Borussia Dortmund vs Werder Bremen Bundesliga prediction & result
Final score: Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Werder Bremen.
Before kick-off the model made it 70% Borussia Dortmund, 19% draw, 11% Werder Bremen — fair odds of 1.43, 5.26 and 9.09. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.
Most likely scoreline: 2-0.
The model got this one wrong.
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Has the model earned this number?
It puts Borussia Dortmund at 70% here. Across 3,801 settled matches (as of 16 October 2026), 321 forecasts have landed in the 65–100% band; those outcomes actually happened 63.2% of the time, against an average forecast of 74.1%. In this range the model is over-confident, so read the figure above as optimistic rather than literal.
Every settled prediction on this site is scored against an uninformed baseline, band by band, and published whether or not it flatters the model — see the full record.
How the model saw it, minute by minute
Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 4 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Borussia Dortmund vs Werder Bremen
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 1G. KobelG
- 22Kouakou Joane GadouD
- 3W. AntonD
- 4N. SchlotterbeckD
- 20M. SabitzerM
- 7J. BellinghamM
- 8F. NmechaM
- 24D. SvenssonM
- 18E. NwaneriM
- 14M. BeierM
- 9S. GuirassyF
- 5R. BensebaïniD
- 40S. InacioF
- 19K. KaretsasM
- 41M. AlbertF
- 33A. MeyerG
- 36Kauã PratesD
- 49L. ReggianiD
- 21Fábio SilvaF
- 25J. VeermanM
- 1K. HeinG
- 13ArthurD
- 5A. PieperD
- 32M. FriedlD
- 2O. DemanD
- 15L. ReisM
- 44Y. RegeerM
- 18E. DinkçiM
- 20Chuky San JoséM
- 17M. GrüllM
- 10N. FüllkrugF
- 38P. ErevbenagieF
- 26C. IttenF
- 30A. SchlagerG
- 33Mick SchmetgensD
- 23Dariusz StalmachM
- 4N. StarkD
- 8M. WeiserD
- 3O. WójcikD
- 34K. SoyluM
Form going into Borussia Dortmund vs Werder Bremen
Borussia Dortmund
- W1-0away to VfB Stuttgart19 September 2026
- W3-0SC Paderborn 0712 September 2026
- W3-2away to 1899 Hoffenheim5 September 2026
- W2-0Hamburger SV29 August 2026
Werder Bremen
- W3-2FC Augsburg19 September 2026
- D1-1away to 1. FC Köln12 September 2026
- W3-1RB Leipzig5 September 2026
- L1-4away to SC Freiburg30 August 2026
What these results say
- Borussia Dortmund won every one of these 4 matches.
- Borussia Dortmund scored in every one of these 4 matches.
- Borussia Dortmund kept a clean sheet in 3 of these 4 matches.
- Werder Bremen scored in every one of these 4 matches.
- Werder Bremen conceded in every one of these 4 matches.
- Both sides scored in every one of these 4 matches for Werder Bremen.
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first. The model rates each side on its goals over this season and last, adjusted for the opposition, rather than on these results alone, so read them as context — how the ratings are built.
Bundesliga table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Borussia Dortmund vs Werder Bremen
- 9 October 2026Borussia Dortmund 2–2 Werder BremenBundesliga
- 16 May 2026Werder Bremen 0–2 Borussia DortmundBundesliga
- 13 January 2026Borussia Dortmund 3–0 Werder BremenBundesliga
- 25 January 2025Borussia Dortmund 2–2 Werder BremenBundesliga
- 31 August 2024Werder Bremen 0–0 Borussia DortmundBundesliga
- 9 March 2024Werder Bremen 1–2 Borussia DortmundBundesliga
Leading scorers: Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen
Borussia Dortmund
No player in Bundesliga's leading scorers — 11 league goals as a side.
Werder Bremen
GoalsAssists
- N. Füllkrug40
- M. Grüll24
Top 3 by league goals this season. Player availability is not part of the model — injuries and suspensions are a planned improvement.