Werder Bremen 3-2 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 November 2011

Result

Werder Bremen 3-2 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 5 November 2011, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-2

Werder Bremen · FC Köln · Bundesliga predictions

Werder Bremen 3-2 FC Köln: match report

Werder Bremen defeated FC Köln 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 5 November 2011. The half-time score was 0-2.

Christian Clemens opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Claudio Pizarro (49'), Claudio Pizarro (54', penalty) and Claudio Pizarro (86'). FC Köln scored through Christian Clemens (3') and Lukas Podolski (45').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards; FC Köln received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 4th on 20 points from 11 and FC Köln 11th on 16 points from 11. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 9th with 42 points, and FC Köln 17th with 30.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Werder Bremen wins, 1 draw and 2 for FC Köln.

Going into the match Werder Bremen's last five read W-D-L-L-W and FC Köln's W-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Christian ClemensFC Köln · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Sokratis PapastathopoulosWerder Bremen
  • 42'Yellow card · Sascha RietherFC Köln
  • 45'Goal · Lukas PodolskiFC Köln · 0-2
  • 45'Yellow card · Clemens FritzWerder Bremen
  • 47'Yellow card · P. BargfredeWerder Bremen
  • 49'Goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 1-2
  • 53'Red card · SerenoFC Köln
  • 54'Penalty goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 2-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Michael RensingFC Köln
  • 86'Goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 3-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Martin LanigFC Köln

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Werder Bremen 5, draws 1, FC Köln 2.

Team news

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

Tim Wiese, Naldo, Lukas Schmitz, Sebastian Prödl, Sokratis, Clemens Fritz, Aaron Hunt, Aleksandar Ignjovski, Mehmet Ekici, Marko Arnautovic, Claudio Pizarro

FC Köln expected line-up (4-4-2)

Pedro Geromel, Yousif Mohamad, Kevin McKenna, Henrique Sereno, Mato Jajalo, Fabrice Ehret, Milivoje Novakovič, Lukas Podolski, Mišo Brečko