Werder Bremen 3-3 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 October 2008

Result

Werder Bremen 3-3 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Saturday 18 October 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Werder Bremen 3-3 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Werder Bremen drew with Borussia Dortmund 3-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 18 October 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Alex Frei opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Frank Baumann (68'), Claudio Pizarro (88') and Claudio Pizarro (90+1'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Alex Frei (59', penalty), Mats Hummels (72') and Mohamed Zidan (90+2').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 7th on 11 points from 7 and Borussia Dortmund 6th on 12 points from 7. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Borussia Dortmund 6th with 59.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Werder Bremen wins, 0 draws and 2 for Borussia Dortmund.

Going into the match Werder Bremen's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Borussia Dortmund's D-W-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · TingaBorussia Dortmund
  • 40'Yellow card · NaldoWerder Bremen
  • 42'Yellow card · Torsten FringsWerder Bremen
  • 58'Yellow card · Clemens FritzWerder Bremen
  • 59'Penalty goal · Alex FreiBorussia Dortmund · 0-1
  • 68'Goal · Frank BaumannWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 72'Goal · Mats HummelsBorussia Dortmund · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Mohamed ZidanBorussia Dortmund
  • 88'Goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 2-2
  • 90+1'Goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 3-2
  • 90+2'Goal · Mohamed ZidanBorussia Dortmund · 3-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Werder Bremen 4, draws 0, Borussia Dortmund 2.

Team news

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

Tim Wiese, Petri Pasanen, Naldo, Frank Baumann, Clemens Fritz, Mesut Özil, Mikkel Rygaard Jensen, Boubacar Sanogo, Claudio Pizarro, Diego, Torsten Frings

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

Marcel Höttecke, Robert Kovač, Dedé, Marc-Andre Kruska, Tinga, Florian Kringe, Giovanni Federico, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Mladen Petric, Alex Frei