As of: February 8, 2024, 7:45 p.m
By: Daniel Cottäus
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Ole Werner and SV Werder Bremen want to achieve their fourth win in a row in the home game against 1. FC Heidenheim (Saturday, 3:30 p.m. in the DeichStube live ticker).
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21st matchday in the Bundesliga: SV Werder Bremen welcomes 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday (3:30 p.m. in the DeichStube live ticker) and is hoping for its fourth win in a row.
The preliminary report from the DeichStube.
Bremen – When it comes to the teams of the moment in the Bundesliga, the following two names are quickly (and rightly) mentioned: Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart.
The factory club as leaders and the Swabians as third in the table are each playing a fantastic season and recently created one of the best German football games in a long time with their direct duel in the DFB Cup quarter-finals (3:2).
Hats off.
But there are two other teams that have achieved remarkable series in the last few weeks, less glamorous, of course, but also: successful.
We're talking about
SV Werder Bremen
and
1. FC Heidenheim
, who will meet on Saturday afternoon (from 3:30 p.m.) for a duel between ninth and tenth in the Wohninvest Weserstadion.
Admittedly: purely in terms of the table, a game couldn't be more mediocre, because nine against ten doesn't sound very attractive at first, but it shouldn't hide the fact that Werder and Heidenheim are among the best serial offenders in the league.
At the top, of course, is Leverkusen, who have been unbeaten under coach Xavi Alonso for an incredible 30 competitive games, including 20 in the Bundesliga.
Behind them are
Werder Bremen
and
1. FC Heidenheim,
each with seven games in a row without defeat.
The fact that the newly promoted team recently drew four times in a row, while Bremen won three times in a row, gives them advantages in the B grade and a wafer-thin favorite status before the duel on Saturday, especially since it will be played at Osterdeich, where everything is under the sign of the 125th The club's birthday will be celebrated.
Werder Bremen in the live ticker against 1. FC Heidenheim: Ole Werner wants to improve his performance
Ole Werner
, head coach of
SV Werder Bremen
, definitely has wishes for his team in this context.
“I hope that we can build on the last few weeks in terms of the willingness to perform and the team spirit on the pitch.
And I would like to see an increase in performance compared to the Mainz game.
We will certainly need them,” says the 35-year-old, alluding to SV Werder’s recent 1-0 tremor win at FSV Mainz 05.
Ole Werner
has of course noted and analyzed the fact that opponents Heidenheim have also been scoring a lot recently
– and there are a few parallels to his Bremen team.
“Both teams are in a good mood and are bringing their strengths to the pitch.
This is becoming more and more evident in results and points,” says the head coach.
And further: “Both teams have also been very disciplined defensively in recent weeks and have therefore been difficult to beat.
That's what we can expect on Saturday too." The standards of 1. FC Heidenheim
and Baden-Württemberg's switching game in particular
left an impression on Werner.
“They can always radiate danger, even when they are not in the game at times.
It's important for us that we don't lose track over the course of the game, as has happened to many of Heidenheim's opponents in the last few weeks." And just as happened to
Werder
Bremen themselves in the first half of the season.
Werder Bremen in the live ticker against 1. FC Heidenheim: Bremen want to take revenge for the 2:4 defeat in the first leg
In the end, SV Werder Bremen
lost 4-2
in the Voith Arena after the Green-Whites had temporarily made up a 2-0 deficit.
This came up again
during the preparation for the new duel against
1. FC Heidenheim , as
Ole Werner
explains.
“We didn’t perform well for a long time back then,” he says, but is more than optimistic that his team will do better on Saturday.
“A lot has happened to us, we have stabilized and developed further in almost all areas.
We now have to continue this.” If this succeeds, and
Werder Bremen
possibly scores their fourth win in a row against
1. FC Heidenheim
, they will move up to seventh place in the table.
The last time the club was this good in the table was 40 match days ago.
Would mean: Werder would have come a lot closer to the unofficial title as the team of the hour.
(dco)