Werder Bremen hosts Hannover in round 1 of German Bundesliga 2. The match will be played on Saturday, July 24th at Weserstadion (Bremen)
It finally happened. Werder Bremen left the top division of German football. A year earlier, the team retained its place in the Bundesliga with great difficulties, beating an opponent in the playoff matches. No miracle happened in the previous season. Even though Werder Bremen has a good squad with famous footballers, it showed an unstable and, to put it mildly, bad game. As a result, the Green-Whites took the penultimate place in the standings and went to the Second Bundesliga. Florian Kohfeldt was dismissed by the club's management, because the coach did not cope with the task. The place of the young specialist was taken by 47-year-old Cologne native Markus Anfang. Werder Bremen and Schalke, which were relegated to the second most important league, have the most expensive squads in the Second Bundesliga. And according to the bookmakers, they are among the top three favorites in the championship.
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If Werder Bremen just dropped to the Second Bundesliga, then Hannover 96 will be playing here for the third year in a row. With an average squad both in terms of play and price, the team doesn’t set the Thames on fire. The Reds finished the previous season in the final 13th place, outranking the zone of the playout matches by only nine points. Hannover scored and conceded over 50 goals. On the one hand, it’s not bad, as the attacking line is showing itself at a good level. But on the other hand, there are problems in defense. Hannover was the ninth team in the 2020/2021 Second Bundesliga in terms of production.
Four experienced football players left Hannover as free agents in the summer. Three newcomers took their place. The roster will be updated only partially. Werder Bremen said goodbye to six footballers. Among them was the quality winger Milot Rashica, for whom Norwich paid 11 million euros. The Green-Whites strengthened with four newcomers, and three of them are from 20 to 24 years old. As you can see, the hosts and visitors will have to rebuild a little, which cannot but affect the reliability and quality of the game. Werder Bremen is one of the favorites of the tournament, which usually demonstrates spectacular football. Hannover scores a lot but sometimes forgets about defense. At the end of 2020, these clubs crossed paths in the 1/16 finals of the German Cup. Then the Green-Whites hammered the Reds with a score of 3-0. The experts expect at least three goals this time too.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
