Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 24 August 2012

Result

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Friday 24 August 2012, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen: match report

Borussia Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday 24 August 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Marco Reus opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Marco Reus (11') and Mario Götze (81'). Werder Bremen scored through Theodor Gebre Selassie (75').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards.

Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and Werder Bremen 14th with 34.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Werder Bremen in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Borussia Dortmund wins, 2 draws and 2 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Ilkay GündoganBorussia Dortmund
  • 29'Yellow card · Aleksandar IgnjovskiWerder Bremen
  • 59'Yellow card · Zlatko JunuzovićWerder Bremen
  • 62'Yellow card · Sebastian KehlBorussia Dortmund
  • 75'Goal · Theodor Gebre SelassieWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Mario GötzeBorussia Dortmund · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 6, draws 2, Werder Bremen 2.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Weidenfeller, Neven Subotić, Mats Hummels, Sebastian Kehl, İlkay Gündoğan, Marco Reus, Kevin Großkreutz, Robert Lewandowski, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Oliver Kirch, Marcel Schmelzer

Werder Bremen line-up (4-1-4-1)

Sebastian Mielitz, Sebastian Prödl, Sokratis, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Kevin De Bruyne, Clemens Fritz, Aaron Hunt, Aleksandar Ignjovski, Marko Arnautovic, Eljero Elia, Zlatko Junuzović