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Plenty of pace, plenty of possession, not enough cutting edge
MORE FACTS AND STATS FROM THE SEASON JUST GONE
27/05/26
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With a 15th-place finish and the survival secured as a result, SV Werder Bremen achieved the absolute minimum expectations for the 2025/26 season. Despite a season-long performance that clearly left a lot to be desired, there were also flashes of promise that can lead to cautious optimism for the coming season. We’ve pulled out a few key statistics that demonstrate these positive aspects of the campaign.
Pace, pace, pace: A quick look at the speed statistics from this season makes one thing clear – the Green-Whites are above league-average in this respect. Njinmah, Schmid and Co. recorded a collective sprint distance of 245.61km, slightly above the division average of 245.04km. With 17,458 sprints recorded by the team as a whole, SVW also come in above the average value of 17,399 from the Bundesliga season just gone.
Take control: 1,015.4 minutes – that’s the total time Werder spent in possession across the 34 Bundesliga matchdays of 2025/26. Werder sit seventh in the league rankings in this respect, and are the last team to hit the 1,000 minute mark in the German top-flight. From a percentage point of view, SVW sit at an average of 50.9% possession. Daniel Thioune’s side also sit seventh in terms of passes completed (14,724 out of 17,895 attempted).
Lacking that cutting edge: Werder’s play in the final third was a problem area for the side this year, and in truth, almost the whole season was marked by their struggles in front of goal. The statistics back up this story. Werder did in fact put up 447 attempts on goal over the campaign, slightly above the league average of 444 – although only 153 of them were actually placed on target. Only 27 of the attempts represented ‘big chances’, way below the division average of 47. They converted ten of those opportunities, a rate of 37 percent.
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Solid at the back: Especially during the run-in at the end of the season, the Green-Whites’ defensive line held their ground well and proved crucial in securing their minimum objective of staying up. Friedl, Pieper and Co. threw absolutely everything they had into the challenge. Overall, Werder allowed 452 shots on their own goal last season, a figure that places them securely in mid-table in 10th place. They also ranked in the middle of the pack for duels won (9th), coming out on top in 3,152 of their 6,357 one-on-one contests.
Standing strong between the sticks: Mio Backhaus started in net on 32 occasions this season, with Karl Hein deputising for the shot-stopper on the remaining two matchdays. The goalkeeping duo claimed 72 crosses between them – the highest number in the Bundesliga! SVW also boast above average statistics when it comes to saves, with the two keepers producing 114 stops over the course of the campaign (league average of 110).
Source: The statistics for this article have been taken from the German Football League (DFL).
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