The North Derby is right around the corner! Saturday will be the last game day of the 2009-10 season with Werder playing their decisive match for third place at Weser Stadium...
The North Derby is right around the corner! Saturday will be the last game day of the 2009-10 season with Werder playing their decisive match for third place at Weser Stadium...
The North Derby is right around the corner! Saturday will be the last game day of the 2009-10 season with Werder playing their decisive match for third place at Weser Stadium. As usual, WERDER.DE and OptaSportdaten present all the important facts about the game. Have fun!
• The 34th game day in Bremen will see the 92nd North Derby in the Bundesliga – it is the most-played game in league history.
• With a victory, Werder Bremen would secure a spot in the qualification for the Champions League for the 2010-11 season and Hamburg would not participate in any European competition.
• If Bremen finish the season with the most goals scored (currently 70), they would be the league’s top scoring offense in five of the last seven years.
• Bremen’s 15 goals scored on headers is second in the league to Schalke (17) and Werder have only allowed five goals in the air – the fewest in the Bundesliga. Hamburg meanwhile has given up the most header goals in the league with 14.
• Claudio Pizarro has scored his most goals against Hamburg – the Peruvian has netted home 11 goals against Hamburg (equal to his tally against Wolfsburg).
• Frank Rost, the Bundesliga’s all-time leader in games played (395) made his first Bundesliga appearance nearly 15 years ago in a Werder jersey.
