FC Köln 4-3 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 5 May 2017

Result

FC Köln 4-3 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Friday 5 May 2017, 18:30 UTC · half-time 3-2

FC Köln · Werder Bremen · Bundesliga predictions

FC Köln 4-3 Werder Bremen: match report

FC Köln defeated Werder Bremen 4-3 in the Bundesliga on Friday 5 May 2017. It was 3-2 at half-time.

Anthony Modeste opened the scoring in the 13th minute. FC Köln's goals came from Anthony Modeste (13'), Leonardo Bittencourt (28'), Simon Zoller (44') and Anthony Modeste (47'). Werder Bremen scored through Fin Bartels (34'), Theodor Gebre Selassie (40') and Serge Gnabry (62').

Discipline: FC Köln received no yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FC Köln were 8th on 42 points from 31 and Werder Bremen 6th on 45 points from 31. FC Köln went on to finish that season 5th with 49 points, and Werder Bremen 8th with 45.

FC Köln lined up in a 4-3-3 and Werder Bremen in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Leonardo Bittencourt of FC Köln (9.5), ahead of Fin Bartels (8.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 FC Köln wins, 5 draws and 3 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Anthony ModesteFC Köln · 1-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Thomas DelaneyWerder Bremen
  • 28'Goal · Leonardo BittencourtFC Köln · 2-0
  • 34'Goal · Fin BartelsWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 40'Goal · Theodor Gebre SelassieWerder Bremen · 2-2
  • 44'Goal · Simon ZollerFC Köln · 3-2
  • 47'Goal · Anthony ModesteFC Köln · 4-2
  • 60'Yellow card · Niklas MoisanderWerder Bremen
  • 62'Goal · Serge GnabryWerder Bremen · 4-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FC Köln 2, draws 5, Werder Bremen 3.

Team news

FC Köln line-up (4-3-3)

Timo Horn, Lukas Klünter, Frederik Sørensen, Neven Subotić, Dominique Heintz, Milos Jojic, Matthias Lehmann, Jonas Hector, Simon Zoller, Anthony Modeste, Leonardo Bittencourt

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

Felix Wiedwald, Milos Veljkovic, Lamine Sané, Niklas Moisander, Thomas Delaney, Robert Bauer, Florian Grillitsch, Zlatko Junuzović, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Fin Bartels, Zoran Zekic