Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. Werder Bremen: probable line-ups, match stats and LIVE blog!

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Fortuna got their season off to the perfect start as Hennings' brace ensured a 2-0 win at Sandhausen on Matchday 1 and they'll be hoping their 33-year-old talisman will be at it again for the visit of Werder. That opening day victory means Christian Preußer has little reason to switch things up, although Felix Klaus was a forced first-half change as a concussion precaution in Sandhausen. His replacement, Nicklas Shipnoski teed up Hennings' 56th-minute breakthrough and could start in Klaus' stead as a result. Elsewhere, summer signing Ao Tanaka remains Japan at Tokyo 2020, having helped his side reach the quarter-finals of the football event at this summer's Olympic Games.

Sargent will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of Hennings and get his season up and running in front of goal against the team that the USA international's Bundesliga journey started. The 21-year-old scored with his first touch of a professional football when Werder met Bremen in the top-flight two seasons ago and he will be hoping their latest meeting results in a maiden strike in Bundesliga 2. Werder took a while to warm-up in their 1-1 draw with Hannover last time out but Markus Anfang's side are full of quality and have a number of threats going forward, with Sargent joined by Felix Agu and Niclas Füllkrug in attack. Further back, Ludwig Augustinsson and Marco Friedl are back in training after UEFA Euro 2020 duty with Sweden and Austria, respectively, but both could be eased back into club football after a taxing summer with their countries.

Match stats

Rouwen Hennings has scored both home and away in this fixture for Düsseldorf, who won on both occasions that their captain found the back of the net; a 4-1 win at home in 2018/19 and a 3-1 victory on their travels in 2019/20.

These two teams have contested 52 matches in all competitions, but this will be their first ever meeting in Germany's second division.

Of the 48 previous league games, Werder have the edge with 21 wins to Fortuna's 15, while there have been a further 12 draws.

Werder won on their last visit to Düsseldorf, securing a 1-0 away win in the 2019/20 Bundesliga campaign courtesy of a Florian Kastenmeier own-goal.

Josh Sargent scored his first senior goal against Düsseldorf less than two minutes into his Bundesliga debut in Werder's 3-1 victory on Matchday 14 of the 2018/19 Bundesliga season.

Legendary German striker Klaus Allofs - who won the Bundesliga and DFB Cup with Werder, as well as two more cup trophies with Fortuna - is this fixture's highest scorer in its top-flight history, with nine goals (six for Fortuna, three for Werder).

Probable line-ups

Fortuna: Kastenmeier - Zimmermann, Klarer, Nedelcu, Koutris - Sobottka - Shipnoski, Appelkamp, Prib, Peterson - Hennings (c)

Out: Gorka (muscular), Hoffmann (ankle), Pledl (knee), Siebert (pelvis), Tanaka (international duty)

Doubtful: Iyoha (foot), Klaus (concussion)

Coach: Christian Preußer

Bremen: Zetterer - Mbom, Mai, Toprak (c), Jung - Groß - Sargent, M. Eggestein, Osako, Agu - Füllkrug

Out: Bittencourt (knee), Jacobsen (knee), Möhwald (not included), Pavlenka (back), Plogmann (international duty), Veljkovic (not included)

Doubtful: Dinkci (muscular), Nankishi (muscular), Rapp (calf)

Coach: Markus Anfang