FC Union Berlin and TSG Hoffenheim will face off on Saturday the 15th of January at 3:30 pm in the 19th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to take place in Berlin at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei. The appointed referee is Martin Petersen.
FC Union Berlin sits in the 7th position in the league with 28 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in its last match in the Bundesliga. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost 4 times.
TSG Hoffenheim occupies the 3rd place in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against FC Augsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
FC Union Berlin
FC Union Berlin has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 61.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (11 times), 3-4-1-2 (3 times), 3-1-4-2 (2 times) and 5-3-2 (2 times).
Urs Fischer is expected to play against TSG Hoffenheim with the following players: A. Luthe, R. Knoche, P. Jaeckel, K. Endo, G. Prömel, R. Khedira, C. Trimmel, G. Haraguchi, M. Kruse and K. Behrens.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of FC Union Berlin would be 30.00.
Urs Fischer will probably not be able to employ N. Gießelmann, P. Wszołek and S. Becker because of injury.
R. van Drongelen and T. Awoniyi will definitely miss the match.
TSG Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-1-2 and 4-2-3-1 (4 times or 22.22% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-1-4-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 4-3-3 (2 times) and 4-2-2-2 (2 times).
Sebastian Hoeneß is expected to play against FC Union Berlin with the following players: O. Baumann, K. Vogt, S. Posch, C. Richards, D. Raum, D. Geiger, C. Baumgartner, A. Kramarić, M. Dabour and I. Bebou.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of TSG Hoffenheim would be 27.00.
There are doubts about the presence of P. Kadeřábek.
Sebastian Hoeneß will probably not be able to employ S. Adamyan and J. Bruun Larsen because of injury.
E. Bičakčić, F. Grillitsch, D. Samassekou and R. Skov will definitely miss the match.
