It’s an encounter between the two teams who have made the best start to 2015. SV Werder Bremen, who are incredibly strong at home, welcome VfL Wolfsburg to the Weser-Stadion on Sunday (01.02.2015) at 17:30 CET. Both teams remain unbeaten in 2015 and come in to the game in fine form. Find out everything you need to know about this fixture here:

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… the game sees the two most in-form teams of 2015 go head-to-head? Both teams have collected 13 out of a possible 15 points placing them joint top of the table with regards to the second half of the season.  Werder initially won four games in a row (2-0 against Hertha BSC, 2-1 in Hoffenheim, 2-1 against Leverkusen and 3-2 against Augsburg) and snatched a last-minute draw against FC Schalke on the last matchday. Wolfsburg dropped two points in the 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday 19. 

… Sunday’s game will feature lots of great attacking talent? Zlatko Junuzovic’s assist for the equaliser against Schalke 04 on the last matchday took his points tally to 13 so far (4 goals, 9 assists) for the season. That puts the Austrian in joint fifth place. Werder’s goal scorer Franco Di Santo has 12 points (10 goals, 2 assists) putting him in ninth place, level with Wolfsburg’s Bas Dost who has scored nine of his eleven goals in 2015. VfL have an ex-Werder player in their ranks, Kevin De Bruyne, who is currently second on the list having scored 8 goals and provided 12 assists.    

… given recent history the game promises lots of goals? This is not only due to the fact that SVW have scored at least two goals in their last seven home games but that, on average, games against Wolfsburg have produced three or four goals. Record games are the 7-2 away win in 1999 and the 5-3 home victory in the 2003-4 season.

… Werder have regularly got points out of Sunday evening home games? Bremen have played eleven home matches at 17:30 on a Sunday since the introduction of this kick-off time in the 2009-10 season. The Green-Whites have won four times, six have ended in a draw and they’ve only suffered one defeat. What’s more is that there have always been at least two goals in each of the eleven games.

… It’s the first time that Wolfsburg will play at the Weser-Stadion in this exact time slot (at 17:30 CET) on a Sunday.

… both teams have a strong aerial presence? Eleven of Wolfsburg’s forty-nine goals so far this season have come from headers which is the highest amount in the league. SVW have scored eight headers which places them not too far behind in third place. In the last two games, for example, both Theodor Gebre Selassie (against Augsburg) and Sebastina Prödl (against Schalke 04) have scored headers. In addition, Skripnik’s team has always won at home whenever Werder have scored a header (Prödl in the 2-0 against Stuttgart, Selke in the 4-0 win over Paderborn and Gebre Selassie in the 3-2 victory against Augsburg).

… Viktor Skripnik expects Wolfsburg to be a very attacking team? "Wolfsburg have many world class players. They are consistent and always present. Maybe they will be tired after having played lots of games over the past few days but we can’t count on that. They’re on a really good run at the moment and a clinical striker. I expect a tough, but also great, game." 

… Marco Fritz will be the referee? The 37-year-old from Korb near Stuttgart was in charge in Augsburg on matchday 3. It will be his 73^rd Bundesliga game on Sunday. His assistants are Dominik Schaal and Martin Petersen; Deniz Aytekin is the fourth official.