The first leg of the Europa League Round of 16 is right around the corner for Thomas Schaaf's team. Werder Bremen will start their Europa League tie on the road on Thursday...
The first leg of the Europa League Round of 16 is right around the corner for Thomas Schaaf's team. Werder Bremen will start their Europa League tie on the road on Thursday...
The first leg of the Europa League Round of 16 is right around the corner for Thomas Schaaf's team. Werder Bremen will start their Europa League tie on the road on Thursday, 11 March 2010 at 9:05 p.m. at FC Valencia. For all statistics lovers, WERDER.DE put together the most interesting and most important facts about the German-Spanish showdown. Have fun!
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Werder and Valencia faced off against each other in the 2004-05 season in the group stage of the Champions League? Back then, Bremen won 2-0 at Estadio Mestalla in Valencia. In the Werder home leg before that, the Spanish grabbed a 2-1 victory.
Valencia have a negative record against German teams? In 19 matches, they have only won four games along with seven draws and eight losses.
Valencia apparently like to play to draws against German teams at their home Mestalla Stadium? Four of the last five matches have ended in draws, with the fifth - as previously noted - being a loss against Bremen.
The Spaniards' last home victory against a German team dates back nearly 14 years? During the 1996-97 season, they booked a 3-0 victory against Bayern Munich in the first round of the UEFA Cup.
Werder are the top scoring team of the current competition? The Green-Whites have scored 21 goals and only allowed eight scores while Valencia have tallied 15 goals.
Claudio Pizarro is the top scorer in the Europa League? The Peruvian has scored eight goals in 512 minutes of action.