Preview of the Bundesliga home clash against FC Augsburg

The head coach on the game: Following the Leverkusen game, Florian Kohfeldt spoke about taking the sharpness that was on display into the next few matches. His team have succeeded at this at Osterdeich, and he praised the way that the Werder players were training during the week. “I can feel how strongly we all want to win this game,” reported SVW’s coach. What’s crucial now is to bring that desire onto the pitch with them on Saturday. Similar to Union Berlin, the Green-Whites will be facing an unpleasant opponent in FC Augsburg at the wohninvest WESERSTADION. “Augsburg like to play with a lot of flexibility in their tactics,” analysed Kohfeldt. “Their positional play is difficult to anticipate and they like to play on the counter.” He credits his opposite number Heiko Herrlich with making FCA into a Bundesliga-quality side. “It’s clear that they’ve worked on that over the last few years.”

The last meeting: Werder scored three goals in a 3-2 win in Bremen for the first time in the 2019/20 season against Augsburg on 01/09/2019, but were beaten 2-1 in Bavaria later in the season. Although Florian Kohfeldt’s team took the lead in the 23rd minute through an own goal by Tin Jedvaj, a second half comeback from the hosts turned the game on its head. SVW welcome Heiko Herrlich’s team to the wohninvest WESERSTADION and will be looking to build on their last home win against Augsburg.