1. FC Köln – Werder Bremen

A hard‑fought draw saw 1. FC Köln held to a 1‑1 stalemate at home by Werder Bremen, leaving both sides level on four points after three games. Köln sit twelfth in the table, their three‑point haul coming from a solitary win, a draw and a loss while conceding seven goals in five matches. Bremen, just a place above, also own a win, a draw and a defeat but have a slightly better goal difference at minus one, having scored five and let in six. The two clubs have yet to claim a victory over each other this season, their sole encounter ending in a dead‑heat, and the point each takes maintains the tight mid‑table scramble.