Union Berlin favourites for feisty fight facing Köln

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion An der Alten Försterei (22012 seats)

With their 13 point advantage in the league table, Union Berlin fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Köln.

Insights:
  • Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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.

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Union Berlin form and stats

4 victories, 7 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Union Berlin have to build on here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei in the Bundesliga. In general it's been a long time since Union Berlin tasted defeat here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league.

Berlin travelled for their previous game, a trip to Arminia Bielefeld that ended 0-0. Before that, Berlin drew at home versus Hoffenheim.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Berlin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won four times, drawn zero and lost one.

Berlin have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei with 22 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Berlin's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Köln form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Köln playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. Köln seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Köln's last game was the home draw against Werder Bremen (1-1). Preceding that game, the 1-5 loss visiting Bayern München's place.

The draw against Werder Bremen came from a losing position. The Köln manager M. Gisdol brought on Jonas Hector as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Köln are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and four defeats. From a total of six matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Köln as they have only managed to score 10 times from 12 away games in the league. Köln's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Köln - Berlin 1-2 played earlier this season. Last nine meetings between the teams: Union Berlin won five, Köln won three and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BerlinM. Kruse
M. Kruse
7 goals
Union BerlinT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
5 goals
KölnE. Rexhbecaj
E. Rexhbecaj
5 goals

Union Berlin missing players

Köln missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Union Berlin Köln
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 5 12 24
8 4 2 Won W 1 4 5
11 7 1 Drew D 2 3 7
5 1 1 Lost L 2 5 12
36 22 10 Scored S 4 10 22
26 13 3 Conceded C 11 21 42
92% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
75% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
46% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 54%
33% 42% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 29%
8% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 12%
62% 67% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 58%
29% 33% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 12%
17% 8% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 42% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.5 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 12.1 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.5 9.1
3.9 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.6 2.7
39% 40% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 34%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Köln have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Union Berlin have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Köln have scored away.

  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 24 17 4 3 71 34 12 9 3 0 46 18 12 8 1 3 25 16 37 55
2 RB Leipzig 24 16 5 3 46 20 12 10 1 1 24 9 12 6 4 2 22 11 26 53
3 Wolfsburg 24 12 9 3 38 21 11 7 4 0 19 8 13 5 5 3 19 13 17 45
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 11 10 3 47 33 12 6 6 0 22 13 12 5 4 3 25 20 14 43
5 Bayer Leverkusen 24 11 7 6 42 26 12 5 4 3 24 17 12 6 3 3 18 9 16 40
6 Borussia Dortmund 24 12 3 9 50 35 11 6 2 3 25 14 13 6 1 6 25 21 15 39
7 Union Berlin 24 8 11 5 36 26 12 4 7 1 22 13 12 4 4 4 14 13 10 35
8 Freiburg 24 9 7 8 37 38 13 5 4 4 24 20 11 4 3 4 13 18 -1 34
9 Stuttgart 24 8 9 7 45 37 11 2 6 3 19 17 13 6 3 4 26 20 8 33
10 Borussia M'gladbach 24 8 9 7 40 37 13 5 4 4 20 16 11 3 5 3 20 21 3 33
11 Hoffenheim 24 8 6 10 39 41 12 5 2 5 22 17 12 3 4 5 17 24 -2 30
12 Werder Bremen 23 6 9 8 27 33 11 3 4 4 11 14 12 3 5 4 16 19 -6 27
13 Augsburg 24 7 5 12 24 37 12 3 3 6 12 20 12 4 2 6 12 17 -13 26
14 Köln 24 5 7 12 22 42 12 1 4 7 12 21 12 4 3 5 10 21 -20 22
15 Hertha BSC 24 5 6 13 28 43 12 3 2 7 13 24 12 2 4 6 15 19 -15 21
16 Arminia Bielefeld 23 5 4 14 18 41 12 4 1 7 10 19 11 1 3 7 8 22 -23 19
17 Mainz 05 24 4 6 14 23 44 12 2 2 8 10 20 12 2 4 6 13 24 -21 18
18 Schalke 04 24 1 7 16 16 61 13 1 3 9 8 26 11 0 4 7 8 35 -45 10

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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 Bayern München 24 17 4 3 71 34 12 9 3 0 46 18 12 8 1 3 25 16 37 55
2 RB Leipzig 24 16 5 3 46 20 12 10 1 1 24 9 12 6 4 2 22 11 26 53
3 Wolfsburg 24 12 9 3 38 21 11 7 4 0 19 8 13 5 5 3 19 13 17 45
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 11 10 3 47 33 12 6 6 0 22 13 12 5 4 3 25 20 14 43
5 Bayer Leverkusen 24 11 7 6 42 26 12 5 4 3 24 17 12 6 3 3 18 9 16 40
6 Borussia Dortmund 24 12 3 9 50 35 11 6 2 3 25 14 13 6 1 6 25 21 15 39
7 Union Berlin 24 8 11 5 36 26 12 4 7 1 22 13 12 4 4 4 14 13 10 35
8 Freiburg 24 9 7 8 37 38 13 5 4 4 24 20 11 4 3 4 13 18 -1 34
9 Stuttgart 24 8 9 7 45 37 11 2 6 3 19 17 13 6 3 4 26 20 8 33
10 Borussia M'gladbach 24 8 9 7 40 37 13 5 4 4 20 16 11 3 5 3 20 21 3 33
11 Hoffenheim 24 8 6 10 39 41 12 5 2 5 22 17 12 3 4 5 17 24 -2 30
12 Werder Bremen 23 6 9 8 27 33 11 3 4 4 11 14 12 3 5 4 16 19 -6 27
13 Augsburg 24 7 5 12 24 37 12 3 3 6 12 20 12 4 2 6 12 17 -13 26
14 Köln 24 5 7 12 22 42 12 1 4 7 12 21 12 4 3 5 10 21 -20 22
15 Hertha BSC 24 5 6 13 28 43 12 3 2 7 13 24 12 2 4 6 15 19 -15 21
16 Arminia Bielefeld 23 5 4 14 18 41 12 4 1 7 10 19 11 1 3 7 8 22 -23 19
17 Mainz 05 24 4 6 14 23 44 12 2 2 8 10 20 12 2 4 6 13 24 -21 18
18 Schalke 04 24 1 7 16 16 61 13 1 3 9 8 26 11 0 4 7 8 35 -45 10

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