Energie Cottbus vs Werder Bremen Predictions

• Six of Werder Bremen’s last seven DFB Pokal matches produced two or fewer goals.
• Energie Cottbus failed to win each of their last six DFB Pokal matches.
• Two of Werder’s last three wins in this H2H ended with a 2-0 scoreline.

Energie Cottbus look to spring a shock

While Energie Cottbus sit three tiers below the newly promoted Werder Bremen in the German footballing pyramid, this game could be tighter than the odds will suggest.

The hosts come into this as one of the favourites for promotion from their divison, which is hardly comparable with a top-flight side but at least they come into this cup clash with winning momentum.

Werder themselves come into it looking to progress, which they very well should having only been knocked out by opponents from outside of the top-flight once since a shocking first round exit against Lotte in 2016/17.

Not exactly the pick of the bunch

While Werder are certainly strong, we predict that this game is going to be something of a training exercise for them ahead of the fight for top-flight survival that is to come.

Given that the hosts have positive winning momentum, we think that they can hold the attacking talents of Bremen at bay, albeit not enough to cause a shock. As such, we’re going for a smaller stakes selection on a 2-0 away win.

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