Union Berlin vs RB Leipzig Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Union Berlin versus RB Leipzig is a tough game to call, with both sides showing frailties.

The home side have won just one of their last five matches, while losing the other four games, while RB Leipzig have won just four of their last 10 games away from home, conceding 18 goals, while Union Berlin have suffered just two home defeats in this season’s Bundesliga campaign.

In their last five meetings, RB Leipzig are unbeaten in their last three head-to-head matches against Union Berlin, having drawn 0-0 back in September after 2-0 and 3-0 victories over the home side. Due to their positive record head-to-head record and Union’s dismal run of form, we predict a slender win for the visitors.

Prediction: Union Berlin 1-2 RB Leipzig

14th-place Union Berlin hosts fifth-place RB Leipzig at Stadion An der Alten Försterei in the Bundesliga, in a game where both teams will be desperate to claim all three points having had disappointing campaigns thus far.

Date: 01/02/2025

Location: Stadion An der Alten Försterei

Time: 5:30pm

Union Berlin survived the relegation play-out on goal difference last season and sit just six points clear of 16th-place Heidenheim having accumulated 20 points from 19 matches, having won five, drawn five and suffered nine defeats.

The home side will be frustrated with their points tally, having earned 15 points from their first eight league matches. As far as the DFB Pokal goes, Union suffered an embarrassing Second Round loss to Arminia Bielefeld (2-0) after scraping a narrow 1-0 win over Greifswalder.

On the other hand, RB Leipzig are 16 points off top of the table Bayern Munich and only behind fourth-place Stuttgart on goal difference as both sides sit on 32 points from 19 matches.

Leipzig will be frustrated with their current position in the league table, as they won six and drew two of their first eight matches, beating the likes of Bochum (1-0), Bayer Leverkusen (3-2), Augsburg (4-0), Heidenheim (1-0), Mainz (2-0) and Freiburg (3-1). Since that run of results, Marco Rose’s men have earned just 12 points from their last 11 matches.

In the cups, Leipzig are going strong in the DFB Pokal as they’re in the quarter-finals of that competition where they’ll play Wolfsburg on 26th February, after knocking out Eintracht Frankfurt (3-0), FC St. Pauli (4-2) and Rot-Weiss Essen (4-1).

The visitors had a dismal Champions League campaign, as they won just one of their eight matches, beating Sporting Lisbon (2-1) on matchday seven - all of their other seven Group Stage matches resulted in defeats to Atlético Madrid (2-1), Juventus (3-2), Liverpool (1-0), Celtic (3-1), Inter Milan (1-0), Aston Villa (3-2) and Sturm Graz (1-0).

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Union Berlin

Steffen Baumgart’s side have three injury absences for this match, as goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow and attacking duo Andrej Illic and Ivan Prtajin will all miss Saturday night’s clash against RB Leipzig.

RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig will be without the likes of Benjamin Henrichs, Kevin Kampl, Assan Ouedraogo, Xaver Schlager and Andre Silva due to injury this weekend.

Union Berlin

Union Berlin are in dismal form, as they have won one and lost four of their last five matches, with their sole victory coming on 19th January against Mainz via a 2-1 scoreline as Benedict Hollerbach and Robert Skov both got on the scoresheet on either side of a fifth-minute penalty from Nadiem Amiri.

The host's defeats have came at the hands of St. Pauli (3-0), Augsburg (2-0), Heidenheim (2-0) and Werder Bremen (4-1).

RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig finished their dismal Champions League campaign off in a mixed fashion, as prior to their 1-0 loss away at Strum Graz, they managed a 2-1 home win against Sporting Lisbon thanks to goals from Benjamin Sesko and Yussuf Poulsen on either side of a strike by Viktor Gyokeres.

As far as their recent last matches have gone, Leipzig drew 2-2 at home to title-chasing Bayer Leverkusen last weekend in a game that they actually fell 2-0 behind in following goals from Patrik Schick and Aleix Garcia, however, a David Raum strike just before half time saw then half the deficit before Edmond Tapsoba put the ball into his own goal with just six minutes to go. In the run-up to that match, Leipzig had drawn 3-3 at Bochum after a 2-1 loss to Stuttgart.

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