- 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VfL Wolfsburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
RB Leipzig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TSG Hoffenheim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FC Augsburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mainz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1. FC Union Berlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
St. Pauli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FC Cologne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Werder Bremen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
VfB Stuttgart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bayern Munich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hamburg SV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SC Freiburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Borussia Dortmund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |