Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 December 2018

Result

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen: match report

Borussia Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 15 December 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Paco Alcácer opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Paco Alcácer (19') and Marco Reus (27'). Werder Bremen scored through M. Kruse (35').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card; Werder Bremen received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 1st on 36 points from 14 and Werder Bremen 9th on 21 points from 14. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 2nd with 76 points, and Werder Bremen 8th with 53.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Werder Bremen in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Zoran Zekic of Werder Bremen (8.5), ahead of Paco Alcácer (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Borussia Dortmund wins, 2 draws and 1 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Paco AlcácerBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 2-0
  • 35'Goal · M. KruseWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Sebastian LangkampWerder Bremen
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Thomas DelaneyBorussia Dortmund
  • 49'Yellow card · Martin HarnikWerder Bremen
  • 80'Yellow card · Kevin MöhwaldWerder Bremen
  • 88'Yellow card · Josh SargentWerder Bremen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 7, draws 2, Werder Bremen 1.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Manuel Akanji, Abdou Diallo, Achraf Hakimi, Axel Witsel, Thomas Delaney, Jadon Sancho, Marco Reus, Raphaël Guerreiro, Paco Alcácer

Werder Bremen line-up (4-3-1-2)

Jiri Pavlenka, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Sebastian Langkamp, Niklas Moisander, Ludwig Augustinsson, Maximilian Eggestein, Nuri Şahin, Davy Klaassen, Zoran Zekic, Milot Rashica, Martin Harnik