Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th March 2026

When Werder Bremen come to Alte Foersterei for the Bundesliga match on Sunday, Union Berlin will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Union Berlin approach the next Bundesliga round as number 10 in the table, having claimed 28 points this season so far. With 24 games behind them, Werder Bremen amassed 22 points, placing them as number 16 before their next fixture.

Union Berlin are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Werder Bremen and odds favour them to pull it off.

Union Berlin go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of one per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane ten times, while conceding 15. That amounts to an average of 1.5 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Werder Bremen are currently not the most scoring team in the Bundesliga, as they only found the back of the net seven times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.7 goals a game in which they conceded 16 times, an average of 1.6 per game. They managed two clean sheets in these.

The last time the pair played each other Werder Bremen came away as 1-0 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Sunday.

Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen Prediction

Union Berlin Form

Union Berlin are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Hamburger SV by a 3-2 score, before winning 1-0 against Bayer Leverkusen. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 1-0 against Borussia Moenchengladbach. Union Berlin managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Bundesliga. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored eight and conceded nine goals.

Werder Bremen Form

Werder Bremen suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by Bayern Munich in a 0-3 defeat. St. Pauli also proved too hard to handle as they won 2-1, before Werder Bremen were able to strike back in a 2-0 win against FC Heidenheim. Werder Bremen came through their last six away games in the Bundesliga without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew one and lost five in which, they were outscored by ten goals to three.

Union Berlin find it just as tough as Werder Bremen to get on the scoreboard these days, and a match short on goal looks highly likely, when they clash at Alte Foersterei.

Union Berlin took 11 points from their last ten encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. This amounts to three wins after scoring 11 times and conceding 13. Werder Bremen claimed zero wins and three points from their last 13 encounters with teams in the top half of the Bundesliga, while scoring seven goals to 33 against. Union Berlin claimed seven wins, seven draws as well as ten defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Werder Bremen enjoy a record of five wins, seven draws and 12 defeats in the Bundesliga.

Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen Squads

Union Berlin Squad

The 54-year-old coach of the home team, Steffen Baumgart, will select the lineup against Werder Bremen from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Carl Klaus (0/0), Frederik Roennow (0/24), Matheo Raab (0/0), Andrik Markgraf (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/21), Danilho Doekhi (4/24), Derrick Koehn (0/22), Diogo Leite (0/16), Stanley N'Soki (1/9), Tom Rothe (1/12), Alex Kral (0/15), Aljoscha Kemlein (0/22), Andras Schafer (1/20), Janik Haberer (0/21), Josip Juranovic (0/5), Leopold Querfeld (2/24), Oliver Burke (4/21), Rani Khedira (5/23), Robert Skov (0/3), Tim Skarke (1/14), Woo-Yeong Jeong (2/22), Andrej Ilic (1/22), David Preu (0/0), Dmytro Bogdanov (0/1), Ilyas Ansah (5/24), Livan Burcu (0/10).

Werder Bremen Squad

Below is the full team squad of Werder Bremen. The manager Thioune will pick his starting XI against Union Berlin from these players:

Karl Hein (0/2), Markus Kolke (0/0), Mio Backhaus (0/22), Amos Pieper (0/12), Felix Agu (0/8), Isaac Schmidt (1/14), Julian Malatini (0/9), Karim Coulibaly (1/21), Marco Friedl (1/22), Maximilian Woeber (0/0), Mick Schmetgens (0/0), Mitchell Weiser (0/0), Niklas Stark (0/10), Yukinari Sugawara (0/22), Cameron Puertas (0/19), Jens Stage (6/22), Justin Njinmah (4/23), Leonardo Bittencourt (0/10), Olivier Deman (0/6), Patrice Covic (0/11), Romano Schmid (2/24), Senne Lynen (0/23), Wesley Adeh (0/0), Jovan Milosevic (3/8), Keke Topp (1/18), Marco Gruell (2/24), Salim Musah (0/0), Samuel Mbangula (3/20), Victor Okoh Boniface (0/11).

Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen Team News

Union Berlin have an almost full squad available against Werder Bremen at Alte Foersterei with only one player possibly missing. There is no need for Tom Rothe to show up in the Union Berlin dressing room, as he is suspended.

At the time of writing, Werder Bremen just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Sunday. Jens Stage is ineligible for selection in the Werder Bremen squad, as he is suspended.

Victor Okoh Boniface nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Werder Bremen.

Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen Lineups

Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen H2H

The last time the pair played each other Werder Bremen came away as 1-0 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Sunday. Union Berlin were a little more successful than Werder Bremen in recent meetings, and go into their next encounter with a 6-1-3 advantage. Naturally, betting on Union Berlin has more often than not proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 23/20.

Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen Results

In the last ten matches between Union Berlin and Werder Bremen over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 1/1 with bookies.

Union Berlin vs Werder Bremen Betting Tips

Rani Khedira is the most prolific Bundesliga marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Werder Bremen look to Jovan Milosevic, hoping he can add to his current total of two Bundesliga goals in his latest games.

Union Berlin claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing three. Werder Bremen won zero of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost six of the games in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Alte Foersterei since both teams scored in seven of the last 10 home matches for Union Berlin. The same occurred in four of the last 10 league games away from home for Werder Bremen.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Union Berlin and Werder Bremen, with the latter scoring 1.2 goals on average in these. Union Berlin managed an average of 1.5 goals as both teams scored five times in this run. Union Berlin saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Werder Bremen's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.7 goals in these matches.