The Bundesliga’s most played fixture returns for its 115th edition on Saturday as Bayern visit Werder Bremen in a German football classic. fcbayern.com has the stats and facts ahead of the Matchday 4 encounter.
Bayern’s record run in Bremen
Bayern won 4-0 in Bremen last season, with Harry Kane netting his first Bundesliga goal.
Bayern’s remarkable run of 32 meetings without defeat in all competitions against Bremen came to an end the last time the sides faced off nine months ago at the Allianz Arena (1-0 loss). However, the Bavarians make the long trip north again looking to extend their record streak of 15 competitive wins in a row in Bremen. No other team in German professional football has ever managed that many consecutive victories away against a particular opponent.
Bayern’s super start
The record champions could hardly have made a better start to life under Vincent Kompany, with three wins from three Bundesliga games – by an aggregate score of 11-3 – taking them top of the table for the first time since Matchday 5 of last season. The last coach to enjoy such a good start to his tenure was Carlo Ancelotti, who also won his first three Bundesliga games but by an aggregate score of 11-1 eight years ago. Kompany could now equal an even older record held by his one-time mentor as the first Bayern coach since Pep Guardiola in 2015/16 to win the first three away games of a Bundesliga campaign.
Bayern made it three wins from three in the Bundesliga this season with a 6-1 victory at Holstein Kiel.
Running smoothly
It’s not just the results that are coming under Kompany but also the all-round effort of the players, who have covered an average of 118.6 kilometres per game in the Bundesliga this season – second only to St. Pauli. The team’s average last term was down at 115.3 kilometres, which was the lowest of any club in the division.
50 up for Kane
Harry Kane’s hat-trick in last weekend’s 6-1 win at Holstein Kiel took him to 50 goal involvement in the Bundesliga (40 goals, 10 assists) – all from just 35 appearances. It makes him the fastest player to reach a half century of goal contributions since detailed data collection began in 2004/05. The English striker actually got his first in Bremen in the opening game of last season.
Bremen on a roll, but…
Werder Bremen managed a 2-1 win in Mainz last Sunday despite having a man sent off.
Werder have also made a decent start to the campaign and are actually without defeat in their last eight Bundesliga games across multiple seasons. That’s the second-longest run in the division right now behind RB Leipzig (14 games). However, Ole Werner’s team now take on the league leaders. Bremen have failed to win any of their last 25 Bundesliga fixtures against the team top of the table (D3, L22).
Mathys Tel won the August Goal of the Month vote from fans:
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