The RB Leipzig & FC Union Berlin managers Tedesco and Fischer are both anxious about and feeling excited about this vital match in the higher area of the Bundesliga table.
- RB Leipzig have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Bundesliga
- FC Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leipzig and FC Union Berlin.
RB Leipzig form and stats
32 points is a decent return from 15 Bundesliga games here at Red Bull Arena for RB Leipzig. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
The RB Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 186 minutes without conceding a goal in the Bundesliga.
RB Leipzig's previous fixture was a DFB Pokal game also played at their own arena, ending 2-1 versus FC Union Berlin. The home side are looking to repeat that performance. Midfield player Henrichs got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Henrichs served one assist and hit three key passes.
In the game before, an away victory in the Bundesliga match versus Bayer Leverkusen with a 1-0 scoreline.Leipzig are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Red Bull Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 38 goals in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, FC Union Berlin have produced an overall stat of 4-4-7 so far.
Two away matches in a row for FC Union Berlin, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against RB Leipzig in the DFB Pokal. Attacker Becker got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Becker scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, FC Union Berlin secured a home win against Eintracht Frankfurt with the score 2-0.Berlin find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, FC Union Berlin have conceded 25 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the participants met earlier this campaign; FC Union Berlin - Leipzig 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): RB Leipzig six wins, one draw and FC Union Berlin three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Nkunku 17 goals |   T. Awoniyi 13 goals |  A. Valente Silva 10 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
FC Union Berlin missing players
| RB Leipzig | FC Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 16 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 65 | 38 | 5 | Scored | S | 4 | 19 | 40 |
| 31 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | 39 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 83% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 73% |
| 53% | 73% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 53% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 13% | 10% |
| 57% | 53% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 53% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 27% |
| 17% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 27% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 |
| 3.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 14.7 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.3 | 12 |
| 5.4 | 6.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 40% | 40% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 28% | 30% |
| 10.4 | 7.6 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 12.4 | 12.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- FC Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- FC Union Berlin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- RB Leipzig have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- RB Leipzig have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- RB Leipzig have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Bundesliga
- RB Leipzig have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Bundesliga
| 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 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 89 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 17 | 60 | 72 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 76 | 43 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 33 | 63 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 34 | 54 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 25 | 52 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 51 |
| 6 | FC Union Berlin | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | Köln | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 46 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 5 | 45 |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 39 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | -2 | 39 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -13 | 37 |
| 12 | Bochum | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -13 | 36 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 32 | -17 | 34 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -13 | 32 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 35 | -34 | 29 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -17 | 28 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -23 | 26 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 46 | -48 | 17 |
