Union Berlin vs Wolfsburg match preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion An der Alten Försterei (22012 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Union Berlin in 10th and Wolfsburg in 7th place.

Union Berlin and Wolfsburg 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.

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Union Berlin form and stats

Union Berlin have collected 18 points from their Bundesliga home games so far after 6-0-5.

A strong away win for Union Berlin against Eintracht Frankfurt the last match, as Sebastian Andersson were on target. Before that game, the home loss against Bayer Leverkusen with the scoreline 2-3.

Union Berlin are traveling soon after this match as the DFB Pokal match at Bayer Leverkusen awaits in three days.

The Union Berlin fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. Union Berlin's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wolfsburg form and stats

5-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Wolfsburg in their Bundesliga matches away. Momentum is building for Wolfsburg in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Impressive finishing from Josip Brekalo, Yannick Gerhardt and Renato Steffen (2) secured the home win 4-0 against Mainz 05 in their previous game. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Malmö FF in the Europa League.

As you can tell from the results above, Wolfsburg was very dominant against Mainz 05, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Josip Brekalo, Yannick Gerhardt and Renato Steffen (2) providing the goals.

Wolfsburg have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Wolfsburg have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Wolfsburg - Union Berlin 1-0, played this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: one win for Union Berlin, zero draws and two wins for Wolfsburg. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

WolfsburgW. Weghorst
W. Weghorst
10 goals
Union BerlinS. Andersson
S. Andersson
9 goals
Union Berlin
M. Bülter
7 goals

Union Berlin missing players

Wolfsburg missing players

Union Berlin Wolfsburg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
9 6 2 Won W 2 5 9
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 7
12 5 2 Lost L 1 4 7
29 16 5 Scored S 5 16 32
36 14 4 Conceded C 3 15 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
91% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 83%
52% 45% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 43%
26% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 22%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 13%
52% 36% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 57%
26% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 26%
22% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 22%
 
3.9 4.2 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 5.4
5.2 4.4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.3
2.2 1.7 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
289 155 57 Total Shots T S 33 129 321
98 55 17 Shots on Target S O 11 51 114
30% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 31% 28%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Union Berlin has the fewest points from losing position (1)
  • Union Berlin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wolfsburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wolfsburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wolfsburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 23 15 4 4 65 26 12 8 2 2 36 11 11 7 2 2 29 15 39 49
2 RB Leipzig 23 14 6 3 61 25 11 7 3 1 31 12 12 7 3 2 30 13 36 48
3 Borussia Dortmund 23 13 6 4 65 32 11 8 3 0 40 10 12 5 3 4 25 22 33 45
4 Borussia M'gladbach 22 13 4 5 43 25 11 8 2 1 27 13 11 5 2 4 16 12 18 43
5 Bayer Leverkusen 23 13 4 6 40 29 12 6 4 2 21 13 11 7 0 4 19 16 11 43
6 Schalke 04 23 9 9 5 32 32 12 5 5 2 17 17 11 4 4 3 15 15 0 36
7 Wolfsburg 23 9 7 7 32 28 12 4 5 3 16 13 11 5 2 4 16 15 4 34
8 Hoffenheim 23 10 4 9 34 36 12 5 1 6 19 25 11 5 3 3 15 11 -2 34
9 Freiburg 23 9 6 8 31 33 11 5 2 4 13 13 12 4 4 4 18 20 -2 33
10 Union Berlin 23 9 2 12 29 36 11 6 0 5 16 14 12 3 2 7 13 22 -7 29
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 23 8 4 11 38 37 12 6 3 3 27 16 11 2 1 8 11 21 1 28
12 Augsburg 23 7 6 10 34 47 11 5 3 3 22 18 12 2 3 7 12 29 -13 27
13 Köln 22 8 2 12 33 42 11 5 1 5 17 16 11 3 1 7 16 26 -9 26
14 Hertha BSC 23 7 5 11 27 43 12 3 2 7 12 26 11 4 3 4 15 17 -16 26
15 Mainz 05 23 7 1 15 31 52 11 3 1 7 12 20 12 4 0 8 19 32 -21 22
16 Fortuna Dusseldorf 23 5 5 13 23 46 11 3 2 6 10 20 12 2 3 7 13 26 -23 20
17 Werder Bremen 23 4 5 14 25 53 11 1 2 8 8 26 12 3 3 6 17 27 -28 17
18 Paderborn 23 4 4 15 29 50 12 2 1 9 16 29 11 2 3 6 13 21 -21 16

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The Bundesliga is the top league of the football pyramid in Germany. It is the football league with the highest average stadium attendance worldwide. Bundesliga has 18 teams who play from August to May, a total of 306 fixtures to decide a final league table and the German championship.