Werder Bremen – Union Berlin

"The Musicians should redeem themselves for the humiliating defeat to Cologne in the last match

Bremen will host one of the most interesting games of the 17th round of the German championship. The local musicians suffered a dreadful defeat last Saturday. On the one hand, it was a logical consequence of the team's recent results in official matches. On the other hand, Werder faced Bayern and Leipzig in those encounters, and Cologne are somewhat modest on that list of opponents. Union Berlin, on the other hand, will come to Bremen with a clear focus on the three points. With their success in 2022, the capital club have made their fans believe that they will see their favourites in the Champions League in the 2023/2024 season. Bookmakers have offered equal odds for the upcoming match, with a slight tilt in favour of the Berlin side. Werder are in the middle of the table with neighbours Cologne and Bayer ahead of their next home game. When they face Union Berlin, the "musicians" are coming up against a run of three defeats in a row, during which they have conceded fifteen goals. Previously, in thirteen rounds, they conceded only four goals in total. Such statistics make it clear that Werder have hit a black streak, but the team are far from hopeless. And in the friendly matches of the previous two months, the team showed themselves quite adequately. Union Berlin started the championship the best, suffering their first defeat only in the eighth round against Eintracht. The capital club was torn between the Europa League and national tournaments, leading to fatigue at the end of the year and the loss of points in their last three official matches. Having beaten all their opponents during the winter period in preparation for the resumption of the championship, Union Berlin emerged as favourites for the Bundesliga round of 16 match against Hoffenheim and nearly lost points. The Berliners only scored the winning goal in the 89th minute of the game. In recent years, the visitors to the upcoming match over Werder had the advantage in their head-to-head encounters. Meanwhile, it's too early to write off the Bremen. Werder have a number of good players on their squad and they can hardly take the humiliation of a 1-7 defeat by Cologne in the last round as granted. We'll bet on the home side to win with handicaps included.