On Wednesday, starting with 19:30, the match Leipzig – Union Berlin will be played, within the 17th round of the Bundesliga. Leipzig is unbeaten in the last 5 direct matches, winning last season with 7-1 in general, after 3-1 at home and 4-0 in Berlin.
With only one victory in the last 4 stages of the Bundesliga, Leipzig remains on the side of the leader Bayern, with 32 points, and the Bavarians 36. The team coached by Julian Nagelsmann comes after a spectacular draw in Wolfsburg, score 2-2, match in which he had 9 shots on goal, and the opponent scored on his only clear opportunities. At home, Leipzig has not won since December 12, but the record is good enough, with 6 wins, a draw and a defeat, at a goal difference of 17-6.
Union Berlin is the surprise of the season in the Bundesliga and lost only two of the first 16 stages. Urs Fischer’s students have accumulated 28 points, due to the 7 victories and 7 draws and occupy an excellent 5th place, one point away from the qualifying positions in the Champions League. Newly promoted last season, Union Berlin has evolved at a fantastic pace and could tick a presence in the top 5 at the end of the current season. In the trips made, the “steel ones” have 3 victories, 3 draws and one defeat, only 5 other teams having a better external score.
Leipzig and Leverkusen are the only teams with which Union Berlin has not won a point in the Bundesliga;
Leipzig is unbeaten in the last 5 direct matches;
Last season, Leipzig won 3-1 at home and 4-0 away;
Leipzig: Gulacsi – Klostermann, Upamecano, Orban – Mukiele, Sabitzer (c) Kampl, Angelino – Olmo, Nkunku – Forsberg
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann
Union: Luthe – Friedrich, Knoche, Schlotterbeck – Trimmel (c), Griesbeck, Andrich, Lenz – Ingvartsen – Teuchert, Awoniyi
Coach: Urs Fischer
PREDICTION: RB Leipzig to win @ 1,50
