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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 22.May
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion An der Alten Försterei (22012 seats)

RB Leipzig travel to Union Berlin and Stadion An der Alten Försterei packed with optimism, but the home team are no pushover. More news on the game here!

Insights:
  • Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • RB Leipzig have the fewest conceded goals (30) in Bundesliga

Union Berlin and RB Leipzig should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Berlin can neither be promoted or relegated from Bundesliga. Leipzig are staying put at 2nd place whatever happens for the rest of the season.

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Union Berlin form and stats

7-8-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Union Berlin so far this season. In general it's been a long time since Berlin tasted defeat here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei, as they have taken at least one point from their last 15 home games in the league.

The home team returns to Stadion An der Alten Försterei after being equal after 90 minutes with Bayer Leverkusen (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Bundesliga game ended 1-1. Attacking player Max Kruse bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.71 out of 10. Kruse hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 5 times. The hometeam coach U. Fischer made a successful contribution in the game against Bayer Leverkusen, bringing on Joel Pohjanpalo who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wolfsburg (0-3).

Berlin have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei with 30 goals in 16 league matches. On the other hand, Berlin have conceded 17 goals.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, RB Leipzig, who have the fewest conceded goals (30) in Bundesliga, have produced an overall stat of 8-4-4 so far. Leipzig has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Leipzig's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wolfsburg that finished 2-2. Marcel Sabitzer got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Sabitzer scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Leipzig's duel with Wolfsburg. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Marcel Sabitzer found the equalizer.

A 1-4 loss hosting Borussia Dortmund before that.

The travelling fans enjoy RB Leipzig's attacking play in away games, having scored 30 goals in 16 league matches away. Leipzig have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Union Berlin and RB Leipzig have met before this season: RB Leipzig - Union Berlin 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Berlin won one game, one match ended with a draw and RB Leipzig has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / two

Top Goalscorers

BerlinM. Kruse
M. Kruse
10 goals
RB LeipzigM. Sabitzer
M. Sabitzer
8 goals
RB LeipzigE. Forsberg
E. Forsberg
7 goals

Union Berlin missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Union Berlin RB Leipzig
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
11 7 2 Won W 4 8 19
14 8 3 Drew D 0 4 8
8 1 0 Lost L 1 4 6
48 30 9 Scored S 7 30 59
42 17 7 Conceded C 1 17 30
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 88% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 75% 73%
48% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 56% 55%
30% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 30%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 15%
67% 75% 80% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 48%
21% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 80% 44% 45%
18% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 6% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.7 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 12.4 11.6 Shots (avg) S ( 13.8 13.7 15.5
3.9 4.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 5.3 5.5
37% 40% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 35% 32%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • RB Leipzig have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • RB Leipzig have the fewest conceded goals (30) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have the most clean sheets (15) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 33 23 6 4 94 42 16 12 4 0 59 19 17 11 2 4 35 23 52 75
2 RB Leipzig 33 19 8 6 59 30 17 11 4 2 29 13 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 33 19 4 10 72 45 16 10 2 4 37 19 17 9 2 6 35 26 27 61
4 Wolfsburg 33 17 10 6 59 34 16 10 4 2 30 13 17 7 6 4 29 21 25 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 15 12 6 66 52 16 9 7 0 34 19 17 6 5 6 32 33 14 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 33 14 10 9 52 36 17 8 5 4 34 22 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 52
7 Union Berlin 33 11 14 8 48 42 16 7 8 1 30 17 17 4 6 7 18 25 6 47
8 Borussia M'gladbach 33 12 10 11 60 54 17 8 4 5 32 19 16 4 6 6 28 35 6 46
9 Stuttgart 33 12 9 12 56 53 16 5 6 5 27 24 17 7 3 7 29 29 3 45
10 Freiburg 33 12 9 12 51 49 17 7 6 4 33 23 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 45
11 Hoffenheim 33 10 10 13 50 53 16 7 3 6 30 23 17 3 7 7 20 30 -3 40
12 Augsburg 33 10 6 17 34 49 17 6 4 7 21 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -15 36
13 Mainz 05 33 9 9 15 36 54 17 4 4 9 16 26 16 5 5 6 20 28 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 33 8 11 14 40 50 17 5 5 7 21 26 16 3 6 7 19 24 -10 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 33 8 8 17 24 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 32
16 Werder Bremen 33 7 10 16 34 53 16 3 5 8 14 24 17 4 5 8 20 29 -19 31
17 Köln 33 7 9 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -27 30
18 Schalke 04 33 3 7 23 25 85 17 3 3 11 14 34 16 0 4 12 11 51 -60 16

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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 33 23 6 4 94 42 16 12 4 0 59 19 17 11 2 4 35 23 52 75
2 RB Leipzig 33 19 8 6 59 30 17 11 4 2 29 13 16 8 4 4 30 17 29 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 33 19 4 10 72 45 16 10 2 4 37 19 17 9 2 6 35 26 27 61
4 Wolfsburg 33 17 10 6 59 34 16 10 4 2 30 13 17 7 6 4 29 21 25 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 33 15 12 6 66 52 16 9 7 0 34 19 17 6 5 6 32 33 14 57
6 Bayer Leverkusen 33 14 10 9 52 36 17 8 5 4 34 22 16 6 5 5 18 14 16 52
7 Union Berlin 33 11 14 8 48 42 16 7 8 1 30 17 17 4 6 7 18 25 6 47
8 Borussia M'gladbach 33 12 10 11 60 54 17 8 4 5 32 19 16 4 6 6 28 35 6 46
9 Stuttgart 33 12 9 12 56 53 16 5 6 5 27 24 17 7 3 7 29 29 3 45
10 Freiburg 33 12 9 12 51 49 17 7 6 4 33 23 16 5 3 8 18 26 2 45
11 Hoffenheim 33 10 10 13 50 53 16 7 3 6 30 23 17 3 7 7 20 30 -3 40
12 Augsburg 33 10 6 17 34 49 17 6 4 7 21 25 16 4 2 10 13 24 -15 36
13 Mainz 05 33 9 9 15 36 54 17 4 4 9 16 26 16 5 5 6 20 28 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 33 8 11 14 40 50 17 5 5 7 21 26 16 3 6 7 19 24 -10 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 33 8 8 17 24 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 16 2 6 8 11 29 -28 32
16 Werder Bremen 33 7 10 16 34 53 16 3 5 8 14 24 17 4 5 8 20 29 -19 31
17 Köln 33 7 9 17 33 60 16 2 5 9 19 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -27 30
18 Schalke 04 33 3 7 23 25 85 17 3 3 11 14 34 16 0 4 12 11 51 -60 16

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