FC Bayern Women host Werder Bremen looking to maintain winning run

FC Bayern Women have their first Bundesliga home game of the year on Sunday as they welcome Werder Bremen to the FC Bayern Campus, which just days ago played host to an epic DFB Cup quarter-final as the Munich Frauen beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 in extra-time. Kick-off is at 3.15pm CET. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the game in our preview.

Arianna Caruso Bayern training — FC Bayern Women are looking to claim victory in their first home league game of 2025. | FC Bayern

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It turned into a classic cup encounter on Wednesday. Alexander Straus’s team looked to be heading out in the closing minutes against Frankfurt before Jovana Damnjanović’s dramatic late leveller forced the tie to extra-time at 1-1. The Bundesliga champions then held their nerve in the additional period, scoring three more times through captain Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir after being set up by Momoko Tanikawa, who then got her first Bayern goal, before Damnjanovic completed her brace.

Bayern’s league form is also good with wins in each of the last five. They have started this calendar year with victories at RB Leipzig (1-0) and Hoffenheim (3-1). The goal now is to continue that streak at home against their favourite opponent. There is no other team Bayern have faced so often in the Bundesliga (15) while maintaining a 100 percent winning record. FCB have also kept clean sheets in the last 10 encounters with Werder.

Read how the reverse fixture went in Bremen:

Lea Schüller celebrates for FC Bayern Women against Werder Bremen

4-0 win in Bremen

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Opponent: Werder Bremen

Werder currently sit eighth in the table with 20 points. Thomas Horsch’s side kicked off 2025 with a 4-1 win over Turbine Potsdam but were then beaten by the same scoreline against Leipzig.

Bayern won the reverse fixture 4-0 thanks to goals from Lea Schüller, Georgia Stanway, Pernille Harder and Damnjanović.

Team news

Straus remains without Lena Oberdorf (knee ligaments), Katharina Naschenweng (knee joint) and Stanway (knee ligaments).

Bayern claimed all three points in Bremen earlier this season. | FC Bayern

"A demanding game"

Alexander Straus: “Bremen are a good team. They beat Frankfurt away this season and have now knocked Leverkusen out of the cup. We need to expect a demanding game. They have good structure and have beaten big teams this year. We’ll use our delight from the quarter-final on Wednesday and go into the game with that energy. We’ve started the second half of the season well and are in a good position. We want to focus on that.”

The report from Wednesday's quarter-final win over Frankfurt: