101st North Derby - Explosiveness and goals guaranteed

Nils Petersen in a challenge with Raphael van der Vaart (Photo: nph)
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Friday, 21.11.2014 / 16:48

It's finally that time again! The 101st North Derby between SV Werder Bremen and Hamburg will be played on Sunday at the Hamburg Imtech Arena. There is plenty of excitement looking...



It's finally that time again! The 101st North Derby between SV Werder Bremen and Hamburg will be played on Sunday at the Hamburg Imtech Arena. There is plenty of excitement looking forward to kick-off at 3:30 p.m. The follow statistics show how special this showdown is; why Green-Whites fans can be hopeful despite of the absence of Franco Di Santo; and why goals are all but guaranteed.

Did you know...

... that no match-up has taken place more often in the Bundesliga? The showdown reached the 100-match mark in Bundesliga history last season with a 1-0 home victory by the Green-Whites. No other match-up of teams has occurred as often. Sunday will be the 101st North Derby.

... that Hamburg are among the most-welcomed opponents for SV Werder? Five victories in the last six matches - that's SV Werder's record over the last three years in the Bundesliga. The only Hamburg win over that stretch was a 3-2 victory in the second half of the 2012-13 season. Werder won both games last season - 2-0 in Hamburg, 1-0 in Bremen.

Nils Petersen scored both goals in the last North Derby in Hamburg (Photo: nph).

... that Nils Petersen especially enjoys playing against Hamburg? Whenever Petersen scores against Hamburg, SVW win 2-0, according to the statistics. The 25-year-old scored twice in the last away match in Hamburg in a 2-0 victory. His first goal in his four appearances against Hamburg came on the 2nd match day of the 2012-13 season, which also ended in a 2-0 win for Bremen.

... that Werder are all but guaranteed to score away? Werder players have scored 10 goals this season on the road. That is tops in the league along with VfB Stuttgart. An average of 4.7 goals is scored in Werder road matches.

... that Werder coach Viktor Skripnik and Hamburg coach Joe Zinnbauer have already faced off against one another this season? Both football coaches took over the spot as professional team head coach over the course of this season after previously coaching the clubs' U23 teams in the Regionalliga Nord. The two teams played in early September on Platz 11 grounds with Hamburg's reserves winning 4-2.

Compiled by Opta and WERDER.DE

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