Bundesliga Match Preview: Borussia Dortmund Visit Werder Bremen

Surely it won’t be seven, right? Borussia Dortmund have come flying out of the gate in 2023, winning all six matches in all competitions so far, and could win their seventh straight with a victory against Werder Bremen tomorrow.

I don’t know about you guys, but I had completely memory-holed the reverse fixture for tomorrow’s match, and after looking it up, I now realize why. The reverse fixture was undisputedly Dortmund’s worst collapse of the season and one of the worst ones I can remember. Werder Bremen defeated BVB 3-2, amounting one of the most impressive comebacks of the last decade of German football

Werder Bremen haven’t just survived thus far in the Bundesliga season— they’ve outright thrived. Led by Niclas Füllkrug, Mitchell Weiser, and BVB academy product Marvin Ducksch, Werder have amassed a very respectable season so far. With 27 points barely halfway through the season, Werder are closer to Europa League qualification than they are to relegation.