Bayern München vs Werder Bremen

This is the 117th Bundesliga clash between Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen – no other match in the Bundesliga's history has featured as often. FCB has suffered more defeats in the Bundesliga only against Borussia Mönchengladbach (28) than against Bremen (27), but has lost only one of its last 31 Bundesliga clashes – a 0-1 home defeat in January 2024.

For the first time in seven years, FC Bayern Munich won their first seven competitive matches of a season, having done so under Niko Kovac in 2018/19. They have never won more than seven consecutive competitive matches under Vincent Kompany, and the last time they had eight victories at the start of a season was in 2016/17 under Carlo Ancelotti.

FC Bayern Munich scored 18 goals in their first four Bundesliga games this season, more than any team has ever scored in the first four games of a Bundesliga season. Werder Bremen's 10 goals conceded this season are surpassed only by Union Berlin (11) – since the early 1980s, Werder have only conceded more goals after four Bundesliga games in 2016/17 (14).

Werder Bremen celebrated their biggest Bundesliga away win in five years with a 4-0 victory at Mönchengladbach and have only lost one of their last eight Bundesliga away games (W5 D2 L1). Since the start of the 2023-24 Bundesliga season, only FC Bayern (13) have celebrated more Bundesliga away wins than Werder (10).

With an average age of 28 years and 335 days, FC Bayern Munich has the oldest starting XI this Bundesliga season. Werder Bremen, meanwhile, has the second-youngest starting eleven after Eintracht Frankfurt (24 years and 69 days), with an average age of 25 years and 46 days.