Union Berlin will be hoping to end the weekend in the Champions League places in the Bundesliga. However, to achieve that, they will to pick up maximum points from their visit to Frankfurt on Sunday.
Bundesliga Preview
Union Berlin certainly look like a team that will be sticking around when it comes to the battle of finishing in European spots in the Bundesliga. They are already playing European football this season, and look to punch higher once again this term, as they are in the battle for Champions League places.
Union are just a point outside of the top four coming into this fixture on Sunday, while they are eight points off the top of the table. However, they will be aware that they need to pick up wins regularly, as they are level on points with Wolfsburg, and just two clean of Gladbach, Mainz and Leipzig. Union returned to domestic football last weekend with their first win in three games.
It was a famous success for them on that occasion, as they beat city rivals Hertha 2-0. Both goals for Union were scored in the first 45 minutes, with Taiwo Awoniyi opening the scoring, before Christopher Trimmel made sure of the points.
Frankfurt still find themselves in the wrong half of the table from their perspective, as they are down in eleventh after 12 rounds of fixtures. However, things are certainly looking up for them, as they can close the gap between themselves and the Europa League places to two points with a victory this weekend.
Frankfurt’s form has certainly picked up in recent weeks, as they have won their last two games, and are unbeaten in their previous three. Their second straight win in the Bundesliga came last weekend, as they beat Freiburg 2-0 away from home. Jesper Lindstrom and Filip Kostic scored the goals.
Frankfurt vs Union Berlin Head to Head
Since their promotion to the Bundesliga, Union have won just one of the four matches that they have played against Frankfurt. That victory was picked up in February 2020, as they won 2-1 away from home. High scoring matches between the two took place last season, with Union playing out a 3-3 draw in Berlin, before Frankfurt won the reverse fixture 5-2.
Frankfurt vs Union Berlin Prediction
It is extremely difficult to pick a winner of this fixture, as both sides look strong this term. However, a bet on both teams to score could be the way to go, as both teams have scored in all four previous Bundesliga meetings.
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