Werder Bremen vs Bayer: Bundesliga Prediction (30.08.2025)

On August 30, 2025 at 15:30 CEST at the Weser Stadium in Bremen, Werder will face Bayer in the second round of the Bundesliga. Bookmakers slightly favor the visitors. Let’s review the teams’ current form and provide our prediction.

Werder

Last season, Werder stayed in the European spots for a long time but dropped to 8th place after a poor finish. As a result, Ole Werner moved to Leipzig in the summer, and the club appointed Horst Steffen, a promising coach who nearly achieved promotion with Elversberg but lost in the playoff to Heidenheim.

However, results under the new coach have been disappointing. After a poor preseason with four defeats and one draw, Werder crashed out of the German Cup in their first official match, losing to second-tier Arminia. The Bundesliga opener brought more misery – a 1–4 defeat against Eintracht.

Bayer

The “Pharmacists” entered the new season with a significantly reshaped squad. Key players like Adli, Xhaka, Wirtz, and Frimpong left the team. But the biggest departure was head coach Xabi Alonso, who took over Real Madrid. His replacement, Erik ten Hag, is a risky choice given his mixed record at Manchester United.

Ten Hag’s first outing was disastrous: a 1–5 friendly defeat against Flamengo’s youth team. Still, preseason results matter less than competitive games. But again, failure struck in the Bundesliga opener – a 1–2 home defeat to Hoffenheim.

Head-to-head statistics

In the last five meetings, Bayer has the upper hand with 3 wins to Werder’s 1, while one match ended in a draw. Four of the last five games went over 2.5 goals.

Prediction

Predicting the winner in Werder vs Bayer looks risky, as both sides remain unconvincing early in the season. The hosts have a promising new coach, while the visitors boast a fully reshaped squad. In terms of goals, though, this could be entertaining.

Bet suggestion: over 2.5 goals at odds of 1.56