Panathinaikos 2-2 Werder Bremen: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 22 October 2008

Result

Panathinaikos 2-2 Werder Bremen

Champions League · Wednesday 22 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Panathinaikos · Werder Bremen · Champions League predictions

Panathinaikos 2-2 Werder Bremen: match report

Panathinaikos drew with Werder Bremen 2-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 22 October 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Per Mertesacker opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Panathinaikos's goals came from Evangelos Mantzios (36') and Evangelos Mantzios (68'). Werder Bremen scored through Per Mertesacker (29') and Hugo Almeida (83').

Discipline: Panathinaikos received 5 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Panathinaikos were 12th on 10 points from 6 and Werder Bremen 52nd on 2 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Panathinaikos lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Werder Bremen in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Panathinaikos win, 0 draws and 1 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · DiegoWerder Bremen
  • 27'Yellow card · Nikos SpyropoulosPanathinaikos
  • 29'Goal · Per MertesackerWerder Bremen · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Giorgios KaragounisPanathinaikos
  • 35'Yellow card · Sebastian PrödlWerder Bremen
  • 36'Goal · Evangelos MantziosPanathinaikos · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Josu SarriegiPanathinaikos
  • 58'Yellow card · Simão MatePanathinaikos
  • 68'Goal · Evangelos MantziosPanathinaikos · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Torsten FringsWerder Bremen
  • 80'Yellow card · Andreas IvanschitzPanathinaikos
  • 83'Goal · Hugo AlmeidaWerder Bremen · 2-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Panathinaikos 1, draws 0, Werder Bremen 1.

Team news

Panathinaikos line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alexandros Tzorvas, Josu Sarriegi, Gabriel, Simão Mate, Loukas Vyntra, Nikos Spyropoulos, Gilberto Silva, Giorgios Karagounis, Mikael Nilsson, Dimitris Salpingidis, Evangelos Mantzios

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

Christian Vander, Petri Pasanen, Naldo, Sebastian Prödl, Per Mertesacker, Frank Baumann, Mesut Özil, Hugo Almeida, Claudio Pizarro, Diego, Torsten Frings