Union Berlin will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 25 points behind Bayern Munchen.
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.
Union Berlin form and stats
The story so far in the Bundesliga for Union Berlin at their home stadium (Stadion An der Alten Försterei) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Union Berlin are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Freiburg. Prior to that, an away loss at Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB Pokal.
A decent goal production from Union Berlin in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. On the other hand, Union Berlin have conceded 16 goals.
Bayern München form and stats
Bayern München, who have the most scored goals (73) in Bundesliga, have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 8-2-2 from 12 games. Things are running smoothly for Bayern München who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Borussia M'gladbach. A great winning streak in away games for Bayern München as they have managed to win five matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Borussia M'gladbach have they travelled home without three points.
195 minutes! That's how long the Bayern München goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Bayern München go into this game after a win, the home game against Augsburg that ended 2-0. Preceding that game was the away DFB Pokal victory against Schalke 04 with the score of 1-0.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Bayern München given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 21 matches with 18 wins as expected, three draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won eleven of these games by at least two goals.
A new game in only four days for Bayern München, the Champions League home match versus Chelsea. Busy days.
Bayern München create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 35 goals in 12 travels. As opposed to that, Bayern München have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Bayern München - Union Berlin 2-1 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 25 goals |   S. Andersson 11 goals |  S. Gnabry 11 goals |
Union Berlin missing players
Bayern München missing players
| Union Berlin | Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | 18 | 7 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | 73 |
| 41 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 56% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 92% | 84% |
| 32% | 33% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 64% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 33% | 32% |
| 56% | 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 67% | 60% |
| 24% | 42% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.2 | 7.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 308 | 160 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 84 | 216 | 480 |
| 104 | 57 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 83 | 188 |
| 31% | 32% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 42% | 39% |
- All of Bayern München's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bayern München has the most points (26) away
- Bayern München has the most scored goals (35) away
- Bayern München has the most scored goals (73)
- Bayern München has the most scored goals in the first half (31)
- Bayern München has the the best goal difference (+20) away
- Bayern München has the the best goal difference (+47)
- Bayern München have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bayern München have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Bayern München have scored more than double the goals of Union Berlin.
- Bayern München have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Bayern München have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Bayern München is in the best form (5-1-0)
- 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 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 50 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 47 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -8 | 35 |
| 10 | Köln | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -16 | 28 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -19 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -23 | 22 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 29 | -28 | 18 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 16 |