VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Werder Bremen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 29 September 2018

Result

VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Werder Bremen

Bundesliga · Saturday 29 September 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

VfB Stuttgart · Werder Bremen · Bundesliga predictions

VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Werder Bremen: match report

VfB Stuttgart beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 29 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

A. Donis opened the scoring in the 19th minute. VfB Stuttgart's goals came from A. Donis (19') and Gonzalo Castro (75'). Werder Bremen scored through an own goal by Ron-Robert Zieler (68').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards; Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game VfB Stuttgart were 17th on 2 points from 5 and Werder Bremen 4th on 11 points from 5. VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 16th with 28 points, and Werder Bremen 8th with 53.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Werder Bremen in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Didavi of VfB Stuttgart (7.8), level with Mario Gómez (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VfB Stuttgart win, 5 draws and 4 for Werder Bremen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Miloš VeljkovićWerder Bremen
  • 19'Goal · A. DonisVfB Stuttgart · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · P. BargfredeWerder Bremen
  • 34'Yellow card · Mario GómezVfB Stuttgart
  • 36'Second yellow · Miloš VeljkovićWerder Bremen
  • 47'Yellow card · A. DonisVfB Stuttgart
  • 66'Yellow card · Yuya OsakoWerder Bremen
  • 68'Own goal · Ron-Robert ZielerWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 75'Goal · Gonzalo CastroVfB Stuttgart · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Erik ThommyVfB Stuttgart

Head-to-head

10 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 1, draws 5, Werder Bremen 4.

Team news

VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-3-1-2)

Ron-Robert Zieler, Andreas Beck, Timo Baumgartl, Benjamin Pavard, Borna Sosa, Santiago Ascacíbar, Dennis Aogo, Christian Gentner, Daniel Didavi, Mario Gómez, Anastasios Donis

Werder Bremen line-up (3-5-2)

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