BERLIN. FC Union Berlin was eventually too much to handle for VfB Stuttgart with the goal of S. Becker (51′), Kevin Behrens (65′) and Genki Haraguchi (68′ own). VfB Stuttgart was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei stadium in Berlin on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Florian Badstübner who was helped by Markus Schüller and Philipp Hüwe. The 4th official was Florian Heft. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

VfB Stuttgart had a strong ball possession 62% while FC Union Berlin was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

FC Union Berlin was putting more pressure with 40 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why FC Union Berlin won the match​.

FC Union Berlin shot 12 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, VfB Stuttgart shot 17 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

FC Union Berlin received 1 yellow card (Diogo Leite). Regarding the opposition, VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card (Genki Haraguchi).

Standings

After playing this match, FC Union Berlin will have 51 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, VfB Stuttgart will stay with 20 points to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Union Berlin will play away with Borussia Mönchengladbach on the 23rd of April with a 4-1 head to head statistic in favor of FC Union Berlin (2 draws).

VfB Stuttgart will play away agasint FC Augsburg on the 21st of April with a 9-9 head to head statistic.

FC Union Berlin – Formation

FC Union Berlin started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Urs Fischer decided to play with the following team: Lennart Grill (8.1), Danilho Doekhi (7.0), Robin Knoche (7.0), Diogo Leite (7.0), Christopher Trimmel (7.6), Aissa Laïdouni (6.8), Rani Khedira (6.6), Janik Haberer (7.1), Jérôme Roussillon (8.4), Kevin Behrens (8.4) and Sheraldo Becker (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Sven Michel, Miloš Pantović, Niko Giesselmann (6.5), Jamie Leweling (6.4), Jordan Siebatcheu (6.6), Josip Juranović, Morten Thorsby (6.8), Jakob Busk and Paul Jaeckel.

Substitutions

FC Union Berlin made 5 changes: Aïssa Laïdouni for Morten Thorsby (59′), Kevin Behrens for Jordan Siebatcheu (77′), Jérôme Roussillon for Niko Giesselmann (77′), S. Becker for Jamie Leweling (77′) and Janik Haberer  for Miloš Pantović (90′).

Best player: Kevin Behrens​

The most impressive player for FC Union Berlin was Kevin Behrens.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 19 passes (42% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 15 duels out of 26.

VfB Stuttgart – Formation

VfB Stuttgart started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Bruno Labbadia played with: Fabian Bredlow (6.1), Waldemar Anton (7.1), Konstantinos Mavropanos (7.0), Dan-Axel Zagadou (6.2), Hiroki Ito (7.0), Genki Haraguchi (6.3), Wataru Endo (7.8), Enzo Millot (6.3), Josha Vagnoman (6.3), Juan José Perea (6.3) and Tiago Tomás (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Gil Bastião Dias, Pascal Stenzel, Luca Pfeiffer, Atakan Karazor, Serhou Guirassy (6.2), Florian Müller, Chris Führich (6.2), Tanguy Coulibaly (7.0) and Nikolas Nartey (6.6).

Substitutions

VfB Stuttgart made 4 changes: Waldemar Anton for Chris Führich (64′), Juan José Perea for Sehrou Guirassy (64′), Waldemar Anton for Tanguy Coulibaly (64′) and Genki Haraguchi for Nikolas Nartey (79′).

Best player: Wataru Endo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for VfB Stuttgart was Wataru Endo.

His rating is (7.8) with 55 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• Schalke 04 – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 0-3
• VfL Wolfsburg – FC Augsburg – 2-2
• SC Freiburg – Hertha BSC – 1-1
• FC Union Berlin – VfB Stuttgart – 3-0
• RB Leipzig – FSV Mainz 05 – 0-3
• FC Bayern München – Borussia Dortmund – 4-2