five meetings

Werder Bremen have failed to beat Borussia Dortmund in their last five meetings ahead of Wednesday's DFB Pokal tie, which comes soon after a 2-2 league draw.

The cup tie pits two sides from the upper half of the Bundesliga against each other, with Dortmund second on 17 points from seven games. Bremen sit sixth, five points further back after the same number of matches.

Dortmund arrive having won their last two matches and gone unbeaten in their last three. Their most recent result was a 1-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt on 24 October, which followed a victory away at Sabah FK Baku.

Bremen are also unbeaten in their last three matches, the latest a 3-2 win away at FSV Mainz 05 on the same weekend. They tend to finish strongly, with 34% of their goals over the last 30 matches coming from the 76th minute, compared with 25% for Dortmund.

NextGOAL's power score (pPS) rates Dortmund at 61.5 and Bremen at 29.1. Dortmund are also higher on all seven axes of NextGOAL's team radar, with the widest gap coming in Shooting. In the last five meetings, dating back to 2024, Dortmund have won two and drawn three.

Kick-off in Thailand is at 02:45 on Wednesday 28 October, the night of Tuesday into Wednesday.