Werder 0-2 Mainz (Mar 15, 2026)

WER

MAI

5'

Paul Nebel

Assist: Philipp Mwene

38'

Leonardo Bittencourt

HT 0-1

45'

Justin Njinmah

Keke Topp

52'

Lee Jaesung

Assist: Sheraldo Becker

55'

Mick Schmetgens

Julián Malatini

62'

Lee Jaesung

63'

Jens Stage

68'

Patrice Čović

Leonardo Bittencourt

69'

Isaac Schmidt

Yukinari Sugawara

72'

Nikolas Veratschnig

Philipp Mwene

72'

Nelson Weiper

Phillip Tietz

81'

Kacper Potulski

Silvan Widmer

85'

Salim Musah

Marco Grüll

87'

Sōta Kawasaki

Lee Jaesung

87'

Lennard Maloney

Sheraldo Becker

FT 0-2

WER

Team Stats

MAI

Possession

66%

34%

0.88

xG

1.09

16 (3)

Shots (On Target)

11 (2)

31

Touches in Opp Box

17

9

Corners

4

Top Performers

Rating

7.9

Batz

MAI

xG

0.39

Jaesung

MAI

Chances Created

4

Puertas

WER

Take-ons

3

Schmidt

WER

Bundesliga Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Bayern	27	22	4	1	72	70
2	Dortmund	27	18	7	2	30	61
3	Stuttgart	27	16	5	6	20	53
4	Leipzig	27	15	5	7	18	50
5	Hoffenheim	27	15	5	7	15	50
6	Leverkusen	27	13	7	7	16	46
7	Frankfurt	27	10	8	9	-1	38
8	Freiburg	27	10	7	10	-5	37
9	Union Berlin	27	8	7	12	-15	31
10	Augsburg	27	9	4	14	-17	31
11	Mainz	27	7	9	11	-9	30
12	Hamburg	27	7	9	11	-9	30
13	M'gladbach	27	7	8	12	-13	29
14	Werder	27	7	7	13	-17	28
15	Köln	27	6	8	13	-9	26
16	St. Pauli	27	6	6	15	-20	24
17	Wolfsburg	27	5	6	16	-22	21
18	Heidenheim	27	3	6	18	-34	15

Game Summary

Werder Bremen fell to Mainz 05, 2 to 0, in Bundesliga on March 15.

Game Info

Bundesliga Matchweek 26

March 15, 2026

Weserstadion

Bremen, Germany

8° C

Referee Sascha Stegemann

Assistant Ref Christof Günsch

Assistant Ref Fabian Maibaum

Fourth Official Felix Bickel

Video Referee Sören Storks

WER

4-5-1

30

5.5

Backhaus

2

6.3

Deman

32

6.8

Friedl

22

55'

6.9

Malatini

3

69'

6.5

Sugawara

6.8

Schmid

10

68'

7.7

Bittencourt

5.9

Stage

18

7.0

Puertas

17

85'

5.3

Grüll

9

45'

6.2

Topp

33

7.9

Batz

31

7.4

Kohr

4

6.9

Posch

21

6.8

da Costa

2

72'

6.7

Mwene

7

87'

7.2

Jaesung

6

7.1

Sano

8

7.7

Nebel

30

81'

6.0

Widmer

23

87'

7.0

Becker

20

72'

5.2

Tietz

MAI

3-5-2

WER

Managers

MAI

Daniel Thioune

Urs Fischer

WER

Substitutes

MAI

5.3

11

Njinmah

45'

6.6

22

Veratschnig

72'

7.5

33

Schmetgens

55'

6.6

44

Weiper

72'

7.1

24

Čović

68'

6.7

48

Potulski

81'

7.1

23

Schmidt

69'

6.6

15

Maloney

87'

6.8

29

Musah

85'

6.6

24

Kawasaki

87'

13

Jakob Hein

1

Rieß

27

Agu

5

Leitsch

31

Coulibaly

11

Sieb

7

Mbangula

14

Bøving

2'

S. Posch misses the shot.

3'

D. Kohr commits a foul.

4'

K. Topp made a shot on target.

5'

P. Nebel scores a goal. P. Mwene assists on the shot.

7'

M. Grüll made a shot on target.

8'

C. Puertas takes a corner.

8'

L. Bittencourt misses the shot.

10'

S. Posch commits a foul.

11'

M. Grüll commits a foul.

12'

P. Tietz commits a foul.

12'

J. Stage commits a foul.

16'

P. Tietz misses the shot.

19'

C. Puertas takes a corner.

21'

O. Deman takes a corner.

22'

R. Schmid made a shot on target.

24'

L. Jaesung takes a corner.

24'

K. Sano misses the shot.

25'

S. Posch made a shot on target.

29'

D. Kohr commits a foul.

31'

C. Puertas takes a corner.

31'

J. Stage made a shot on target.

31'

C. Puertas takes a corner.

31'

