Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Union Berlin will clash on Saturday the 8th of January at 3:30 pm in the 18th week of the Bundesliga. The match will be played in Leverkusen at the BayArena.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is in the 4th position in the standings with 28 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against SC Freiburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
FC Union Berlin is in the 7th position in the table with 27 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against VfL Bochum 1848 in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 6 times, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 82.35%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times), 4-3-2-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Gerardo Seoane is expected to play against FC Union Berlin with the following players: L. Hrádecký, D. Sinkgraven, K. Odilon, J. Tah, J. Frimpong, R. Andrich, C. Aránguiz Sandoval, A. Adli, K. Demirbay, F. Wirtz and P. Schick.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Bayer 04 Leverkusen would be 26.00.
Gerardo Seoane will probably not be able to employ T. Fosu-Mensah, P. Hincapié Reyna, N. Amiri, J. Baumgartlinger and K. Bellarabi because of injury.
FC Union Berlin
FC Union Berlin has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 64.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (11 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 5-3-2 (2 times) and 3-1-4-2 (once).
Urs Fischer is expected to play against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the following players: A. Luthe, R. Knoche, M. Friedrich, P. Jaeckel, C. Trimmel, G. Prömel, R. Khedira, B. Oczipka, M. Kruse, S. Becker and T. Awoniyi.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the average age of FC Union Berlin would be 29.55.