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Bayer 04 were beaten 3-1 at the BayArena on Sunday afternoon by an impressive Werder Bremen side. The visitors were 2-0 up at the break with goals from Max Kruse and Milot Rashica. Leon Bailey made it 2-1 in the second half with a great strike from a free kick before Krause sealed the victory for Werder with his second goal in added time.

Bundesliga - 16.03.2019

#B04SVW – 04 facts ahead of home game against Bremen

Three quarters of the season has gone, the Bundesliga is set to take a two-week break – before the title race finally enters the home straight at the end of March after the last international break of the current campaign. But all in good time. Matchday 26 has to be played first. The Werkself entertain ninth-placed Werder Bremen tomorrow (Sunday 13.30 CET, live text commentary and web radio in German at bayer04.de) in what promises to be another treat.

Bundesliga - 15.03.2019

'Then it will be really hard for Werder'

Excitement mounts ahead of the international break: Sunday's visitors to the BayArena, Werder Bremen (13.30 CET, live text commentary and web radio in German at bayer04.de) have not lost since the winter break. "When good players work together you can build a very good team. And you can see that with Bremen," said the Werkself head coach at the pre-match press conference ahead of the game against the team lying ninth in the table.

Bundesliga - 14.03.2019

Our next opponents: Werder Bremen on the way up

Sunday brunch at the BayArena: The Werkself face Werder Bremen on Sunday 17 March at the unusual time of 13.30 CET. The team coached by Florian Kohfeldt are currently in the ascendant and they come to Leverkusen on the back of several impressive runs – albeit with a major problem in one position.