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Füllkrug scores twice as Werder Bremen beat Mainz 3-2
Werder Bremen beat Mainz 3-2 away in the Bundesliga’s seventh round on Saturday.
Bremen striker Niclas Füllkrug scored twice, converting two first-half penalties to put his team 2-0 ahead.
Mainz’s Anthony Caci pulled one back before half-time, and Ludovit Reis restored Bremen’s two-goal lead after the break.
Jae-sung Lee scored again for Mainz two minutes later, but the hosts could not equalise.
The win lifted Bremen above Mainz into sixth place in the league table.
Füllkrug now has eight goals this season and has scored in six consecutive Bundesliga games.
He is one game short of Werder’s club record of scoring in seven league matches in a row, set by Rudi Völler.
Werder Bremen beat Mainz 3-2 away in the Bundesliga on 24 October 2026.
Niclas Füllkrug scored twice from penalties to put Werder 2-0 ahead.
Anthony Caci and Jae-sung Lee scored for Mainz, while Ludovit Reis scored Werder’s third.
The result moved Werder above Mainz to sixth place in the table.
Füllkrug’s two goals were his seventh and eighth of the season.
- Who
- Werder Bremen and 1. FSV Mainz 05.
- What
- Werder beat Mainz 3-2, with Niclas Füllkrug scoring twice.
- When
- 24 October 2026.
- Where
- Mainz, Germany.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Füllkrug scored from a penalty to give Werder a 1-0 lead.
Füllkrug converted a second penalty to make it 2-0.
Anthony Caci headed in Mainz’s first goal.
Ludovit Reis scored Werder’s third goal.
Jae-sung Lee scored Mainz’s second goal.
- Final score
- Werder Bremen 3-2 Mainz
- Füllkrug’s goals
- Two penalties, in the 7th and 25th minutes
- Mainz goals
- Anthony Caci (33rd minute); Jae-sung Lee (63rd minute)
- Werder’s third goal
- Ludovit Reis (61st minute)
- League position
- Werder moved to sixth place
- Season tally
- Füllkrug’s seventh and eighth goals of the season
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