The two sides’ last encounter: Werder fans won’t look back on games against Gladbach from last season with many fond memories. After a 4-1 loss on Matchday 3 away from home, the Green-Whites were also defeated by the Fohlenelf at the Weserstadion after a 12th minute goal from Thorgan Hazard. The boys will be looking to avoid a repeat of that on Sunday.
The pre-match quotes: “We want to be attacking, create chances and be more consistent in our finishing. We will need a top performance against an organised opponent, who play at a high tempo and switch from defence to attack very quickly. We are prepared for it. If we take our chances, we will be hard to beat,” head coach Alexander Nouri said in the pre-match press conference.
Question marks surrounding the captain: Will he or won’t he start? After Zlatko Junuzovic made his comeback two weeks ago against Hamburg, Werder’s captain could make his first starting appearance of the season on Sunday against Gladbach. Juno thinks he’s ready to start. “I am confident about being able to start in the game on Sunday. But we’ll have to see how the game goes and what the boss wants to do,” Junuzovic said in an interview with WERDER.DE.