Werder Bremen 3-3 Borussia Dortmund: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 18 October 2008
Result
Werder Bremen 3-3 Borussia Dortmund
Bundesliga · Saturday 18 October 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Werder Bremen 3-3 Borussia Dortmund: match report
Werder Bremen drew with Borussia Dortmund 3-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 18 October 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Alex Frei opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Frank Baumann (68'), Claudio Pizarro (88') and Claudio Pizarro (90+1'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Alex Frei (59', penalty), Mats Hummels (72') and Mohamed Zidan (90+2').
Discipline: Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Werder Bremen were 7th on 11 points from 7 and Borussia Dortmund 6th on 12 points from 7. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Borussia Dortmund 6th with 59.
Werder Bremen lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Werder Bremen wins, 0 draws and 2 for Borussia Dortmund.
Going into the match Werder Bremen's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Borussia Dortmund's D-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Tinga
- 40'Yellow card · Naldo
- 42'Yellow card · Torsten Frings
- 58'Yellow card · Clemens Fritz
- 59'Penalty goal · Alex Frei
- 68'Goal · Frank Baumann
- 72'Goal · Mats Hummels
- 87'Yellow card · Mohamed Zidan
- 88'Goal · Claudio Pizarro
- 90+1'Goal · Claudio Pizarro
- 90+2'Goal · Mohamed Zidan
Head-to-head
Team news
Werder Bremen line-up (4-3-1-2)
Tim Wiese, Petri Pasanen, Naldo, Frank Baumann, Clemens Fritz, Mesut Özil, Mikkel Rygaard Jensen, Boubacar Sanogo, Claudio Pizarro, Diego, Torsten Frings
Borussia Dortmund expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Marcel Höttecke, Robert Kovač, Dedé, Marc-Andre Kruska, Tinga, Florian Kringe, Giovanni Federico, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Mladen Petric, Alex Frei