Football betting preview: FC Union Berlin favourites when Werder Bremen arrive

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion An der Alten Försterei (22012 seats)

FC Union Berlin are located at 4th, while Werder Bremen are hanging back 23 points behind in the standings. Will they trim the gap?

Insights:
  • FC Union Berlin have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Bundesliga
  • Werder Bremen have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Bundesliga

For Werder most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

FC Union Berlin and Werder Bremen 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

36 points is a decent return from 16 Bundesliga games here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei for FC Union Berlin. The data says 10 wins, 6 draws and 0 losses.

FC Union Berlin lost their last game at Hoffenheim (placed 13th) after a 2-4 scoreline. A goal frenzy last time out for FC Union Berlin, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Hoffenheim. Fun stuff to watch! Laïdouni (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Laïdouni scored one goal.

Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against SC Freiburg.

The Berlin fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 16 league matches. FC Union Berlin have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Werder Bremen form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats. Werder Bremen seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Werder Bremen delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against FC Köln (placed 10th) in their previous match. As mentioned above, Werder drew the match against FC Köln. Manager Werner brought on Schmid to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Ducksch, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.85. Ducksch served one assist and hit two key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against RB Leipzig wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Take note that 11 of this side's 12 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Werder Bremen's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 16 league matches away. For Werder Bremen, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Berlin have been victorious in all of the 4 latest battles versus this side. Can they do it again?

This is what happened when the teams faced each other previously this season; Werder Bremen - FC Union Berlin 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

Werder BremenN. Füllkrug
N. Füllkrug
16 goals
Werder BremenM. Ducksch
M. Ducksch
12 goals
FC Union BerlinS. Becker
S. Becker
11 goals

FC Union Berlin missing players

Werder Bremen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Union Berlin Werder Bremen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
17 10 4 Won W 1 5 10
8 6 1 Drew D 1 4 6
8 0 0 Lost L 3 7 17
50 29 8 Scored S 6 25 51
38 11 2 Conceded C 13 35 63
88% 81% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 81% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 94%
52% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 69% 70%
24% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 44% 33%
15% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 25% 21%
52% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 75% 73%
36% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
24% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 12% 15%
 
4.5 4.7 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.7 3.3
4.8 5.5 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.3 5.3
1.9 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.1 12.3 13.6 Shots (avg) S ( 11.6 10.9 11.4
3.4 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 4.3
44% 48% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 42% 36%
 
11.4 11.3 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16.6 14.5
4.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.2 6.9 5.8
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Werder Bremen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Union Berlin have not yet lost a game at home.
  • FC Union Berlin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Union Berlin have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in Bundesliga
  • FC Union Berlin have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Bundesliga
  • Werder Bremen have the most matches over the total-line (23) in Bundesliga
  • Werder Bremen 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 FC Bayern München 33 20 8 5 90 37 17 11 5 1 53 17 16 9 3 4 37 20 53 68
2 Borussia Dortmund 32 21 4 7 78 42 16 14 1 1 53 15 16 7 3 6 25 27 36 67
3 RB Leipzig 33 19 6 8 60 39 16 12 2 2 34 16 17 7 4 6 26 23 21 63
4 FC Union Berlin 33 17 8 8 50 38 16 10 6 0 29 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 12 59
5 SC Freiburg 33 17 8 8 50 42 17 10 4 3 28 13 16 7 4 5 22 29 8 59
6 Bayer Leverkusen 32 14 7 11 55 44 16 8 2 6 33 21 16 6 5 5 22 23 11 49
7 VfL Wolfsburg 33 13 10 10 56 46 16 6 7 3 33 23 17 7 3 7 23 23 10 49
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 12 11 10 56 51 16 8 5 3 33 17 17 4 6 7 23 34 5 47
9 Mainz 05 32 12 9 11 51 49 16 6 6 4 30 21 16 6 3 7 21 28 2 45
10 FC Köln 33 10 12 11 48 52 16 6 5 5 27 18 17 4 7 6 21 34 -4 42
11 Borussia M'gladbach 32 10 9 13 48 53 16 9 3 4 31 18 16 1 6 9 17 35 -5 39
12 Werder Bremen 33 10 6 17 51 63 17 5 2 10 26 28 16 5 4 7 25 35 -12 36
13 Hoffenheim 33 10 5 18 47 56 17 7 2 8 28 29 16 3 3 10 19 27 -9 35
14 Augsburg 32 9 7 16 42 58 16 6 4 6 16 21 16 3 3 10 26 37 -16 34
15 Bochum 33 9 5 19 37 72 16 7 2 7 25 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -35 32
16 Schalke 04 33 7 10 16 33 67 17 5 5 7 23 36 16 2 5 9 10 31 -34 31
17 Stuttgart 32 6 11 15 40 55 16 5 5 6 22 21 16 1 6 9 18 34 -15 29
18 Hertha BSC 33 6 8 19 40 68 17 5 6 6 24 27 16 1 2 13 16 41 -28 26

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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 FC Bayern München 33 20 8 5 90 37 17 11 5 1 53 17 16 9 3 4 37 20 53 68
2 Borussia Dortmund 32 21 4 7 78 42 16 14 1 1 53 15 16 7 3 6 25 27 36 67
3 RB Leipzig 33 19 6 8 60 39 16 12 2 2 34 16 17 7 4 6 26 23 21 63
4 FC Union Berlin 33 17 8 8 50 38 16 10 6 0 29 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 12 59
5 SC Freiburg 33 17 8 8 50 42 17 10 4 3 28 13 16 7 4 5 22 29 8 59
6 Bayer Leverkusen 32 14 7 11 55 44 16 8 2 6 33 21 16 6 5 5 22 23 11 49
7 VfL Wolfsburg 33 13 10 10 56 46 16 6 7 3 33 23 17 7 3 7 23 23 10 49
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 12 11 10 56 51 16 8 5 3 33 17 17 4 6 7 23 34 5 47
9 Mainz 05 32 12 9 11 51 49 16 6 6 4 30 21 16 6 3 7 21 28 2 45
10 FC Köln 33 10 12 11 48 52 16 6 5 5 27 18 17 4 7 6 21 34 -4 42
11 Borussia M'gladbach 32 10 9 13 48 53 16 9 3 4 31 18 16 1 6 9 17 35 -5 39
12 Werder Bremen 33 10 6 17 51 63 17 5 2 10 26 28 16 5 4 7 25 35 -12 36
13 Hoffenheim 33 10 5 18 47 56 17 7 2 8 28 29 16 3 3 10 19 27 -9 35
14 Augsburg 32 9 7 16 42 58 16 6 4 6 16 21 16 3 3 10 26 37 -16 34
15 Bochum 33 9 5 19 37 72 16 7 2 7 25 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -35 32
16 Schalke 04 33 7 10 16 33 67 17 5 5 7 23 36 16 2 5 9 10 31 -34 31
17 Stuttgart 32 6 11 15 40 55 16 5 5 6 22 21 16 1 6 9 18 34 -15 29
18 Hertha BSC 33 6 8 19 40 68 17 5 6 6 24 27 16 1 2 13 16 41 -28 26

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