FC Union Berlin look to Stadion An der Alten Försterei supporters for inspiration before Hertha BSC match

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion An der Alten Försterei (22012 seats)

The brand new season is about to start and the followers are trembling with optimism. It’s square one as FC Union Berlin welcome Hertha BSC for the opening fixture at Stadion An der Alten Försterei. Read on!

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

FC Union Berlin and Hertha BSC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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FC Union Berlin form and stats

Last season, FC Union Berlin's league statistics were 16 wins, 9 draws and 9 losses, providing 5th spot in the Bundesliga. In these 34 matches they scored 50 goals and let in 44. Appearing as the host team in the previous season FC Union Berlin produced 10-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 17 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Berlin handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

FC Union Berlin have prepared for this season with seven friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these seven matches are 5 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, FC Union Berlin have scored 14 goals and conceded 7 times.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hertha BSC performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 16th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 6 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 71 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 3 and lost 11 with 13/38 goals scored/conceded.

Until that defeat this side had won at least one point from eight league matches in a row.

Hertha BSC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.

Hertha BSC played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. In these six matches Hertha BSC scored 15 and conceded 7 goals.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Berlin won five games, two matches ended in a draw and Hertha BSC have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

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Hertha BSC missing players

FC Union Berlin Hertha BSC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid 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%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
FC Union Berlin Last season Hertha BSC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
16 10   Won W   3 9
9 5   Drew D   3 6
9 2   Lost L   11 19
50 25   Scored S   13 37
44 17   Conceded C   38 71
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
76% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 91%
53% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 65%
29% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 35%
15% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 21%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 62%
24% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 18%
24% 18%   Failed to Score F T   47% 24%
 
4.1 3.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.1
4.4 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 5.7
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12 11.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 10.9
4.6 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.7
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 29%
 
11.8 11.3   Shots against (avg) S A   14.6 14
3.7 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 FC Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FC Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Bochum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 VfL Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Werder Bremen 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 FC Bayern München 34 24 5 5 97 37 17 13 2 2 48 15 17 11 3 3 49 22 60 77
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 17 13 0 4 52 28 17 9 3 5 33 24 33 69
3 Bayer Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 17 10 2 5 39 23 17 9 5 3 41 24 33 64
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 17 11 2 4 43 17 17 6 5 6 29 20 35 58
5 FC Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 17 10 5 2 25 17 17 6 4 7 25 27 6 57
6 Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 17 8 5 4 32 25 17 7 5 5 26 21 12 55
7 Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 17 9 4 4 27 21 17 5 6 6 25 28 3 52
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 17 10 5 2 33 11 17 3 2 12 17 34 5 46
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 17 8 4 5 34 24 17 5 3 9 24 36 -2 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 12 9 13 54 61 17 8 4 5 33 27 17 4 5 8 21 34 -7 45
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 12 12 45 49 17 4 7 6 20 22 17 6 5 6 25 27 -4 42
12 VfL Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 17 7 3 7 25 21 17 5 3 9 18 33 -11 42
13 Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 17 8 4 5 21 17 17 4 2 11 17 35 -14 42
14 Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 17 7 4 6 25 26 17 3 4 10 14 30 -17 38
15 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 17 6 4 7 28 32 17 1 8 8 13 27 -18 33
16 Hertha BSC 34 9 6 19 37 71 17 6 3 8 24 33 17 3 3 11 13 38 -34 33
17 Arminia Bielefeld 34 5 13 16 27 53 17 2 10 5 15 23 17 3 3 11 12 30 -26 28
18 Greuther Furth 34 3 9 22 28 82 17 3 5 9 15 33 17 0 4 13 13 49 -54 18

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