On Saturday Feb 4th, Union Berlin and Mainz 05 will play a match in Berlin in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 2nd placed Union Berlin is fresh off their 2-1 win against Wolfsburg. Luca Waldschmidt struck first for Wolfsburg in the 5th minute, then in the 12th minute, Josip Juranović sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Robin Knoche But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 79th minute on a goal by Kevin Behrens. Union Berlin should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Mainz 05 recorded a 5-2 win against Bochum. Jae-Sung Lee scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 1st minute, then Silvan Widmer added another in the 17th minute. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Aug 14th, Mainz 05 and Union Berlin battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Mainz 05 nor Union Berlin could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Mainz 05’s top weapon lately has been Karim Onisiwo, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Union Berlin is fortunate enough to have Danilho Doekhi in top form. In the last 5 matches the defender has scored 4 goals
Urs Fischer’s Union Berlin squad will be without Sven Michel, Diogo Leite, Morten Thorsby and András Schäfer, while Jonathan Burkardt, Delano Burgzorg, Robin Zentner and Maxim Leitsch are unavailable to play for Mainz 05.