FC Union Berlin and Sporting Braga get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League Group Stage fixture.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sporting Braga, who are travelling more than 2600 kilometers to play this game.
The hosts FC Union Berlin saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Bundesliga. That game was an away game at Bochum, so at least FC Union Berlin are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
FC Union Berlin form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what FC Union Berlin have to build on here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei in the Bundesliga. 2W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for FC Union Berlin.
No payout for Berlin in their previous match, an away game at Bochum that ended in defeat 1-2. Trimmel (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.15/10. Trimmel hit one key pass.
Preceding that game, a home win hosting Heidenheim in the DFB Pokal. The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from FC Union Berlin's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 3 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for FC Union Berlin, as the Bundesliga home game vs Borussia M'gladbach is only three days away.
From these home matches, Berlin have conceded only 3 goals.
Sporting Braga form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Rangers drew the shortest straw.4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Sporting Braga playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. When we have look at the Europa League statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away.
Two away games in a row for Sporting Braga, whose manager Jorge could celebrate last time after the win against Estoril. Defender Sequeira was the best team player with a rating of 7.75. Sequeira hit three key passes and won 10 of 15 duels.
Previously, the Taça De Portugal victory away at Felgueiras 1932.
Sporting Braga have another game away in just three nights, a Primeira Liga match versus Gil Vicente. A strenuous itinerary for the guests!
6 goals have been conceded by Braga in these games.
Head 2 Head
The previous head-to-head meeting ended Sporting Braga - FC Union Berlin 1-0, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Becker 6 goals |   S. Banza 5 goals |  R. Horta 4 goals |
FC Union Berlin missing players
Sporting Braga missing players
| FC Union Berlin | Sporting Braga | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Scored | S | 25 | 50 | ||
| 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.8 | 16.2 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | FC Union Berlin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 22 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 6 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Köln | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 14 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 9 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | VfB Stuttgart | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Bochum | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 3 | Porto | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 22 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Boavista | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 7 | Estoril | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Chaves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Arouca | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Vizela | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -12 | 2 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 | -19 | 1 |
