Werder Bremen 2-1 FC Köln: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 23 September 2023

Result

Werder Bremen 2-1 FC Köln

Bundesliga · Saturday 23 September 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Werder Bremen · FC Köln · Bundesliga predictions

Werder Bremen 2-1 FC Köln: match report

Werder Bremen beat FC Köln 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 23 September 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Davie Selke opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Rafael Borré (38') and Justin Njinmah (67'). FC Köln scored through Davie Selke (31').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards; FC Köln received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 13th on 3 points from 4 and FC Köln 16th on 1 point from 4. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 9th with 42 points, and FC Köln 17th with 27.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 3-5-2 and FC Köln in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marvin Ducksch of Werder Bremen (8.1), ahead of Senne Lynen (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Werder Bremen wins, 5 draws and 3 for FC Köln.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Davie SelkeFC Köln · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Rafael BorréWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 67'Goal · Justin NjinmahWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 73'Yellow card · Faride AlidouFC Köln
  • 79'Yellow card · Mitchell WeiserWerder Bremen
  • 88'Yellow card · Miloš VeljkovićWerder Bremen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 2, draws 5, FC Köln 3.

Team news

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

Jiri Pavlenka, Amos Pieper, Niklas Stark, Milos Veljkovic, Senne Lynen, Mitchell Weiser, Romano Schmid, Jens Stage, Olivier Deman, Marvin Ducksch, Rafael Santos Borré

FC Köln line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marvin Schwäbe, Benno Schmitz, Timo Hübers, Jeff Chabot, Leart Paçarada, Denis Huseinbasic, Florian Kainz, Dejan Ljubicic, Luca Waldschmidt, Linton Maina, Davie Selke