Balanced ball game between 1. FC Union Berlin and Bayer 04 Leverkusen expected

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 14.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion An der Alten Försterei (22012 seats)

This match has been long awaited by regulars of both participants, as it's the first Bundesliga game of the season. Both 1. FC Union Berlin and Bayer 04 Leverkusen are hoping for a bright start to their season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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1. FC Union Berlin form and stats

Last season, 1. FC Union Berlin's league statistics were 12 wins, 14 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 43. Playing at home last season 1. FC Union Berlin managed 8-8-1 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 18 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with 1. FC Union Berlin perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with 1. FC Union Berlin as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Berlin has won two of these, drawn seven and lost three.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the 1. FC Union Berlin friendly games in pre-season: 1. FC Union Berlin played five friendlies, won 4, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Berlin scored 13 goals and conceded 4 in these five games.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

Let's have a look at how Bayer 04 Leverkusen performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 10 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 19/17 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Leverkusen in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, zero draws and zero defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Bayer 04 Leverkusen as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Leverkusen have played three with the results W1-D1-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Bayer 04 Leverkusen has scored 4 goals and conceded 6 times.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Berlin one win, one draw and Bayer 04 Leverkusen four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

1. FC Union Berlin missing players

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
1. FC Union Berlin Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
1. FC Union Berlin Last season Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 8   Won W   6 14
14 8   Drew D   5 10
8 1   Lost L   6 10
50 32   Scored S   19 53
43 18   Conceded C   17 39
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 88%
82% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 74%
50% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 56%
29% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 26%
9% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 12%
68% 76%   BTTS BTTS   35% 59%
21% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 26%
18% 6%   Failed to Score F T   41% 26%
 
4.1 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 5.4
4.1 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.6
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.2 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 13
3.9 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.9
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 VfL Bochum 1848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 1. FC Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 99 44 17 13 4 0 64 21 17 11 2 4 35 23 55 78
2 RB Leipzig 34 19 8 7 60 32 17 11 4 2 29 13 17 8 4 5 31 19 28 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 20 4 10 75 46 17 11 2 4 40 20 17 9 2 6 35 26 29 64
4 VfL Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 7 6 4 29 21 24 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 17 10 7 0 37 20 17 6 5 6 32 33 16 60
6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 17 8 5 4 34 22 17 6 5 6 19 17 14 52
7 1. FC Union Berlin 34 12 14 8 50 43 17 8 8 1 32 18 17 4 6 7 18 25 7 50
8 Borussia M'gladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 17 8 4 5 32 19 17 5 6 6 32 37 8 49
9 Stuttgart 34 12 9 13 56 55 17 5 6 6 27 26 17 7 3 7 29 29 1 45
10 SC Freiburg 34 12 9 13 52 52 17 7 6 4 33 23 17 5 3 9 19 29 0 45
11 Hoffenheim 34 11 10 13 52 54 17 8 3 6 32 24 17 3 7 7 20 30 -2 43
12 Mainz 05 34 10 9 15 39 56 17 4 4 9 16 26 17 6 5 6 23 30 -17 39
13 Augsburg 34 10 6 18 36 54 17 6 4 7 21 25 17 4 2 11 15 29 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 34 8 11 15 41 52 17 5 5 7 21 26 17 3 6 8 20 26 -11 35
15 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 8 17 26 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 17 3 6 8 13 29 -26 35
16 Köln 34 8 9 17 34 60 17 3 5 9 20 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -26 33
17 Werder Bremen 34 7 10 17 36 57 17 3 5 9 16 28 17 4 5 8 20 29 -21 31
18 Schalke 04 34 3 7 24 25 86 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 0 4 13 11 52 -61 16

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 VfL Bochum 1848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Greuther Furth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 1. FC Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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