Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig preview: Another tough early test | OneFootball

Werder Bremen face RB Leipzig after a bruising start, the visitors buoyed by a sparkling opener. As reported by BuLi News, the sides endured contrasting first weekends.

Werder began brightly at Freiburg before unravelling. Yuito Suzuki headed in from a corner on the half hour, then Igor Matanovic drove forward and thumped in from range before the interval.

Three minutes after the restart Suzuki struck again and he completed his hat-trick by the 55th minute, the goals coming far too easily. Debutant Dariusz Stalmach pulled one back from a corner late on.

Daniel Thioune’s backline looked disorganised, often slow and loose with markers. Creativity was missing without Jens Stage and Romano Schmid, and Niclas Fullkrug missed his one chance. Felix Agu, Mitchell Weiser, Jens Stage, Justin Njinmah and Keke Topp are sidelined.

Leipzig, by contrast, swept Borussia Mönchengladbach aside 3-0. Martín Demichelis trusted a young core, the midfield and front three averaging just over 22, and Ridle Baku finished a slick one-two with Tidiam Gomis to open the scoring.

Soon after half-time Antonio Nusa curled in the second. By the hour mark Rocco Reitz broke on the counter to score against his former club, declining to celebrate.

RasenBallsport produced 25 shots and 3.96 xG, and might have had more with sharper finishing. Though they allowed chances, the forwards will fancy more here. Christoph Baumgartner, Viggo Gebel, Lukas Klostermann, Romulo, Reitz and Assan Ouedraogo are out, and Brajan Gruda is a doubt.

Source: BuLi News

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