Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen result

Full-time · Werder Bremen 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:30 BST · Weserstadion

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Werder Bremen · Bayer Leverkusen · Head-to-head

The model’s pre-match pick

Werder Bremen 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen — this Bundesliga match was drawn. TACTIX’s pre-match model pick was Home or Draw.

Free pick

Home or Draw

This is one free selection. The model’s confidence rating, value against the bookmakers and every other market are part of Pro.

The record in this market: of the calls the model rated 70% or more on Home or Draw in the last 90 days, 75.5% of 1546 landed (95% range 73.3–77.6%); it had given them 75.1% on average. That is the market’s record, not a forecast for this pick. How accurate →

Match report, in numbers

What xG said

xG said little between the sides: Werder Bremen 2.33, Bayer Leverkusen 2.04 in expected goals (per-shot expected goals for this match).

The result

Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen drew 3–3 at Weserstadion in the Bundesliga on Saturday 30 August. Bayer Leverkusen have scored in eight consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

Bayer Leverkusen led 2–1 at half-time and were pegged back. The goals — Bayer Leverkusen: Patrik Schick (5’, assisted by Nathan Tella; 64’ pen) and Malik Tillman (35’); Werder Bremen: Romano Schmid (44’ pen), Isaac Schmidt (76’, assisted by K. Topp) and Abdoul Karim Coulibaly (90’). Niklas Stark (63’) was sent off.

How it turned

Replaying TACTIX’s published pre-match model through the match’s seven key moments (goals and red cards), the biggest swing came with Abdoul Karim Coulibaly’s goal on 90 minutes.

Discipline

Robin Braun, Germany showed seven yellow cards and one red — against 4.0 yellows a game across the last 8 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Werder Bremen: Senne Lynen (37’), Niklas Stark (45+4’), Niklas Stark (63’) and Isaac Schmidt (90+1’); Bayer Leverkusen: Christian Kofane (57’), Nathan Tella (70’) and Jarell Quansah (86’).

What it changes

Werder Bremen move up from 17th to 15th (two league matches played).

Bayer Leverkusen move up from 17th to 12th (two league matches played).

With six goals it was the highest-scoring match of round 2, across nine matches. Werder Bremen are winless in their last three matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 11.1, Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen) 6.9 and Malik Tillman (Bayer Leverkusen) 6.6 led the match.

What the model said

The model’s free pick, Werder Bremen or the draw, a Bronze-tier call, landed — graded in the live track record like every other call. Bronze-tier calls in this market have landed 75.5% of the time in the last 90 days (1168 of 1546).

Next up

Werder Bremen next travel to FSV Mainz 05 on 24 October 2026.

Bayer Leverkusen next travel to OFI on 22 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Werder Bremen: FSV Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen, Saturday 24 October — the preview. Next for Bayer Leverkusen: OFI v Bayer Leverkusen, Thursday 22 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Werder Bremen 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen · Bundesliga
Venue: Weserstadion · Bremen
Referee: Robin Braun, Germany
Model coverage: 246 markets priced for this fixture
Head-to-head (last 6): Werder Bremen 1 · draws 2 · Bayer Leverkusen 3 · 3.5 goals/game
Recent form: Werder Bremen 1W 2D 2L · Bayer Leverkusen 1W 2D 2L

Werder Bremen 3–3 Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across 246 markets, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

1.25 / 1.75

Goals

against 1.13 / 1.38 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4 / 5

Corners

against 4.75 / 4.5 · 3 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

4.38 / 4.88

Shots on target

against 4.75 / 4.25 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

2.75 / 2

Cards

against 2.88 / 2.13 · 5 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

4 yellows

Referee · Robin Braun, Germany

2 home / 2 away

over 8 matches

246

Markets analysed

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 23 August 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 23 August 2025. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Werder Bremen for / against	Line	Bayer Leverkusen for / against
Goals scored	1.25 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.75 for · 1.38 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	5 for · 4.5 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	13.25 for · 15 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	11.75 for · 10.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	4.38 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	4.88 for · 4.25 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	9.75 for · 13 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	10.88 for · 12.5 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2.75 for · 2.88 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2 for · 2.13 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: Robin Braun, Germany — 4 yellow cards a game, 0.13 red cards, 23.5 fouls over 8 matches (2 to the home side, 2 to the away side).

Home 2Away 2

Werder Bremen

Werder Bremen — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
L. Bittencourt n 8	27.4	2.5 5/1	0.8 2/0	—
D. Köhn n 8	18.9	2.4 2/1	1.8 3/0	—
K. Topp n 8	9.4	2.4 1/1	1.2 1/0	—
S. Lynen n 8	88.1	1.5 7/4	0.5 4/0	—
J. Stage n 8	82.8	1.5 5/5	1.2 6/2	—

Werder Bremen — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Njinmah n 8	35.9	3.8 5/4	1.3 3/1
André Silva n 8	48.6	2.8 4/3	1.6 4/3
K. Topp n 8	9.4	2.4 2/0	1.2 1/0
M. Ducksch n 8	68.4	1.8 5/3	0.8 2/2
O. Burke n 8	62	1.8 5/3	1.5 4/2

Werder Bremen — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
K. Topp n 8	9.4	1.2 1/0	0 0/0
J. Njinmah n 8	35.9	0.3 1/0	0.3 1/0
S. Mbangula n 8	20.3	0 0/0	0.6 1/0
M. Weiser n 8	89.8	0.1 1/0	0.4 3/0
O. Burke n 8	62	0.5 2/1	0 0/0

