Werder Bremen will host Koln at the Weserstadion on Saturday in another round of the 2025-26 Bundesliga campaign. The home side have had mixed results in the league this season but remain well on course for yet another top-half league finish as they sit ninth in the table with 15 points.
Bremen headed into the international break on the back of a 2-1 home victory against an out-of-sorts Wolfsburg side but returned to action last weekend on a sour note, losing 2-0 to RB Leipzig. They performed fairly well at the Red Bull Arena but were ultimately no match for their in-form hosts and will be looking to respond this weekend.
Koln began the season brightly, collecting two wins and a draw from their opening three league matches but results have been much harder to come by since. They most recently suffered a 4-3 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt, falling 4-1 behind midway through the second half before mounting a late rally through goals from Marius Butler and Luca Waldschmidt, ultimately running out of time.
The visitors sit a place and a point behind their weekend opponents in the table and will be looking to leapfrog them with a win on Saturday.
Werder Bremen vs Koln Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 136 meetings between Bremen and Koln. The hosts have won 40 of those games while the visitors have won just two fewer with their other 28 contests ending level.
- The two teams last faced off in a league clash last February which the hosts won 1-0.
- The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last seven games in this fixture, a run dating back to 2020.
- Koln have scored 20 goals in the Bundesliga this season, the highest of any team in the bottom half of the table.
Werder Bremen vs Koln Prediction
Die Werderaner saw their latest result snap a five-game unbeaten streak and they will be looking to bounce back here. They have won their last three home games and are well poised to add a fourth on Saturday.
Die Geißböcke, meanwhile, have lost four of their last five games across all competitions. They have struggled for results on the road of late and could suffer defeat here.
Prediction: Werder Bremen 2-1 Koln
Werder Bremen vs Koln Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Werder Bremen to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the visitors' last five matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in five of the visitors' last six matches)