Werder Bremen vs Eintracht Frankfurt, 2020-21 German Bundesliga
· German Bundesliga
FT
2 - 1
2 - 1
US striker Sargent leads Bremen to 2-1 win over Frankfurt
— Josh Sargent helped Werder Bremen end Eintracht Frankfurt’s unbeaten start to the year with the winning goal in a 2-1 defeat for the Bundesliga’s in-form team on Friday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Attempt missed. Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Erik Durm with a cross.
- 3': Foul by Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 3': Kevin Möhwald (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 5': Maximilian Eggestein (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Milos Veljkovic.
- 9': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 0, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Filip Kostic with a cross following a corner.
- 11': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Joshua Sargent.
- 14': Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Erik Durm (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 17': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Theodor Gebre Selassie.
- 18': Attempt saved. André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 18': Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Foul by Kevin Möhwald (SV Werder Bremen).
- 19': Attempt missed. Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
- 24': Foul by Martin Hinteregger (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 24': Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Foul by Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 25': Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Attempt saved. Milot Rashica (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 28': Offside, SV Werder Bremen. Romano Schmid tries a through ball, but Milot Rashica is caught offside.
- 29': Attempt missed. Amin Younes (Eintracht Frankfurt) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tuta with a cross.
- 34': Attempt missed. Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by André Silva.
- 34': Milot Rashica (SV Werder Bremen) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the right side of the box.
- 35': Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 35': Foul by Theodor Gebre Selassie (SV Werder Bremen).
- 35': Theodor Gebre Selassie (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 38': Offside, Eintracht Frankfurt. Filip Kostic tries a through ball, but Amin Younes is caught offside.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Milot Rashica.
- 39': Attempt blocked. André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Filip Kostic.
- 39': Foul by Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 39': Ömer Toprak (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 40': Attempt blocked. Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Maximilian Eggestein with a through ball.
- 40': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Makoto Hasebe.
- 42': Foul by Amin Younes (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 42': Kevin Möhwald (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Offside, Eintracht Frankfurt. Martin Hinteregger tries a through ball, but André Silva is caught offside.
- 45': Foul by Sebastian Rode (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 45': Kevin Möhwald (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, SV Werder Bremen 0, Eintracht Frankfurt 1.
- 45': Second Half begins SV Werder Bremen 0, Eintracht Frankfurt 1.
- 47': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. Theodor Gebre Selassie (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
- 48': VAR Decision: Goal SV Werder Bremen 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt (Theodor Gebre Selassie).
- 53': Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Erik Durm (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 57': Hand ball by André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 58': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Joshua Sargent.
- 59': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Romano Schmid.
- 60': Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 60': Foul by Milos Veljkovic (SV Werder Bremen).
- 61': Attempt blocked. Amin Younes (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 62': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maximilian Eggestein with a through ball.
- 64': Attempt missed. André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Filip Kostic with a cross.
- 65': Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Aymen Barkok replaces Erik Durm.
- 65': Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Ajdin Hrustic replaces Sebastian Rode.
- 65': Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Luka Jovic replaces Daichi Kamada.
- 67': Attempt saved. Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Milot Rashica.
- 67': Corner, SV Werder Bremen. Conceded by Kevin Trapp.
- 68': Attempt saved. Milot Rashica (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Friedl.
- 68': Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 69': Offside, SV Werder Bremen. Milot Rashica tries a through ball, but Joshua Sargent is caught offside.
- 73': Foul by Ajdin Hrustic (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 73': Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Attempt saved. Filip Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aymen Barkok.
- 76': Foul by Milot Rashica (SV Werder Bremen).
- 76': Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Attempt saved. André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Filip Kostic.
- 76': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Jirí Pavlenka.
- 78': Foul by Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen).
- 78': Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card.
- 79': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Leonardo Bittencourt replaces Romano Schmid.
- 79': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Niclas Füllkrug replaces Joshua Sargent.
- 79': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Theodor Gebre Selassie.
- 80': Foul by Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 80': Milot Rashica (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Foul by Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen).
- 81': Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Amin Younes (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card.
- 81': Kevin Möhwald (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card.
- 85': Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Theodor Gebre Selassie.
- 86': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Jean-Manuel Mbom replaces Milot Rashica.
- 90': Foul by Niclas Füllkrug (SV Werder Bremen).
- 90': Martin Hinteregger (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90': Foul by Niclas Füllkrug (SV Werder Bremen).
- 90'+1': Hand ball by Jean-Manuel Mbom (SV Werder Bremen).
- 90'+2': Foul by Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 90'+2': Maximilian Eggestein (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tuta.
- 90'+5': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Christian Groß replaces Kevin Möhwald.
- 90'+6': Foul by Aymen Barkok (Eintracht Frankfurt).
- 90'+6': Niclas Füllkrug (SV Werder Bremen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, SV Werder Bremen 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 1.
- 0': Match ends, SV Werder Bremen 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 1.
Statistics
 SGE |
SVW |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 9 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 68.7 | Possession | 31.3 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 9 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 580 | Accurate Passes | 212 |
| 667 | Passes | 317 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 40 | Crosses | 6 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 44 | Long Balls | 64 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 12 | Tackles | 21 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 14 | Interceptions | 14 |
| 8 | Effective Clearances | 37 |
| 8 | Clearances | 37 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: Weserstadion
Location: Bremen, Germany
Venue: Weserstadion
Location: Bremen, Germany
Bundesliga Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 10 | +26 | 26 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 10 | +10 | 21 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | +10 | 20 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | +5 | 17 |
Line-Ups
Werder Bremen (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jirí Pavlenka (GK) |
| 21 | Ömer Toprak |
| 32 | Marco Friedl  |
| 13 | Milos Veljkovic |
| 6 | Kevin Möhwald |
| 35 | Maximilian Eggestein |
| 17 | Felix Agu |
| 23 | Theodor Gebre Selassie |
| 7 | Milot Rashica |
| 20 | Romano Schmid |
| 19 | Josh Sargent |
Eintracht Frankfurt (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Trapp (GK) |
| 20 | Makoto Hasebe |
| 13 | Martin Hinteregger |
| 35 | Tuta |
| 8 | Djibril Sow |
| 17 | Sebastian Rode |
| 10 | Filip Kostic |
| 25 | Erik Durm |
| 33 | André Silva |
| 32 | Amin Younes |
| 15 | Daichi Kamada |
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