- Yuya Osako - 22', 58'
- Milot Rashica - 27'
- Niclas Füllkrug - 29'
- Davy Klaassen - 55'
- Josh Sargent - 68'
- Dominick Drexler - 62'
Six-goal Werder Bremen avoid automatic relegation
Werder Bremen extended their 39-year stay in the Bundesliga for at least another 10 days when they thumped Cologne 6-1 to avoid automatic relegation on Saturday.
The four-times Bundesliga champions climbed out of the drop zone and leapfrogged Fortuna Duesseldorf to finish 16th in the 18-team table. They now face a playoff against the team that finishes third in the second division. Fortuna lost 3-0 at Union and were relegated.
Werder began the day as favourites to go down as they were two points behind Fortuna with a worse goal difference but raced to a 3-0 lead as Yuya Osako, Milot Rashica and Niclas Fuellkrug scored in a six-minute spell in the first half.
Davy Klaassen added a fourth after half time, Osako made it 5-0, Dominick Drexler pulled one back and Joshua Sargent scored a sixth to leave Werder with 31 points, one more than Fortuna.
The two-leg playoff is due to take place on July 2 and 6.
Game Information
German Bundesliga Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayern Munich | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
RB Leipzig | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 7 |
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
SC Freiburg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
Werder Bremen | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
1. FC Union Berlin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
VfB Stuttgart | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
FC Augsburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Borussia Monchengladbach | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
TSG Hoffenheim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
Mainz | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
VfL Bochum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
St. Pauli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
Holstein Kiel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 |