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Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Betting tips
Union Berlin is celebrating a wonderful anniversary on Friday. The Köpenicker are playing their 50th Bundesliga game. The way Urs Fischer’s team performs this season, however, you might think that the capitals have been represented in the German upper house for ages. The Bayer Leverkusen team is expected at the Alte Försterei for the anniversary.
It promises to be an intense game, because after Arminia Bielefeld Union and Leverkusen have the best-running teams in the league. It is also conceivable that fast goals will be scored, because the two opponents are the quick starters in the league. The Köpenicker have already scored eight times in the opening quarter of an hour, Leverkusen is directly behind in this classification with seven goals.
A look at the Bundesliga table shows that it is a top game. The Werkself are in third place two game days before the end of the first half of the season and can still dream of the autumn championship. The Berliners are sensationally fifth. Based on the ranking, no clear prediction of the outcome of the game can be made in the duel between Union Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen.
Union Berlin :
Union Berlin is very stable this season and is not afraid of big names. The Köpenicker have not lost a single match in the current season against a team from the upper half of the table, neither against Bayern, nor against Dortmund or any other top team in the Bundesliga.
In general, the Eiserne only got two defeats, against Augsburg and in the derby against Hertha. Overall, the Berliners have been unbeaten in five games in the upper house. The statistics therefore do not indicate that it could make sense to take a closer look at the odds of an away win in the Union Berlin match against Leverkusen.
Last weekend, Urs Fischer’s team had to accept a point loss at home in the 2-2 draw against VfL Wolfsburg. Union has left two important points unnecessarily.
On Friday, Urs Fischer could fall back on the services of the unlocked Prömel. Otherwise, there are still some Berliners on the Bundesliga injured list. Kruse, Pohjanpalo and Ujah will definitely be missing. However, there is hope at Gentner and Schlotterbeck.
Leverkusen :
Bayer Leverkusen is facing the weeks of truth. The program with Union Berlin, Dortmund, Wolfsburg and Leipzig has it all. The next few games will have to show whether the Werkself are capable of attacking at the top. Things didn’t go really well for the Rhinelander in the last Bundesliga games. Peter Bosz’s team lost some ground there.
In the past three league games it was only enough for one point. A draw and two defeats are poor results for an ambitious club. The Alte Försterei would be just the right place to get back on track. Although the odds comparison of the betting base says otherwise, the last few weeks before the game between Union Berlin and Leverkusen do not speak in favor of a prediction of a guest victory.
During the week, however, there was a collective sigh of relief at the Werkself. In the catch-up game in the second round of the DFB Cup, there was a clear 4-1 win over Frankfurt. However, the result was one or two goals too high because Bayer 04 also benefited from dubious decisions by the referee. Alario, Tapsoba and Diaby (2) were the Leverkusen goal scorers in the end.
In terms of personnel, Bayer 04 are still on the gums. After all, Aranguiz has already made his comeback in the cup. However, Arias, Paulinho, Mitchell Weiser, Bellarabi, Palacios and Bender are still missing numerous players who can be described as regular players. Nevertheless, there will probably be rotation-related changes at the Werkself compared to Tuesday.
Union Berlin vs Bayer Leverkusen head to head matches
04.03.20 POK Bayer Leverkusen Union Berlin 3 : 1
15.02.20 BUN Union Berlin Bayer Leverkusen 2 : 3
21.09.19 BUN Bayer Leverkusen Union Berlin 2 : 0
24.10.17 POK Bayer Leverkusen Union Berlin 4 : 1
29.10.03 POK Union Berlin Bayer Leverkusen 0 : 5