K. Topp misses the shot.

34'

S. Becker commits a foul.

34'

K. Topp commits a foul.

38'

L. Bittencourt commits a foul.

38'

L. Bittencourt receives a yellow card.

40'

P. Nebel takes a corner.

41'

P. Tietz is caught offside.

42'

S. Becker commits a foul.

45'

J. Njinmah enters the game. K. Topp leaves the game.

46'

D. da Costa is caught offside.

46'

C. Puertas commits a foul.

47'

C. Puertas commits a foul.

48'

M. Grüll misses the shot.

51'

P. Tietz misses the shot.

52'

L. Jaesung scores a goal. S. Becker assists on the shot.

55'

M. Schmetgens enters the game. J. Malatini leaves the game.

58'

L. Jaesung takes a corner.

61'

O. Deman misses the shot.

62'

L. Jaesung commits a foul.

62'

L. Jaesung receives a yellow card.

62'

C. Puertas made a shot on target.

63'

J. Stage commits a foul.

63'

J. Stage receives a yellow card.

64'

J. Njinmah misses the shot.

67'

L. Jaesung made a shot on target.

67'

L. Jaesung made a shot on target.

68'

P. Nebel takes a corner.

68'

S. Becker made a shot on target.

68'

P. Čović enters the game. L. Bittencourt leaves the game.

69'

I. Schmidt enters the game. Y. Sugawara leaves the game.

71'

J. Stage made a shot on target.

72'

N. Veratschnig enters the game. P. Mwene leaves the game.

72'

N. Weiper enters the game. P. Tietz leaves the game.

74'

S. Becker made a shot on target.

78'

J. Njinmah misses the shot.

81'

K. Potulski enters the game. S. Widmer leaves the game.

84'

O. Deman made a shot on target.

85'

S. Musah enters the game. M. Grüll leaves the game.

86'

S. Musah made a shot on target.

86'

C. Puertas takes a corner.

86'

I. Schmidt is caught offside.

87'

S. Kawasaki enters the game. L. Jaesung leaves the game.

87'

L. Maloney enters the game. S. Becker leaves the game.

90'

P. Čović made a shot on target.

90'

O. Deman takes a corner.

90'

C. Puertas takes a corner.

90'

R. Schmid misses the shot.

90'

C. Puertas takes a corner.

90'

J. Stage is caught offside.

All

1st

2nd

WER

Attacking Stats

MAI

Possession

66%

34%

0.88

xG | Expand

1.09

16

Shots

11

3

Shots on Target

2

13

Shots off Target

9

6

Shots Blocked

5

1

Hit Woodwork

0

Big Chances Missed

2

827

Touches

517

31

Touches in Opp Box

17

6/14 (43%)

Take-ons

7/9 (78%)

9

Corners

4

WER

Passing Stats

MAI

1.03

xA | Expand

1.37

0

Big Chances Created

4

12

Chances Created

8

518/612 (85%)

Passes

218/310 (70%)

12

Key Passes

6

47

Long Ball Passes

44

146

Final Third Passes

90

8/34 (24%)

Crosses

3/15 (20%)

0/0 (0%)

Through Balls

0/0 (0%)

2

Offsides

2

WER

Defending Stats

MAI

9

Tackles

16

6

Tackles Won

11

1

Last Man Tackles

0

10

Interceptions

12

34

Clearances

45

50

Recoveries

48

0

Errors Leading to Shot

0

Errors Leading to Goal

0

Penalties Conceded

0

Goalkeeper Saves

3

WER

Other Stats

MAI

2

Yellow Cards

1

0

Red Cards

0

7

Fouls

7

44

Duels Won

46

22

Aerials Won

16

9

Corners Won

4

150

Possessions Lost

137

8

Times Dispossessed

7

WER

MAI

Player	Rating	Minutes	Shots on Target	xG
Leonardo Bittencourt L. Bittencourt #10	7.7	67	0	0.04
Mick Schmetgens M. Schmetgens #33	7.5	36	0	0.00
Isaac Schmidt I. Schmidt #23	7.1	22	0	0.00
Patrice Čović P. Čović #24	7.1	23	0	0.14
Cameron Puertas C. Puertas #18	7.0	90	0	0.01
Julián Malatini J. Malatini #22	6.9	54	0	0.00
Romano Schmid R. Schmid #20	6.8	90	1	0.09
Salim Musah S. Musah #29	6.8	6	0	0.03
Marco Friedl M. Friedl #32	6.8	90	0	0.00
Yukinari Sugawara Y. Sugawara #3	6.5	68	0	0.00
Olivier Deman O. Deman #2	6.3	90	0	0.12
Keke Topp K. Topp #9	6.2	45	1	0.14
Jens Stage J. Stage #6	5.9	90	1	0.14
Justin Njinmah J. Njinmah #11	5.3	45	0	0.06
Marco Grüll M. Grüll #17	5.3	84	0	0.11