... Bremen have a good home record vs. Leverkusen? The Green-Whites haven’t just been a nuisance to Bayer away from home, as the Weser-Stadion also hasn’t been a happy hunting ground for Saturday’s opposition. Werder’s home record against Bayer is as follows: 16 wins, 15 draws and five defeats. In addition, in recent times, Bayer’s defence away from home has been shaky, as Bernd Leno has conceded exactly two goals in each of his last five away Bundesliga games.
... Werder could celebrate their 750th Bundesliga win at the weekend? They also had this opportunity last week in Darmstadt, but the Lilies’ equaliser in the last 15 minutes of the game denied the Green-Whites this milestone. It does mean, however, that Werder will get the chance to achieve this feat in front of their own fans.
... Leverkusen have only won one game against SVW when the Green-Whites have taken the lead? To be precise, Werder have scored the first goal in this encounter on 39 occasions and as a result, come away with the victory 25 times and drawn 13 times. The only occasion when Leverkusen have managed to turn the game around was in a 2-1 defeat at the BayArena in March 2014.
... the statistics from the last three games confirm Werder have improved since the start of the season? Not only have the Green-Whites gained the first points of the season against Wolfsburg and Darmstadt, the performances in the last three show how the team have grown defensively and offensively - the stats from these games back this up. For instance, in comparison to the first three matches of the season, Werder have had twice as many shots on goal and conceded half as many shots in the most recent three games. What’s more, the aggregate score for the first three games against Bayern, Augsburg and Gladbach was 11-2 against Werder, but Nouri has managed to dramatically turn this around, as the aggregate score from just his games is 5-5.