SV Werder Bremen earned their fourth away win of the season on Bundesliga matchday 13. A total of 26,000 spectators were at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion as the Green-Whites ran out 1-0 winners against VfL Bochum thanks to Jens Stage's goal (56').
SV Werder Bremen earned their fourth away win of the season on Bundesliga matchday 13. A total of 26,000 spectators were at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion as the Green-Whites ran out 1-0 winners against VfL Bochum thanks to Jens Stage's goal (56').
Line-up and formation: Head coach Ole Werner made two changes to his starting line-up following the 1-0 win over SV Darmstadt 98 in the DFB-Pokal in midweek. Justin Njinmah and Anthony Jung started in place of Marco Grüll and Milos Veljkovic. The latter had to be taken off early on against Darmstadt with a knock, and was therefore left out of the squad.
Starting line-up: Zetterer - Jung, Stark, Stage, Ducksch, Weiser, Njinmah, Lynen, Köhn, Schmid, Friedl
Bench: Backhaus - Deman, Pieper, Bittencourt, Burke, Grüll, Hansen-Aarøen, Malatini, Alvero
First-half highlights:
22nd minute: The first good chance of the afternoon! Weiser wins an aerial duel against Wittek, as the ball drops to Stage. The Dane plays a clever through ball to Njinmah, who strikes it first-time. His effort flashes just wide of the far post.
26th minute: The hosts go close soon after, as Holtmann finds a bit of space in front of Zetterer. The keeper stands his ground and blocks the ball at close range.
40th minute: VfL send in their fifth corner of the afternoon, leading to a nervy moment for the Green-Whites. Hofmann is able to head the ball into the six-yard box where Miyoshi is denied by Zetterer – the linesman's flag would have soon gone up, however, as he was clearly offside.
45th minute: Njinmah does well to get past Ordets, but his next pass to Ducksch lacks precision. Werder can't afford to keep being wasteful with their chances.
Second-half highlights:
48th minute: Passlack's corner finds Hofmann in front of goal, but Jung is able to deflect his effort out for a corner.
56th minute: Werder lead! Ducksch's corner is headed in by Jens Stage, powering it past goalkeeper Patrick Drewes.
70th minute: Another good chance on the counter for the Green-Whites! Schmid lays the ball off to Ducksch, as he looks to place the ball in at the near post.
82nd minute: Burke dribbles towards the Bochum goal and picks out Grüll. The Austrian is able to make contact with the ball, but his effort is blocked.
90th minute +4: Full time! Werder head home with all three points after their fourth away win of the season!
Summary: As expected, Werder faced a tough opponent in Bochum. The hosts played a physical game and sought to feed off the energy from the hometown crowd. While Bochum managed to generate plenty of threat on goal during the first half, the Green-Whites also failed to capitalise on some good opportunities of their own. Stage then managed to break the deadlock in the second half, as Werder claimed all three points.
VfL Bochum: Drewes - Oermann, Ordets, Bernardo - Passlack (86' Gamboa), Wittek (72' Kwarteng), Bero, Sissoko (76' Pannewig), Miyoshi (71' de WIt), Holtmann - Hofmann (76' Broschinski)
SV Werder: Zetterer - Stark, Friedl, A. Jung - Weiser, Stage, Lynen (76' Bittencourt), Köhn (90'+1 Deman) - Njinmah (57' Burke), Schmid (90'+1 Pieper), Ducksch (76' Grüll)
Goals: 0-1 Stage (56')
Referee: Dr. Felix Brych
Spectators: 26,000
