Union Berlin vs. Borussia Dortmund Match preview
Union Berlin takes on Borussia Dortmund in their next Bundesliga match at Stadion An der Alten Forsterei on Friday night.
The visitors registered a 2-1 win against Werder Bremen on Tuesday; while Union Berlin, earned a hard-fought 2-2 draw at Stuttgart having missed the service of their injured top goalscorer Max Kruse.
Match Facts
- Union Berlin has won four times, drawn five times, and lost once in their last ten matches in all competitions this season.
- The Eiserne have registered just one clean-sheet in the last ten matches in all competitions this season.
- Borussia Dortmund registered two clean-sheets in the last ten matches in all competitions in this season.
- The BVB has featured in 12 Bundesliga matches, won seven times, drawn once and lost four times in this season.
- Union Berlin has registered two home wins in the last five games in all competitions this season.
- Borussia Dortmund has registered four away wins in the five in all competition matches this season.
Union Berlin vs. Borussia Dortmund Head to Head
Union Berlin won 3-1 against the BVB back in 2019, the only victory in the last five encounters. Previous encounter Dortmund thrashed Eiserne 5-0.
Union Berlin Team News
Union Berlin will continue to miss the services of Kruse until the New Year, with the forward confirming he had torn a muscle bundle and is likely to be sidelined up to eight weeks.
Joel Pohjanpalo and Anthony Ujah are on the sidelines nursing ankle and knee injuries respectively, with Robert Andrich serving the last of his three-match ban.
Borussia Dortmund Team News
Erling Braut Haaland is out with a hamstring problem, while Thomas Delaney, Thomas Meunier, and Marcel Schmelzer are also all missing the trip to Berlin with injuries.
Youssoufa Moukoko may receive another startup after he led the squad in Bremen in Haaland’s absence.
Union Berlin vs. Borussia Dortmund Prediction
Even without the services of their top scorer Kruse, Berlin has been performing well.
if they take an early lead once again before increasingly sitting on it and being pegged back.
Borussia on the other hand, they have been winning against their counterpart.
Our topbets pundit is predicting a home win and Betway is backing the results with 1.78 odds while 1XBet is giving 1.805 Odds.
Goals – Over 2.5
These two teams have occasionally produced more than two goals in their previous encounters; therefore chances of scoring more than two goals are likely to be recorded.
We expect more goals to be registered in this match therefore over 2.5 markets ascertained by our pundits
Betway are backing the goals with 1.70 while 1XBet is placing odds at 1.768.
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