Borussia Dortmund have performed better than Union Berlin so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Borussia Dortmund have performed here at Signal-Iduna-Park this season with 6 wins from 9 Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0.
The Borussia Dortmund supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Köln in Bundesliga and win 5-1. In the preceding match a 5-3 victory visiting Augsburg.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Borussia Dortmund played a great game against Köln and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Borussia Dortmund as they are travelling to their away game against Werder Bremen in the DFB Pokal. That match is three days after this one.
It's goals goals goals for Borussia Dortmund who have scored 31 goals from 9 league home games. On the other hand, Borussia Dortmund have conceded 10 goals.
Union Berlin form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Union Berlin so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Union Berlin has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
The supporters enjoyed Union Berlin's previous game versus Augsburg (placed 12th), a Bundesliga 2-0 win played at home. A 1-2 defeat away at Fortuna Düsseldorf before that.
Goalkeeper Rafał Gikiewicz was absolutely vital in the Union Berlin victory against Augsburg, making 7 saves.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Union Berlin's match history for similar games we find two matches. The home team won 2 of these as expected, 1 of them by at least two goals. Union Berlin managed 0 draws and 0 surprise wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Union Berlin manager U. Fischer as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Verl.
Union Berlin find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Union Berlin have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Union Berlin - Borussia Dortmund 3-1 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Borussia Dortmund, 1 draw and 1 win for Union Berlin. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sancho 11 goals |  M. Reus 10 goals |   S. Andersson 8 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Union Berlin missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 51 | 31 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 28 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 16 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 56% | 47% |
| 74% | 78% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 22% | 21% |
| 32% | 56% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 63% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 78% | 53% |
| 32% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 26% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 22% | 21% |
| 6.5 | 7.6 | 8.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.6 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 280 | 155 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 44 | 108 | 241 |
| 118 | 70 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 32 | 80 |
| 43% | 44% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 28% | 29% |
- Borussia Dortmund has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Borussia Dortmund has the most matches over the total-line (15)
- Borussia Dortmund have not yet lost a game at home.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Union Berlin.
- Borussia Dortmund have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Union Berlin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Union Berlin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 33 | 39 |
| 3 | Borussia M'gladbach | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 36 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Köln | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -15 | 20 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -20 | 17 |
| 17 | Paderborn | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 15 |
| 18 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -22 | 15 |
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