FSV Mainz 05 2-1 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 4 November 2018

Result

FSV Mainz 05 2-1 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Sunday 4 November 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

FSV Mainz 05 · Werder Bremen · Bundesliga predictions

FSV Mainz 05 2-1 Werder Bremen: match report

FSV Mainz 05 defeated Werder Bremen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 4 November 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

J. Mateta opened the scoring in the 25th minute. FSV Mainz 05's goals came from J. Mateta (25') and Jean-Philippe Gbamin (51'). Werder Bremen scored through Claudio Pizarro (78').

Discipline: FSV Mainz 05 received no yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game FSV Mainz 05 were 15th on 9 points from 9 and Werder Bremen 6th on 17 points from 9. FSV Mainz 05 went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Werder Bremen 8th with 53.

FSV Mainz 05 lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Werder Bremen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Brosinski of FSV Mainz 05 (8.2), ahead of Zoran Zekic (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FSV Mainz 05 wins, 3 draws and 4 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · J. MatetaFSV Mainz 05 · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Jean-Philippe GbaminFSV Mainz 05 · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · P. BargfredeWerder Bremen
  • 78'Goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Niklas MoisanderWerder Bremen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: FSV Mainz 05 3, draws 3, Werder Bremen 4.

Team news

FSV Mainz 05 line-up (4-3-1-2)

Robin Zentner, Daniel Brosinski, Stefan Bell, Moussa Niakhaté, Aarón Martín, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Pierre Kunde, Danny Latza, Jean-Paul Boëtius, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Robin Quaison

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

Jiri Pavlenka, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Milos Veljkovic, Niklas Moisander, Ludwig Augustinsson, Maximilian Eggestein, Philipp Bargfrede, Davy Klaassen, Yuya Osako, Zoran Zekic, Florian Kainz