Werder Bremen and Hamburg will meet in the Nord Derby for the first time in nearly three and a half years when they square off this weekend at the Weser Stadion. The Nord Derby is pretty special for German footy fans, probably only rivalled by the Dortmund Schalke one, and despite Bremen and HSV both currently being in the second division

When did they last meet before this clash?

That was in February 2018 back in the 2017-18 season, with Werder winning 1-0 at the Weser Stadion. Hamburg’s Dutch defender Rick van Drongelen scored an own goal in the 86th minute as the hosts picked up three points. The result was a big one and pushed HSV further towards the drop- they were eventually relegated at the end of the campaign, ending their status as one of the Bundesliga’s ever presents. They’ve never been able to return to the top flight, with three unsuccessful attempts so far. Interestingly, they finished fourth in all three of their second division campaigns since, missing out narrowly on each occasion.

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Bayer Leverkusen prevailed 1:0 at Stadion IM Borussia Park over the weekend, and here are the player ratings from the BMG Bayer game. Patrick Schick scored the only goal of the game.

It was Leverkusen’s first win in nearly a month, and ended their five game winless run across all competitions.

Disappointing game for the likes of Florian Neuhaus and Denis Zakaria, both of whom got a 5 player rating for this game.

Giant killers Holstein Kiel will face Borussia Dortmund away in the semifinals of the German Cup, with the winner of the Regensburg/Bremen tie set to host RB Leipzig in the other semifinal tie.

The DFB Pokal semi-finals will be played on 1/2 May, 2021.

The German Cup 2021 semifinal draw was conducted on 7 March, 2021 (18.30 CET)

The Jahn/Werder quarterfinal tie will be played on 7 April.