In-Depth Betting Tips and Predictions for Energie Cottbus vs Werder Bremen

The Bundesliga may not be underway just yet, but there is still plenty of football action going on in Germany across the coming days. The Germans will start their season with the first round of the domestic cup competition. And we’ve picked out Energie Cottbus vs Werder Bremen as a high value game.

This is because there is only one clear winner, and that is Werder Bremen. They sit two divisions higher than Monday’s opposition, and haven’t lost to them since 2009 when both of them were in the German top-flight.

Werder Bremen haven’t had the cleanest of pre-seasons, but they did finish well in the Bundesliga towards the end of the last campaign:

Werder Bremen stats in their last five games of 2023/24:

• 3 Wins (vs Bochum, Augsburg and Stuttgart)
• 2 Draws (vs Borussia Monchengladbach and RB Leipzig)
• 0 Defeats
• 12 Goals Scored
• 5 Conceded

Energie Cottbus took a very steep decline after their relegation from the Bundesliga at the end of 2008/09. After that, they went all the way down to the fourth tier of German football in just eight seasons. They did well to get promoted back into the Liga 3 for 2024/25, but they do not have the quality to match Werder Bremen, who have been in the top-flight every season aside from two since 1963.

Meanwhile, Cottbus have actually started their league season poorly. They’ve lost their opening two league games against Arminia Bielefeld and Dresden.

Energie Cottbus vs Werder Bremen Predictions

We’re backing Werder Bremen to win both halves in this match. Through our bookmakers, you can secure odds of 13/10 and see a return of £23 from a £10 stake.

Energie Cottbus vs Werder Bremen Predicted Line-ups

Energie Cottbus

Elias Bethke; Niko Bretschneider, Tim Campulka, Filip Kusić, Henry Rorig; Yannik Möker, Joshua Putze; Phil Halbauer, Tolcay Ciğerci, Maximilian Pronichev; Timmy Thiele.

Werder Bremen

Michael Zetterer; Felix Agu, Marvin Ducksch, Marco Friedl, Marco Grull, Senne Lynen, Romano Schmid, Jens Stage, Niklas Stark, Milos Veljkovic, Mitchell Weiser.