Key Takeaways
- Anton Kade scored two goals to give FC Augsburg a 3-1 victory over SV Werder Bremen.
- The win keeps Augsburg’s hopes of playing European football next season alive.
- Bremen are now in serious danger of relegation with only two league matches remaining.
FC Augsburg have kept their slim hopes of European qualification alive after securing a 3-1 win against SV Werder Bremen. The result leaves Bremen facing a nervous fight to avoid the drop zone with just two games left in the Bundesliga campaign.
The visitors started the match brightly. Yukinari Suguwara came close to scoring in the sixth minute, but his strike flew just past the upright. At the other end, Michael Gregoritsch tested the goalkeeper with a long-range effort that drifted wide.
Bremen continued to apply pressure. Both Amos Pieper and Milos Veljkovic fired shots off target, although the assistant referee had already flagged for offside. Despite this control, Augsburg opened the scoring against the run of play. Fabian Rieder launched a quick counter-attack and passed to Gregoritsch, who slid the ball through to Anton Kade. The young forward finished calmly with his first touch.
Daniel Thioune’s side tried to respond, but they conceded again just before half-time. Dimitris Giannoulis found too much room on the left wing and sent a low cross towards the near post. Kade arrived to steer the ball into the far corner, doubling his tally for the afternoon.
After the break, substitute Justin Njinmah almost pulled one back for Bremen. He raced clear for a one-on-one chance, but Augsburg keeper Finn Dahmen made a brilliant save to deny him. Moments later, Bremen thought they had scored, only for VAR to disallow the goal for an offside in the build-up.
Bremen eventually found the net through Romano Schmid. Selim Musah fired a powerful shot that rebounded inside the penalty area. A clever flick set up Schmid, whose strike was too strong for Dahmen to keep out.
However, Augsburg restored their two-goal lead just four minutes later. Alexis Claude-Maurice delivered a precise corner, and Marius Wolf headed the ball across the goal for Christian Jakic to volley home from close range.
Bremen’s disappointing day was complete when Marco Grüll struck the crossbar during injury time.