Werder Bremen vs. Paderborn: Kickoff, Venue and Team News

Updated October 16, 2026: Werder Bremen is scheduled to host SC Paderborn 07 on Saturday in Bundesliga Matchday 6. The official fixture pages continue to list the game at Weserstadion, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. in Bremen. The clubs have now published pre-match personnel updates, but confirmed starting lineups and a final score are not available before kickoff. This update separates the confirmed schedule and club-reported availability from decisions that remain open.

Match information at a glance

Kickoff time and time-zone conversion

The DFB Datencenter lists the fixture for Saturday, October 17, at 3:30 p.m. in Bremen, at Weserstadion. The Bundesliga’s official fixtures page gives the same kickoff as 13:30 UTC. Bremen is observing Central European Summer Time on October 17, so the local listing is 3:30 p.m. CEST (UTC+02:00). The European Commission’s summertime schedule places the return to standard time on the last Sunday in October, October 25, 2026; the match is one week earlier. In other words, the confirmed local and UTC times refer to the same moment, with no date change between them. Some fixture tables use “CET” as a general column label, but CEST is the correct clock designation in Bremen on match day.

Team news: what the clubs have confirmed

SC Paderborn 07’s official preview, published October 15 after a press conference with head coach Ralf Kettemann, says Timur Gayret, Nyamekye Awortwie-Grant, and Sebastian Klaas cannot play. Kettemann also said Awortwie-Grant had taken part in portions of training for the first time after a long, difficult period. That return to partial training is encouraging context, but the club still listed him as unavailable for this match in that update. Kettemann said the rest of the squad was available and ready at the time of the briefing. He did not reveal the starting eleven, saying there could be a few individual changes.

Werder’s official personnel update on October 15 reported that Amos Pieper was expected to be available after he was substituted early in the previous match at Dortmund with an injury concern. The club said he had completed Thursday’s training session and remained a candidate to start. “Expected to be available” is the coach’s pre-match assessment, not confirmation that Pieper will appear; the final team sheet will settle that question. The match-specific Werder update checked for this article does not provide a complete injury list, so it should not be read as confirmation that every other player is fit.

The DFB fixture record names the match officials, while the two club previews provide the personnel notes above. I found no additional official, match-specific suspension announcement in those items. That does not turn an incomplete preview into a final squad list: check the clubs’ match-day channels and the Bundesliga match center for late availability changes and confirmed lineups. As of this October 16 update, neither starting eleven has been published in the official fixture pages checked.

Weserstadion details and match-day notes

Werder is the home team, and the venue is Weserstadion in Bremen, Germany. Paderborn’s official away-trip information says Bremen expects around 40,000 spectators and that there will be no day-of ticket sales. It identifies Gate 11 for standing-room away supporters and Gate 11a for seated away supporters, with access via Auf dem Peterswerder. These are the details in Paderborn’s published travel notice; supporters should check the clubs’ latest match-day guidance before setting out in case access arrangements change.

The same Paderborn preview says Werder plans to mark the occasion as “100 years of Weserstadion” and will wear a special shirt. That is a confirmed match-day note, not a clue about the result or a change to the venue. The fixture remains at the stadium named in the DFB record. If you are following from outside Germany, use the UTC kickoff as the common reference, then convert it for your location rather than treating Bremen’s time as universal.

Recent context, without a prediction

Paderborn’s preview describes Werder’s recent comeback results: Bremen turned a two-goal deficit into a 3–2 home win against FC Augsburg and recovered from 0–2 to draw 2–2 at Borussia Dortmund. The same preview notes that Paderborn’s most recent league match before this trip was a 0–2 loss to VfB Stuttgart on October 10. Paderborn also won a closed friendly against VfL Osnabrück on October 11, but that was a non-league game and should not be confused with Bundesliga results.

Those results provide background only. They do not establish which approach either coach will choose, who will control possession, or which side has an advantage on Saturday. Once the lineups are released, readers can compare the selected players and substitutes with the availability notes above. During the match, the official live coverage can confirm goals, substitutions, cards, and other key events as they happen; the final report should use the completed match record rather than a forecast.

Lineups, live coverage, and result status

The fixture is still in the scheduled stage as of October 16: the DFB Datencenter displays no score, and the official Bundesliga matchday page lists the game for Saturday at 13:30 UTC. Starting lineups are not yet confirmed in the sources checked. For the final team sheets and live updates, use the Bundesliga match center or the clubs’ official match-day channels. After full time, verify the final score, scorers, and any major incidents against the official coverage before treating them as settled facts.

For now, the reliable preview is straightforward: Werder Bremen hosts SC Paderborn 07 at Weserstadion on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. CEST (UTC+02:00), or 1:30 p.m. UTC. Paderborn has named three unavailable players, and Werder expects Amos Pieper to be available, subject to final confirmation. The starting elevens and result remain pending.

Official sources

• DFB Datencenter: Werder Bremen vs. SC Paderborn 07 confirms Matchday 6, the date, Bremen kickoff, Weserstadion, referee, and pending score.
• Bundesliga official fixtures lists the kickoff as 13:30 UTC.
• Bundesliga Matchday 6 lists the fixture and the league’s official match coverage.
• Werder Bremen: “Mit Pieper gegen Paderborn” reports the club’s pre-match assessment of Amos Pieper.
• SC Paderborn 07: “Beim Comeback-Team” covers player availability, the coach’s comments, stadium notes, and the anniversary shirt.
• European Commission summertime schedule explains the EU switch back to standard time on the last Sunday of October.