FC Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund are going to clash on Sunday the 13th of February at 3:30 pm in the 22nd week of the Bundesliga. The match will take place in Berlin at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei.
FC Union Berlin occupies the 5th position in the standings with 34 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against FC Augsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 9 times, draw 7 times, and lost 5 times.
Borussia Dortmund sits in the 2nd position in the league with 43 points. It comes from a 2-5 loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in its last match in the Bundesliga. Thus far, it has won 14 times, drawn once, and lost 6 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 (14 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (14 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 Borussia Dortmund with the following players: A. Luthe, P. Jaeckel, R. Knoche, T. Baumgartl, C. Trimmel, G. Haraguchi, P. Wszołek, S. Becker and T. Awoniyi.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of FC Union Berlin would be 29.22.
There are doubts about the presence of K. Endo.
Urs Fischer will probably not be able to employ G. Prömel and J. Ryerson because of injury.
J. Busk Jensen, D. Heintz, N. Gießelmann and A. Voglsammer will definitely miss the match.
Urs Fischer will not be able to have the presence of R. Khedira who is suspended.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 33.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (6 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-1-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-2-1 (once).
Marco Rose is expected to play against FC Union Berlin with the following players: G. Kobel, R. Guerreiro, D. Zagadou, M. Akanji, M. Dahoud, J. Bellingham, J. Brandt, T. Hazard, M. Reus and D. Malen.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 26.00.
There are doubts about the presence of E. Can.
T. Meunier, M. Morey Bauzà, M. Schmelzer, M. Wolf and E. Håland will definitely miss the match.
