This might well be yet another engaging clash at Stadion An der Alten Försterei in the Bundesliga. FC Union Berlin is in 5th position and host RB Leipzig in 11th spot. Read about the game here!
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.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
The hosts won their first Bundesliga game here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei, lifting spirits. Home statistics for FC Union Berlin last season were 10 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from 17 games.
An away draw last time out for Berlin, facing FSV Mainz 05 in a game that ended 0-0. The goalie Rønnow was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.74 out of ten. Rønnow topped it up with a clean sheet.
FC Union Berlin has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
RB Leipzig form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Bundesliga away game of the season. During their previous season 17 away games resulted in 6 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
RB Leipzig delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Köln (placed 4th) in their previous fixture. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Nkunku and that is quite the accomplishment! Attacker Nkunku got a player rating of 8.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Nkunku scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that, RB Leipzig travelled to Stuttgart and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, RB Leipzig has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Berlin-RB Leipzig H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: FC Union Berlin three wins, RB Leipzig six wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  C. Nkunku 2 goals |   R. Knoche 1 goals |  S. Becker 1 goals |
FC Union Berlin missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| FC Union Berlin | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 9 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 20 | 16 |
| 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| FC Union Berlin | Last season | RB Leipzig | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 50 | 25 | Scored | S | 29 | 72 | ||
| 44 | 17 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 76% | 76% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 85% | ||
| 53% | 41% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 35% | 56% | ||
| 29% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 41% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 24% | 26% | ||
| 59% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 59% | ||
| 24% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 29% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 15% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 39% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Borussia M'gladbach | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Köln | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | FC Union Berlin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | FSV Mainz 05 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Freiburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | FC Augsburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | RB Leipzig | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Stuttgart | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Bochum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 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 | 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 | FSV 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 | FC 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 |
