RB Leipzig win 2-1 at Werder Bremen

Match report

RB Leipzig beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in Bundesliga matchday 28 on Saturday, 4 April 2026 at Weserstadion. S. Musah (90') scored for Werder Bremen, while A. Nusa (15') and Romulo Cardoso (52') found the net for RB Leipzig. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Werder Bremen had 55% of the ball and 13 shots (5 on target) against RB Leipzig’s 7 (2 on target). Antonio Nusa (RB Leipzig) was the top-rated player with 8.5. The result leaves Werder Bremen 8th in the Bundesliga table on 7 points and RB Leipzig 9th on 6.

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Form, table and head-to-head

Werder Bremen

8th · 7 points · P 4 W 2 D 1 L 1

Form

RB Leipzig

9th · 6 points · P 4 W 2 D 0 L 2

Form

Bundesliga table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
7	SV Elversberg	4	+1	7
8	Werder Bremen	4	0	7
9	RB Leipzig	4	+4	6
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	-1	5

Full Bundesliga table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 5 Sept 2026, Werder Bremen 3-1 RB Leipzig

Full Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig head-to-head

Match events

15'goalA. NusaNormal Goal
49'substitutionA. PieperOff: P. Covic
52'goalRomulo CardosoNormal Goal
56'substitutionC. LukebaOff: E. Banzuzi
61'substitutionM. GrullOff: Y. Sugawara
61'substitutionF. AguOff: S. Mbangula
73'yellow cardCameron PuertasYellow Card
76'substitutionL. BittencourtOff: J. Milosevic
76'substitutionJ. NjinmahOff: S. Musah
78'substitutionA. NusaOff: T. Gomis
78'substitutionRomulo CardosoOff: C. Harder
86'substitutionY. DiomandeOff: B. Henrichs
86'substitutionC. BaumgartnerOff: A. Ouedraogo
90'goalS. MusahAssist: J. Milosevic
90+2'yellow cardTidiam GomisYellow Card
90+8'yellow cardMarco FriedlYellow Card

Lineups

Werder Bremen

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Daniel Thioune

Starting XI

Substitutes

RB Leipzig

Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Ole Werner

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

55%Possession45%
1.51Expected goals (xG)1.49
13Total shots7
5Shots on target2
5Shots off target3
3Blocked shots2
9Shots inside the box4
4Shots outside the box3
1Corners0
5Offsides1
13Fouls14
2Yellow cards1
–Red cards–
0Goalkeeper saves4
558Passes454
476Accurate passes362
85%Pass accuracy80%
0.43Goals prevented0.43

Player statistics

Werder Bremen

Werder Bremen player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
30Mio BackhausG	90	6.7				32 · 91%
2Olivier DemanD	90	6.9				53 · 87%		2	5/6
5Amos PieperD	49	7.2				36 · 92%		3	7/9
27Felix AguD	61	6.0				33 · 82%	1	2	4/4
32Marco FriedlD	90	6.6				87 · 87%		2	4/8
10Leonardo BittencourtM	76	6.7				39 · 77%	1	2	4/7
14Senne LynenM	90	6.6			1 (1)	73 · 86%	1	1	3/9
17Marco GrüllM	61	6.3				21 · 86%	1	2	2/7
18Cameron PuertasM	90	7.5			1 (0)	55 · 91%		5	13/20
20Romano SchmidM	90	6.9			2 (2)	57 · 72%	3		4/10
11Justin NjinmahF	76	6.5			2 (0)	14 · 86%	2		1/4
25Markus KolkeG	–	–
3Yukinari SugawaraD	29	7.0				23 · 87%	1	2	2/3
23Isaac SchmidtD	–	–
33Mick SchmetgensD	–	–
24Patrice ČovićM	41	6.7				18 · 83%		3	3/7
7Samuel MbangulaF	29	6.2				8 · 100%			0/4
19Jovan MiloševićF	14	6.6		1	1 (0)	5 · 80%	1		0/1
29Salim MusahF	14	7.3	1		3 (2)	4 · 100%			1/3

RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
26Maarten VandevoordtG	90	6.9			42 · 60%			1/1
4Willi OrbánD	90	6.9			64 · 86%		1	2/6
17Ridle BakuD	90	6.7			48 · 88%	1	2	4/7
22David RaumD	90	6.9			48 · 73%	1		3/5
23Castello LukebaD	56	7.2			43 · 93%
13Nicolas SeiwaldM	90	6.6			41 · 83%		3	3/7
14Christoph BaumgartnerM	86	7.0			32 · 88%	1	4	8/14
24Xaver SchlagerM	90	6.2			33 · 79%		2	3/7
7Antonio NusaFTop rated	78	8.5	1	1 (1)	27 · 78%	1	1	7/10
40RômuloF	78	7.2	1	1 (1)	20 · 55%		2	7/15
49Yan DiomandeF	86	6.7		2 (0)	33 · 82%		1	4/15
1Péter GulácsiG	–	–
5El Chadaille BitshiabuD	–	–
35Max FinkgräfeD	–	–
39Benjamin HenrichsD	13	6.2			6 · 67%
6Ezechiel BanzuziM	34	6.3			7 · 100%		1	2/4
20Assan OuédraogoM	13	6.7			4 · 100%	1		1/2
9Johan BakayokoF	–	–
11Conrad HarderF	12	6.2		1 (0)	5 · 40%			2/4
27Tidiam GomisF	12	6.3			1 · 100%			2/5