Werder Bremen 3-1 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Monday 12 March 2018

Result

Werder Bremen 3-1 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Monday 12 March 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Werder Bremen · FC Köln · Bundesliga predictions

Werder Bremen 3-1 FC Köln: match report

Werder Bremen beat FC Köln 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Monday 12 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Miloš Veljković opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Miloš Veljković (33'), Milot Rashica (58') and Maximilian Eggestein (90'). FC Köln scored through Yuya Osako (53').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received no yellow cards; FC Köln received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 14th on 27 points from 25 and FC Köln 18th on 17 points from 25. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 11th with 42 points, and FC Köln 18th with 22.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Köln in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Zlatko Junuzović of Werder Bremen (8.6), ahead of Claudio Pizarro (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Werder Bremen win, 6 draws and 3 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Miloš VeljkovićWerder Bremen · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Frederik SörensenFC Köln
  • 53'Goal · Yuya OsakoFC Köln · 1-1
  • 58'Goal · Milot RashicaWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Dominique HeintzFC Köln
  • 79'Yellow card · Salih ÖzcanFC Köln
  • 90'Goal · Maximilian EggesteinWerder Bremen · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 1, draws 6, FC Köln 3.

Team news

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

Jiri Pavlenka, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Milos Veljkovic, Niklas Moisander, Ludwig Augustinsson, Maximilian Eggestein, Thomas Delaney, Zlatko Junuzović, Milot Rashica, Zoran Zekic, Florian Kainz

FC Köln line-up (3-4-2-1)

Timo Horn, Frederik Sørensen, Jorge Meré, Dominique Heintz, Marcel Risse, Marco Höger, Vincent Koziello, Jonas Hector, Yuya Osako, Claudio Pizarro, Simon Terodde