On Wed Apr 20th, RB Leipzig will host Union Berlin at Red Bull Arena in a meeting of these two DFB Pokal teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. RB Leipzig is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Bayer Leverkusen. Dominik Szoboszlai struck first for RB Leipzig in the 69th minute on a feed from Christopher Nkunku, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bayer Leverkusen couldn’t manage to score, and RB Leipzig took the shutout win. RB Leipzig looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while union Berlin is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Taiwo Awoniyi scored the first goal for Union Berlin in the 17th minute, then Grischa Prömel added another in the 21st minute on a feed from Genki Haraguchi In the end, Eintracht Frankfurt couldn’t muster any offence and Union Berlin ran away with the shutout win. Union Berlin is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Taiwo Awoniyi has been the most prolific scorer on Union Berlin in his last 5 matches with three goals. RB Leipzig is glad to have Christopher Nkunku in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals.