Bundesliga Gameweek 1 Sat, Aug 23 · 14:30 Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt am Main
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Our take

Eintracht Frankfurt were slight favourites.

Eintracht Frankfurt were the stronger side on L90 Strength (68 vs 55). Eintracht Frankfurt had ? days of rest, Werder Bremen ? and had to travel 329 km.

Away travel329 kmMatches / 14d0 · 0
Eintracht Frankfurt54%
Draw23%
Werder Bremen22%
Expected goals 1.91 – 1.16
Eintracht Frankfurt52%
Draw25%
Werder Bremen23%
Expected goals 1.70 – 1.05
Eintracht Frankfurt53%
Draw24%
Werder Bremen23%
Expected goals 1.84 – 1.13
Eintracht Frankfurt46%
Draw25%
Werder Bremen29%
Expected goals 1.70 – 1.30
Eintracht Frankfurt53%
Draw25%
Werder Bremen22%
Expected goals 1.76 – 1.07
Over 2.5 59% Both score 59% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Frankfurt am Main)

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Referee · GermanyHarm Osmers
  • Cards per match 4.1
  • Penalties per match 0.29
  • Matches 82

Team strength

Eintracht FrankfurtWerder Bremen
68 L90 StrengthIn forecast 55
48 Current StrengthIn forecast 43
54 AttackIn forecast 56
37 DefenceIn forecast 45
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Eintracht Frankfurt

Attack—
Defense risk—

Werder Bremen

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Eintracht FrankfurtWerder Bremen
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— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
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— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
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— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
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— OffsidesContext —
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— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
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— PossessionIn forecast —
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— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
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This league season, per match
1.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.80
0.80 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.80
1.68 xGVia Att/Def 1.70
1.01 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.17
-0.18 Goals minus xGContext +0.10
70% Scored inContext 80%
40% Clean sheetsContext 60%
11.40 ShotsContext 14.30
5.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.90
40% On target shareContext 34%
8.22 Shots in the boxContext 10.90
68% Box shareContext 76%
13% ConversionContext 13%
2.25 OffsidesContext 2.78
9.90 Shots allowedContext 13.40
2.90 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.75
2.00 BlocksContext 4.20
2.75 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.88
85% Save rateContext 82%
50% PossessionIn forecast 48%
449 PassesContext 429
369 Accurate passesContext 342
82% Pass accuracyContext 80%
7.10 Team ratingContext 7.17
10.60 FoulsContext 8.90
9.60 Fouls sufferedContext 12.70
1.80 Yellow cardsContext 2.30
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Eintracht Frankfurt
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Werder Bremen
Rest—since last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel329 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Eintracht Frankfurt Werder Bremen
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match——
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km329 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 0 / 00 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Eintracht Frankfurt Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
23M. Zetterer(G)
3A. Theate 4R. Koch 34P. Collins 13R. Kristensen
8F. Chaïbi 16H. Larsson
19J. Bahoya 42C. Uzun 20R. Doan
9J. Burkardt
+4 more reported missing outside this XI
Werder Bremen Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
30M. Backhaus(G)
27F. Agu 32M. Friedl 4N. Stark 22J. Malatini
14S. Lynen 10L. Bittencourt
7S. Mbangula 20R. Schmid 11J. Njinmah
17M. Grüll
+5 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Eintracht Frankfurt Scores -0.01 · concedes +0.03 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Werder Bremen Scores -0.01 · concedes +0.08 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Eintracht Frankfurt+1.1 pp
  • Draw-0.6 pp
  • Werder Bremen-0.5 pp

Home / Away this season

Eintracht Frankfurt · Home No home games yet this season.
Werder Bremen · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 6 of 6 meetings

3 Eintracht Frankfurt wins2 draws1 Werder Bremen wins
Goals per game1.67 – 1.33 Over 2.533% Both scored50% Clean sheets33% · 17%
  • 5 Apr 2025Werder Bremen2–0Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 23 Nov 2024Eintracht Frankfurt1–0Werder Bremen
  • 5 Apr 2024Eintracht Frankfurt1–1Werder Bremen
  • 12 Nov 2023Werder Bremen2–2Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 18 Feb 2023Eintracht Frankfurt2–0Werder Bremen
  • 28 Aug 2022Werder Bremen3–4Eintracht Frankfurt

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Harm Osmers Germany · 82 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.88league 5.00
Red cards0.18league 0.00
Cards 5+38%league 100%
Fouls22.3league 26.0
Penalties0.29league 0.00
Home wins49%league 100%
Eintracht Frankfurt9 with this referee
Record4-3-2 Cards · opp.2.6 · 2.2 Pens for · against2 · 1 Reds1
  • W11 Jan 25A · FC St. Pauli1–03
  • D27 Oct 24A · Union Berlin1–13
  • W14 Sep 24A · VfL Wolfsburg2–12
  • L3 Dec 23A · FC Augsburg1–21
  • W20 Aug 23H · SV Darmstadt 981–02
Werder Bremen2 with this referee
Record0-1-1 Cards · opp.1.0 · 1.5 Pens for · against0 · 1
  • D30 Nov 24H · VfB Stuttgart2–21
  • L14 Apr 24A · Bayer Leverkusen0–51

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Eintracht Frankfurt
No complete event data.
Werder Bremen
No complete event data.
Eintracht Frankfurt10 games · scored 15 · conceded 8
3 1 0-15
2 4 16-30
2 1 31-45
1 1 46-60
7 61-75
1 76-90
Werder Bremen10 games · scored 18 · conceded 8
4 1 0-15
2 2 16-30
4 1 31-45
1 1 46-60
1 61-75
6 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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