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The Werder Bremen vs Paderborn live stream takes place on Saturday, 8 August 2026, with the first game kicking off at 14:00 CET and the second at 16:00 CET (local time in Germany). The two clubs meet for an XXL double friendly over two full 90-minute matches at the Stadion am Oyther Berg in Oythe, in the district of Vechta. You can watch the live video stream online of Werder Bremen vs Paderborn for free on this page.
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Where and when to watch Werder Bremen vs Paderborn
The double test takes place on 8 August 2026, with kick-off times of 14:00 CET and 16:00 CET. The free Werder Bremen vs Paderborn live stream is available in the player above, and you can follow both games LIVE from any device — desktop, tablet or mobile. If you want to compare odds before kick-off, our rundown of the best football betting websites is a good place to start.
This is an unusual format worth knowing about in advance: rather than one match, the two clubs will play two separate games of 90 minutes each on the same afternoon, giving both coaching staffs the chance to run two largely different sides through a full fixture.
Werder Bremen ahead of the match
Daniel Thioune’s side host the double test at the end of a week spent working on their home training pitches, with the start of the 2026/27 competitive season casting an ever longer shadow over pre-season. Their most recent outing brought a 4-2 win over newly promoted second-division club Energie Cottbus, and this is their first test of the summer against a Bundesliga rival — a useful marker before they head off to a second training camp in Harsewinkel, North Rhine-Westphalia, from 10 to 14 August.
There is a notable new face in the group this week. Summer signing Cedric Itten has arrived in Bremen and joined up with his team-mates after reaching the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup with Switzerland, and the striker is now integrating into full training.
Team news: Thioune was without ten players in the final session before the double header. Senne Lynen, Keke Topp, Mitchell Weiser, Niklas Stark, Dariusz Stalmach, Mats Heitmann and Felix Agu are all working through rehabilitation programmes, Romano Schmid is managing his workload because of minor muscular problems, Skelly Alvero is absent for personal reasons and Stefan Smarkalev trained with the U23s. With so many bodies missing, the extended format should hand plenty of minutes to squad players and younger options.
Paderborn ahead of the match
Ralf Kettemann’s promoted side arrive from East Westphalia with two contrasting behind-closed-doors results behind them. The more recent was a 2-1 win over English second-tier club Southampton at their own TNLZ training centre, played over two 45-minute halves. Dobbin put the visitors ahead on 48 minutes after Schubert had saved the initial effort, but ter Horst levelled with an eye-catching overhead kick on 87 minutes and then struck again in stoppage time to complete the turnaround, a fair reflection of a much stronger second half.
Before that, Paderborn lost 2-0 at home to second-division 1. FC Magdeburg in another closed-doors friendly. Iyoha opened the scoring on 11 minutes with the visitors’ first real opportunity, Millgramm hit the post shortly afterwards and a Batista Meier finish on 34 minutes was ruled out for a foul in the build-up, before Jaeckel headed the second on 66 minutes in an increasingly intense contest. The verdict from the club was that there were promising elements but not enough conviction in front of goal.
Team news: captain Götze has been among the absentees through injury, as have Awortie-Grant, Bätzner, Baur, Klaas, Gayret and Curda at various points during the pre-season programme. Goalkeeper Schubert has featured heavily, while ter Horst, Tigges, Michel and Batista Meier are among the names to watch across the two games. As with Werder, expect wholesale changes between the halves and between the fixtures.
Werder Bremen vs Paderborn: preview and head-to-head
There is a competitive subplot to this Werder Bremen vs Paderborn live stream: the two clubs are scheduled to meet again in the league on matchday 6, so both coaching staffs get an early and unusually long look at an opponent they will face for real before long.
As a pre-season double header with two 90-minute games and heavy rotation on both sides, this is not a fixture to read too much into, and there is no clear favourite. Werder are missing ten players from the training group and will be spreading minutes widely; Paderborn have already been tested against Southampton and Magdeburg and have shown they can dig out a result late. The most useful things to watch are the shape of the sides, the fitness of returning players and how much of the afternoon the newcomers get.
Werder Bremen vs Paderborn: live stream LIVE
Do not miss the Werder Bremen vs Paderborn free live stream on 8 August 2026, with kick-off at 14:00 CET and the second game at 16:00 CET. Watch both matches online on TipsGG from any device — the player is at the top of this page and goes live shortly before kick-off. Please keep in mind that the stream may be geo-restricted in some regions.