Borussia Dortmund 4-1 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 18 April 2021

Result

Borussia Dortmund 4-1 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Sunday 18 April 2021, 13:30 UTC · half-time 3-1

Borussia Dortmund · Werder Bremen · Bundesliga predictions

Borussia Dortmund 4-1 Werder Bremen: match report

Borussia Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 18 April 2021. The half-time score was 3-1.

Milot Rashica opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Giovanni Reyna (29'), Erling Haaland (34', penalty), Erling Haaland (38') and Mats Hummels (87'). Werder Bremen scored through Milot Rashica (14').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card; Werder Bremen received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 6th on 46 points from 28 and Werder Bremen 13th on 30 points from 28. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 3rd with 64 points, and Werder Bremen 17th with 31.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Werder Bremen in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund (8.9), ahead of Mats Hummels (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Borussia Dortmund wins, 3 draws and 1 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

14'Goal · Milot RashicaWerder Bremen · 0-1
29'Goal · Giovanni ReynaBorussia Dortmund · 1-1
34'Penalty goal · Erling HaalandBorussia Dortmund · 2-1
38'Goal · Erling HaalandBorussia Dortmund · 3-1
48'Yellow card · Mahmoud DahoudBorussia Dortmund
59'Yellow card · Marco FriedlWerder Bremen
66'Yellow card · Miloš VeljkovićWerder Bremen
77'Yellow card · Christian GroßWerder Bremen
85'Yellow card · Niklas MoisanderWerder Bremen
87'Goal · Mats HummelsBorussia Dortmund · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 6, draws 3, Werder Bremen 1.

Werder Bremen 1-2 Borussia DortmundBundesliga · 15 Dec 2020
Werder Bremen 0-2 Borussia DortmundBundesliga · 22 Feb 2020
Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Werder BremenBundesliga · 28 Sep 2019
Werder Bremen 2-2 Borussia DortmundBundesliga · 4 May 2019
Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder BremenBundesliga · 15 Dec 2018
Werder Bremen 1-1 Borussia DortmundBundesliga · 29 Apr 2018

Team news

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Dan-Axel ZagadouBorussia Dortmund · injury (Knee Surgery)
Stefanos KapinoWerder Bremen · injury (COVID 19)
Axel WitselBorussia Dortmund · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)
Niclas FüllkrugWerder Bremen · injury (Fractured Toe)
Ömer ToprakWerder Bremen · injury (Torn Muscle Fibre)
Youssoufa MoukokoBorussia Dortmund · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Jadon SanchoBorussia Dortmund · injury (Torn Muscle Bundle)
Nick WoltemadeWerder Bremen · injury (Ruptured Lateral Collateral Ligament)

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

Marwin Hitz, Mateu Morey, Manuel Akanji, Mats Hummels, Raphaël Guerreiro, Mahmoud Dahoud, Giovanni Reyna, Jude Bellingham, Julian Brandt, Marco Reus, Erling Haaland

Werder Bremen line-up (5-3-2)

Jiri Pavlenka, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Milos Veljkovic, Christian Groß, Niklas Moisander, Marco Friedl, Maximilian Eggestein, Kevin Möhwald, Leonardo Bittencourt, Milot Rashica, Yuya Osako