Borussia Dortmund 2-3 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 August 2022

Result

Borussia Dortmund 2-3 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Saturday 20 August 2022, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Borussia Dortmund · Werder Bremen · Bundesliga predictions

Borussia Dortmund 2-3 Werder Bremen: match report

Borussia Dortmund lost to Werder Bremen 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

Julian Brandt opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Julian Brandt (45+2') and Raphaël Guerreiro (77'). Werder Bremen scored through Lee Buchanan (89'), Niklas Schmidt (90+3') and Oliver Burke (90+5').

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

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 3rd on 6 points from 2 and Werder Bremen 10th on 2 points from 2. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and Werder Bremen 13th with 36.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Werder Bremen in a 3-5-2.

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

29'Yellow card · Niclas FüllkrugWerder Bremen
39'Yellow card · Anthony ModesteBorussia Dortmund
42'Yellow card · Emre CanBorussia Dortmund
45+2'Goal · Julian BrandtBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
77'Goal · Raphaël GuerreiroBorussia Dortmund · 2-0
83'Yellow card · Marius WolfBorussia Dortmund
89'Goal · Lee BuchananWerder Bremen · 2-1
90+1'Yellow card · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund
90+3'Goal · Niklas SchmidtWerder Bremen · 2-2
90+5'Goal · Oliver BurkeWerder Bremen · 2-3

Head-to-head

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

Borussia Dortmund 4-1 Werder BremenBundesliga · 18 Apr 2021
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

Team news

Unavailable

Göktan GürpüzBorussia Dortmund · injury (Unknown Injury)
Jean-Manuel MbomWerder Bremen · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)
Eren DinkçiWerder Bremen · injury (Muscular problems)
Dikeni SalifouWerder Bremen · injury (Pulled Hamstring At Adductors)
Donyell MalenBorussia Dortmund · injury (Torn Muscle Fibre)
Sébastien HallerBorussia Dortmund · injury (Testicular Cancer)
Karim AdeyemiBorussia Dortmund · injury (Toe Injury)

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

Gregor Kobel, Marius Wolf, Mats Hummels, Nico Schlotterbeck, Raphaël Guerreiro, Jude Bellingham, Mahmoud Dahoud, Julian Brandt, Marco Reus, Jamie Gittens, Anthony Modeste

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

Jiri Pavlenka, Amos Pieper, Milos Veljkovic, Marco Friedl, Mitchell Weiser, Leonardo Bittencourt, Christian Groß, Jens Stage, Anthony Jung, Niclas Füllkrug, Marvin Ducksch