Werder Bremen faces in the Round of 16 of UEFA-Cup on
AS St. Etienne (Thursday, 12.3.2009, 8:30 pm, live ZDF). Werder Bremen eliminated last round AC Milan and belongs with it to the favoured teams on the UEFA-Cup title.
Werder Bremen qualified into the Round of 16 as third-placed team in UEFA Champions League Group B, and then beating AC Milan on away goals in the Round of 32 - drawing 1:1 at home and 2:2 at San Siro. Both goals in the away match at San Siro scored Claudio Pizarro. In the Bundesliga table Werder Bremen is at the moment only on the 10th position.
AS St. Etienne stands in the French championship (Ligue 1) even only on the 17th rank and is involved in the relegation fight. Better it ran in the UEFA-Cup. St. Etienne – fifth in Ligue 1 last season – won the UEFA Cup Group G, and then knocked out Greek champions Olympiacos Piräus in the Round of 32, winning 3:1 in Piräus and 2:1 at home.
Results UEFA Champions League and UEFA-Cup 2008/09:
Werder Bremen: 1 win, 6 draws, 1 defeat
Champions League:
Group stage, 1. matchday: SV Werder Bremen - Anorthosis Famagusta 0:0
Group stage, 2. matchday: Inter Mailand - SV Werder Bremen 1:1
Group stage, 3. matchday: Panathinaikos Athen - SV Werder Bremen 2:2
Group stage, 4. matchday: SV Werder Bremen - Panathinaikos Athen 0:3
Group stage, 5. matchday: Anorthosis Famagusta - SV Werder Bremen 2:2
Group stage, 6. matchday: SV Werder Bremen - Inter Mailand 2:1
UEFA-Cup:
1. round, first leg: SV Werder Bremen - AC Mailand 1:1
1. round, second leg: AC Mailand - SV Werder Bremen 2:2
AS St. Etienne: 6 wins, 2 draws
UEFA-Cup:
Qualifying round, first leg: Hapoel Tel Aviv - AS St. Etienne 1:2
Qualifying round, second leg: AS St. Etienne - Hapoel Tel Aviv 2:1
Group stage: FC Kopenhagen - AS St. Etienne 1:3
Group stage: AS St. Etienne - Rosenborg Trondheim 3:0
Group stage: FC Brügge - AS St. Etienne 1:1
Group stage: AS St. Etienne - FC Valencia 2:2
1. round, first leg: Olympiakos Piräus - AS St. Etienne 1:3
1. round, second leg: AS St. Etienne - Olympiakos Piräus 2:1
UEFA-Cup: Review Round of 32 and Draw Round of 16
Data:
SV Werder Bremen vs. AS St. Etienne
Fixture: Thursday, 12.3.2009, 8:30 pm (live ZDF)
Stadium: Bremen (Weserstadion)
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Tip: Werder Bremen wins
our tip is 1
the highest odd is on Gamebookers, odd 1.57
