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WERDER BREMEN
TEAM NOTES
Coach: Thomas Schaaf (since May 1999) Bundesliga
Record: 13-3-4
Rank: 2nd, 43 points
Last Result: 0-0 tie at Stuttgart, February 8
Streak: Tied 1 Next Game: vs. 1.FC Kaiserslautern, February 11 Champions League Next Game: vs. Juventus, February 22 Werder Bremen missed the opportunity of closing the gap to Bayern at the top with a 0-0 draw in Stuttgart on Wednesday. Bremen are matching Bayern game-by-game but need a little more to figure in the title race. On Saturday, they have the opportunity of putting Bayern under pressure for 24 hours is they can win their game against Kaiserslautern. That would leave them just five points behind and force Bayern to win against Nurnberg on Sunday to restore their lead. While two points were lost against Stuttgart, goalkeeper Andreas Reinke was the other major loss after he needed an operation to correct a fractured skull. Reinke will remain in hospital until Sunday under observation and his place in goal will be taken by ex-Kaiserslautern goalkeeper Tim Wiese. Wednesday was only the second time this season that Bremen failed to score, but against bottom-of-the-table Kaiserslautern, there should be ample shooting practice for Ivan Klasnic and Nelson Valdez.
SCOREBOARD
9:30 a.m. ET
Werder Bremen  
Borussia Dortmund  
 

BUNDESLIGA STANDINGS
Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Bayern Munich 21 17 1 3 41 14 54
Hamburg Sv 21 13 3 5 33 14 44
Werder Bremen 21 13 4 4 51 25 43
Schalke 04 21 10 2 9 29 16 39
Hertha Berlin 21 7 5 9 30 27 30
Hannover 96 21 6 4 11 31 26 29
Borussia Dortmund 21 7 6 8 28 26 29
Vfb Stuttgart 21 5 4 12 22 20 27
Borussia Moenchengladbach 21 6 6 9 26 27 27
Bayer Leverkusen 21 6 8 7 34 35 25
Eintracht Frankfurt 21 7 10 4 27 31 25
Arminia Bielefeld 21 6 9 6 25 30 24
Vfl Wolfsburg 21 5 9 7 22 37 22
Mainz 21 5 11 5 31 34 20
Nurnberg 21 4 11 6 22 35 18
MSV DUISBURG 21 3 10 8 19 36 17
Fc Kaiserslautern 21 4 12 5 29 50 17
Fc Cologne 21 3 12 6 28 45 15

c-league champion, r-relegated to lower division
WERDER BREMEN SCHEDULE
Date Time Teams Stories
Sun. January 30th 11:30 a.m. ET Werder Bremen 3, Hansa Rostock 2  
 

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