It is all lined up: Werder will have a fight on their hands at Schalke for third place while the home side challenge for the league crown. As usual, WERDER.DE and....
It is all lined up: Werder will have a fight on their hands at Schalke for third place while the home side challenge for the league crown. As usual, WERDER.DE and....
It is all lined up: Werder will have a fight on their hands at Schalke for third place while the home side challenge for the league crown. As usual, WERDER.DE and OptaSportdaten present all the important facts involving this game. Have fun!
• Schalke have lost only one of their last 10 Bundesliga matchups against Bremen (6 victories and 3 draws). Werder beat Schalke 5-1 at home on 12 April 2008 - which resulted in coach Mirko Slomka getting sacked.
• Bremen's last victory in Gelsenkirchen dates back to 24 November 2001 when they won 4-1. Since then there have been four losses at Schalke in the Bundesliga and three draws.
• Schalke come into the game with the league's best defence (29 goals) against Bremen's top offence in the league (68 goals).
• Giovane Elber remains the top foreign goal scorer in the German Bundesliga with 133 goals, but Werder striker Claudio Pizarro is just one goal from evening the record.
• Mesut Özil will play his 100th Bundesliga match, 30 of those coming for Schalke.
