- 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayer Leverkusen | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | +55 | 80 |
Bayern Munich | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | +50 | 66 |
VfB Stuttgart | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | +32 | 63 |
RB Leipzig | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | +35 | 59 |
Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | +23 | 57 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | +6 | 45 |
SC Freiburg | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 40 |
FC Augsburg | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 39 |
TSG Hoffenheim | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 39 |
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 34 |
Werder Bremen | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 34 |
Borussia Monchengladbach | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 31 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 31 |
1. FC Union Berlin | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -24 | 29 |
Mainz | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -17 | 27 |
VfL Bochum | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -26 | 27 |
FC Cologne | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -30 | 22 |
SV Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | -42 | 17 |