Werder Bremen v Wolfsburg: Bundesliga – live!

24 min: Chance for Bremen Klaasen’s low cross from the right is miscontrolled by Osako but falls perfectly for Sargent, whose close-range shot is brilliantly blocked by Arnold. He launched himself in the line of the shot, and probably saved a goal as a result.

23 min The tireless right-back Mbabu gets forward in and drags a cross back towards Brekalo. He is about to shoot when Vogt appears to stab the clear with an insouciant thrust of the right leg.

13 min: Chance for Wolfsburg! Weghorst plays a give-and-go with Victor, then pokes the ball past Veljkovic and lumbers through on goal. He tries to flick the ball past the outrushing Pavlenka, who gets enough of a touch to slow the shot down and allow the covering Velkjovic to clear.

12 min Mehmedi has Wolfsburg’s first attempt at goal, curling well wide from the edge of the area.

11 min Wolfsburg have made an almost inexplicably sluggish start. They look half asleep.

9 min Osako isn’t impressed when he is penalised for a foul on Schlager, who actually fell over his own feet. It hasn’t been a great start to the game. It’s barely been a mediocre one.

6 min Augustinsson’s corner is headed behind for another by Roussillon. The second is headed down by Gebre Selassie at the far post and booted cleaar by a Wolfsburg defender.

5 min Osako and Sargent combine well on the left before Osako’s cross is headed behind for a corner by Arnold.

4 min Augustinsson rumbles down the left, but Mbabu does well to knock the ball off him and behind for a goalkick. It’s been a slow start.

1 min Peep peep! Wolfsburg, in their chlorine blue away kit, kick off from left to right. Werder are in green.

The players emerge from the tunnel on a fresh afternoon in Bremen. This is a huge game for Werder.

This is the 57th season since the Bundesliga was introduced in 1963-64. Bremen have been involved in 56 of them, one more than Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV. They’ve won it four times, too, so it’s pretty shocking to see the mess they’re in.

Bremen are without their top scorer Milot Rashica, who picked up an ankle injury against Frankfurt on Wednesday.

Werder Bremen (3-5-2) Pavlenka; Veljkovic, Vogt, Moisander; Gebre Selassie, Bargfrede, M Eggelstein, Klaasen, Augustinsson; Sargent, Osako.
Substitutes: Kapino, Lang, Langkamp, Friedl, Bittencourt, Bartels, Gross, Selke, Woltemade.

Wolfsburg (4-2-3-1) Casteels; Mbabu, Pongracic, Brooks, Rousillon; Schlager, Arnold; Victor, Brekalo, Mehmedi; Weghorst.
Substitutes: Pervan, Knoche, Tisserand, Klaus, Gerhardt, Guilavogui, Justvan, Marmoush, Ginczek.

Hello. The absence of crowds has obliterated home advantage since the Bundesliga returned, but Werder Bremen didn’t have much of that in the first place. Their abysmal home form this season – 14 games, one win, 10 defeats – is the reason they are in serious danger of a shock relegation, so the fact that three of their last five games are at the Weserstadion is not a good thing.

Bremen have won both away games since the restart, and taken one point from three home games. They got a decent 0-0 draw against Gladbach, but reverted to type when they were plugged 3-0 by Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday. It’s pretty simple: if their home form doesn’t improve quicksmart, they will go down.

Wolfsburg have had the same problem in the last month: two defeats at home, two wins away. They are in a good position to qualify for the Europa League, and will move back up to sixth if they get at least a point today. As they are away from home, they’ll fancy their chances.

Kick off 12.30pm BST, 1.30pm CEST.