Werder Bremen — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
O. Deman n 8	80.3	4.8 8/7
J. Malatini n 8	52.3	2.6 6/3
M. Friedl n 8	90	2.5 8/5
Maximilian Wöber n 8	51.8	2.4 5/4
K. Topp n 8	9.4	2.4 2/0

Werder Bremen — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Backhaus n 8	79.8	6.2 6/5
M. Zetterer n 8	90	4 7/7

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Adli n 8	43.9	3.1 6/4	1 2/2	—
Christian Kofane n 8	51.9	2 5/3	1.5 6/1	—
J. Tah n 8	80	1.8 5/4	0.8 5/1	—
E. Tapsoba n 8	83.8	1.7 7/5	0.1 1/0	—
Arthur n 8	46.1	1.7 4/2	0.7 3/0	—

Bayer Leverkusen — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
P. Schick n 8	73.3	2.2 5/4	1.5 5/3
Christian Kofane n 8	51.9	2.2 5/4	1.3 4/2
E. Buendía n 8	27	1.7 3/1	0.8 2/0
J. Hofmann n 8	19.5	1.7 3/0	1.2 2/0
F. Wirtz n 8	86	1.6 8/3	1 5/3

Bayer Leverkusen — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Hofmann n 8	19.5	0.6 1/0	0.6 1/0
Christian Kofane n 8	51.9	0.9 4/0	0.2 1/0
P. Schick n 8	73.3	0.9 5/1	0 0/0
E. Buendía n 8	27	0.8 2/0	0 0/0
Álex Grimaldo n 8	74.3	0.2 1/0	0.5 3/0

Bayer Leverkusen — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. Adli n 8	43.9	2.6 5/3
E. Palacios n 8	73.9	2.3 6/4
Piero Hincapié n 8	77.4	1.9 5/4
G. Xhaka n 8	88.5	1.7 8/4
Christian Kofane n 8	51.9	1.7 5/2

Bayer Leverkusen — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 23 August 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Flekken n 8	90	3.5 7/6
M. Kovář n 8	90	2.8 8/4
L. Hrádecký n 8	90	2.4 6/4

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Werder Bremen		Bayer Leverkusen
45%	Possession	55%
2.59	Expected goals (xG)	2.10
12	Shots	10
5	Shots on target	4
7	Shots off target	3
0	Blocked shots	3
8	Shots inside the box	7
3	Corners	7
1	Offsides	1
11	Fouls	10
4	Yellow cards	3
1	Red cards	0
1	Saves	2
458	Passes	575
84%	Pass accuracy	89%

Werder Bremen player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
M. Backhaus	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
Y. Sugawara	90	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6.2
Abdoul Karim Coulibaly	90	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5.3
F. Agu	90	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	6.9
S. Lynen	90	0	0	1	0	1	2	Y	6.3
R. Schmid	90	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	7.6
S. Mbangula	71	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	6.6
M. Grüll	71	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	6.6
P. Čović	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
J. Njinmah	65	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6.3
N. Stark	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	RY	5.2
S. Alvero sub	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
L. Bittencourt sub	25	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6.9
Isaac Schmidt sub	19	1	0	1	1	1	2	Y	7.9
K. Topp sub	19	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.2

Bayer Leverkusen player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
M. Flekken	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5
J. Quansah	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	Y	6.3
E. Tapsoba	90	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6.3
Álex Grimaldo	90	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5.9
R. Andrich	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7.2
P. Schick	90	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	8.6
N. Tella	87	0	1	0	0	1	0	Y	6.5
A. Tape	72	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.6
Christian Kofane	72	0	0	2	1	1	1	Y	7
Aleix García	61	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.7
M. Tillman	61	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	7.3
E. Palacios sub	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
C. Echeverri sub	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.2
L. Badé sub	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
E. Poku sub	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.2
I. Maza sub	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Werder BremenDDWLL

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 1.4 scored / 1.6 conceded per game

Bayer LeverkusenDLDWL

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 2.2 scored / 2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Werder Bremen 1 · 2 draws · Bayer Leverkusen 3 · 3.5 goals/game

2025-03-08 Bayer Leverkusen 0–2 Werder Bremen
2024-10-26 Werder Bremen 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen
2024-04-14 Bayer Leverkusen 5–0 Werder Bremen
2023-11-25 Werder Bremen 0–3 Bayer Leverkusen
2023-03-12 Werder Bremen 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen
2022-09-17 Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 Werder Bremen

League standing · 2025/26

Werder Bremen#15 pos32 pts34 pl-23 GD

Bayer Leverkusen#6 pos59 pts34 pl+21 GD

Goals per game

Werder Bremen scored1.09

Bayer Leverkusen scored2

Werder Bremen conceded1.76

Bayer Leverkusen conceded1.38

Shot map and expected goals

Werder Bremen 2.33 xG from 12 shots, Bayer Leverkusen 2.04 from 10. Every mark is one shot, placed where it was taken and sized by the chance it had of becoming a goal. Filled marks with a white ring are goals.

Werder Bremen (attacking right)Bayer Leverkusen (attacking left)mark size = expected goals

Team	Shots	Goals	xG
Werder Bremen	12	3	2.33
Bayer Leverkusen	10	3	2.04

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Frequently asked questions

What was the model’s pick for Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen?: TACTIX’s free model pick for Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen was Home or Draw.
What is the head-to-head record between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen?: In their last 6 meetings, Werder Bremen won 1, Bayer Leverkusen won 3 and there were 2 draws, averaging 3.5 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen?: Recent form — Werder Bremen 1W 2D 2L; Bayer Leverkusen 1W 2D 2L.

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