A key match in Bundesliga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Union Berlin in 5th position and Bayer Leverkusen placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bayer Leverkusen has the most clean sheets (4) away in Bundesliga
The visiting Bayer Leverkusen played their last game only three days ago, a DFB Pokal match.
Union Berlin form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Union Berlin have to build on here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei in the Bundesliga.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that match, a win away at Werder Bremen.
The Berlin manager U. Fischer has got the team scoring with 19 from 8 home games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
The away team, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in Bundesliga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Bundesliga.
Leverkusen are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the DFB Pokal against Eintracht Frankfurt (placed 9th). Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Werder Bremen.
Goalkeeper Lukáš Hrádecký was absolutely vital in the Leverkusen victory against Eintracht Frankfurt, making six saves.
After this away game Leverkusen return home for a Bundesliga game against Borussia Dortmund. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The Leverkusen manager P. Bosz has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Union Berlin zero wins, zero draws and Bayer Leverkusen four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 8 goals |   M. Kruse 6 goals |  T. Awoniyi 5 goals |
Union Berlin missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| Union Berlin | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 30 |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 88% | 87% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 60% |
| 53% | 62% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 13% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 20% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 12% | 13% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.7 | 13 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 13.1 | 12.9 |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 45% | 42% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 37% | 40% |
- All of Union Berlin's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayer Leverkusen has the most clean sheets (4) away in Bundesliga
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayer Leverkusen have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Union Berlin have scored in all their matches so far.
- 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 | Bayern München | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 29 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 25 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 23 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Hoffenheim | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Köln | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -14 | 11 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 26 | -27 | 7 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 6 |
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