Union Berlin will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Bayer Leverkusen.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Union Berlin form and stats
Union Berlin have collected 18 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 6-0-4.
A strong away win for Union Berlin against Werder Bremen the last match, as Marius Bülter (2) were on target. A strong away win before that one, visiting Verl and winning 1-0.
The Union Berlin fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Union Berlin have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
6 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Bayer Leverkusen playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
Bayer Leverkusen won their last game, 4-3 versus Borussia Dortmund played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Stuttgart.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Bayer Leverkusen, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Bayer Leverkusen has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 10 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Bayer Leverkusen in these games.
Head 2 Head
Union Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen have met before this season: Bayer Leverkusen - Union Berlin 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Union Berlin zero wins, zero draws and Bayer Leverkusen two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Volland 9 goals |   S. Andersson 8 goals |  M. Bülter 6 goals |
Union Berlin missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| Union Berlin | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 | 14 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 35 |
| 32 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 90% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 86% |
| 48% | 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 70% | 62% |
| 24% | 20% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 29% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 48% | 30% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | 52% |
| 29% | 50% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 29% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 30% | 24% |
| 3.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.8 | 6.5 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 256 | 133 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 132 | 340 |
| 85 | 48 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 57 | 124 |
| 29% | 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 28% | 28% |
- Bayer Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayer Leverkusen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bayer Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Union Berlin has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- 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 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 35 | 43 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 42 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 39 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 33 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 28 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Köln | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -11 | 23 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -23 | 17 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -19 | 16 |
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