The Werder Christmas tree as lucky charm?

Werder have barely lost any matches when they wear the jersey with the Christmas tree.
First Team
Thursday, 19.12.2013 / 17:54

Werder Bremen welcome Bayer Leverkusen in the final match of 2013 on Saturday (3:30 p.m.) at Weser Stadium. Head coach Robin Dutt expressed the goal for the match...

Werder Bremen welcome Bayer Leverkusen in the final match of 2013 on Saturday (3:30 p.m.) at Weser Stadium. Head coach Robin Dutt expressed the goal for the match against the Bundesliga's second-placed team at the press conference, saying: "We want to combine effectiveness with passion. Eintracht Frankfurt showed last week how you can successfully play a match against Leverkusen."

WERDER.DE compiled the statistics to the match

Did you know ...

... that Werder have almost never lost in recent years wearing the traditional Christmas tree jersey for the last home match of the year? Werder's record from the last 10 years when they play at home bearing the Christmas tree on the 17th match day is very positive. From the 10 matches, Werder won five of them, drew three times and lost just twice.

... that Werder have four players on their current roster who have already scored a goal against Leverkusen? Head coach Robin Dutt has four players - Clemens Fritz, Sebastian Prödl, Eljero Elia and Nils Petersen - who have scored a goal against Leverkusen.

Nils Petersen knows how to score a goal against Leverkusen. (Photo: nph).

... Leverkusen have won all of their last four away matches? Bayer also won four straight away matches from May to August 2013. But Leverkusen have never won more than four consecutive matches on the road since their promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979.

... that Leverkusen are having a near record season? Bayer have played their second best first half of the season in their Bundesliga history. They only had more points after 16 matches in 2001-02, when they had 39 - two more than currently. Leverkusen could only break the record with a victory over Werder.

... what Robin Dutt thinks of Bayer Leverkusen? "The Leverkusen team has drastically changed personnel wise since I was coach there. Leverkusen push forward extremely well and the speedy Son and Sam both do a good job getting the ball forward to their goal-scorer Kießling. Besides, they also connect on a high percentage of passes, making them one of the best teams in the Bundesliga.

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