Oga, na serious Bundesliga match we dey yarn today as Werder Bremen go host RB Leipzig for Weserstadion. Na 28th match day wey go kick off by 3:30pm on Saturday, April 4, 2026. Werder dey fight to escape relegation, dem get 28 points for 14th position. Leipzig sef dey 4th place and dem need win to hold their Champions League spot.
For Werder side, na bad news for two key players. Karim Coulibaly, dat young 18-year-old defender, and Jens Stage, di top scorer wey get 29 years, both no go play because of muscle injury. Coach Daniel Thioune talk say dem dey suffer from muscular problems. But wait, na surprise dey for Werder fans. Amos Pieper, wey dem think no go play, dey for starting lineup. Di 28-year-old go take Coulibaly position for central defence.
Good news sef dey for Werder. Senne Lynen, dat 27-year-old midfielder wey miss two matches because of muscle tear for adductor area, don fully return to training and dey ready to play. Samuel Mbangula and Victor Boniface, two offensive players, don return to training too. Dem go help bring more goal threat for di remaining matches.
For Leipzig side, dem dey come with confidence after dem beat Hoffenheim 5-0. Coach Ole Werner, wey be former Werder coach, dey return to his old club. Dem don play against Werder before for November last year and Leipzig win 2-0 for their home ground. Werner make one change from di Hoffenheim match: Antonio Nusa go replace Brajan Gruda.
Di confirmed lineups don show. Werder go play 4-2-3-1 formation with Backhaus as goalkeeper. Defence line na Agu, Pieper, Friedl, and Deman. Midfield go be Bittencourt and Lynen. For attacking midfield, Grüll, Schmid, and Puertas dey. Njinmah go be di striker. For bench, Kolke, Sugawara, Mbangula, Milošević, Schmidt, Čović, Musah, and Schmetgens dey.
Leipzig go play 4-3-3 with Vandevoordt as goalkeeper. Defence line na Baku, Lukeba, Orbán, and Raum. Midfield three na Schlager, Seiwald, and Baumgartner. For attack, Diomandé, Rômulo, and Nusa go dey.
Coach Thioune talk say dem no dey find beautiful play for dis match. “Jetzt geht es darum, die Punkte einzusammeln. Gegen Leipzig wollen wir ein dreckiges Spiel gewinnen, Punkte statt schön spielen.” Meaning say dem just want to collect points, even if na dirty game. Werder never win any match against top-five clubs like Bayern, Dortmund, Stuttgart, Leipzig, and Hoffenheim dis season. Dem never even score single goal against dem. So dis match go hard.
For transfer news wey dey fly around, Newcastle United dey watch Werder young player Karim Coulibaly. Fabrizio Romano talk say di Magpies and other European clubs dey monitor di 18-year-old Germany youth international. Coulibaly shine for Bundesliga dis season and ready for next step.
Other Bundesliga matches wey go hold same time na Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg, Freiburg vs Bayern Munich, Gladbach vs Heidenheim, Hoffenheim vs Mainz, and Hamburg vs Augsburg. Stuttgart vs Dortmund go hold by 6:30pm. Union Berlin vs St. Pauli and Frankfurt vs Cologne go hold on Sunday.
Fans fit watch di match live on Sky Sport Bundesliga 3 from 3:15pm. Jonas Friedrich go commentate, Michael Leopold go moderate, and Didi Hamann go be expert. Sky customers fit use Sky Go or WOW for stream. DAZN go show Bundesliga conference from 2:00pm with Marco Hagemann as commentator. DAZN customers fit watch on TV, app, or website.
Referee for di match na Robert Hartmann. Last meeting between both teams na Leipzig 2-0 win for home. Werder need to break their no-goal record against top teams if dem want survive relegation battle. Leipzig sef need win to maintain top-four position. Na serious wahala for both sides.
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