Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 30 August 2008

Result

Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Saturday 30 August 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 Werder Bremen: match report

Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Werder Bremen 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 30 August 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

Karim Matmour opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Borussia Mönchengladbach's goals came from Karim Matmour (12'), Rob Friend (30') and Alexander Baumjohann (71'). Werder Bremen scored through Claudio Pizarro (79') and Diego (89').

Discipline: Borussia Mönchengladbach received 2 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Mönchengladbach were 18th on 0 points from 2 and Werder Bremen 13th on 2 points from 2. Borussia Mönchengladbach went on to finish that season 15th with 31 points, and Werder Bremen 10th with 45.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach win, 1 draw and 2 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Karim MatmourBorussia Mönchengladbach · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · NaldoWerder Bremen
  • 30'Goal · Rob FriendBorussia Mönchengladbach · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Mikkel Rygaard JensenWerder Bremen
  • 59'Yellow card · Filip DaemsBorussia Mönchengladbach
  • 66'Yellow card · DiegoWerder Bremen
  • 71'Goal · Alexander BaumjohannBorussia Mönchengladbach · 3-0
  • 79'Goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 3-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen
  • 89'Goal · DiegoWerder Bremen · 3-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Karim MatmourBorussia Mönchengladbach

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Borussia Mönchengladbach 1, draws 1, Werder Bremen 2.

Team news

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

Christofer Heimeroth, Filip Daems, Roel Brouwers, Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker, Patrick Paauwe, Gal Alberman, Marcel Ndjeng, Alexander Baumjohann, Rob Friend, Karim Matmour, Marko Marin

Werder Bremen line-up (4-3-1-2)

Tim Wiese, Sebastian Boenisch, Naldo, Sebastian Prödl, Frank Baumann, Clemens Fritz, Mikkel Rygaard Jensen, Markus Rosenberg, Claudio Pizarro, Diego, Torsten Frings