Week 20 brings us a match on Jan 22nd where Borussia M’gladbach will host Union Berlin in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Borussia M’gladbach recorded a 1-2 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Robert Andrich struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 51st minute on a feed from Wirtz, then Patrik Schick added another in the 74th minute. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while 5th placed Union Berlin is fresh off their 2-1 win against Hoffenheim. Christoph Baumgartner scored the first goal for Hoffenheim on an own goal in the 16th minute, then Andreas Voglsammer got the equalizer for Union Berlin in the 22nd minute on a feed from Bastian Oczipka But luckily in the 73rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Grischa Prömel. Union Berlin is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
On the 29th of August, Union Berlin hosted Borussia M’gladbach at the Stadion An Der Alten Försterei in their last match together. Union Berlin won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 11000 fans. Niko Giesselmann struck first for Union Berlin in the 22nd minute on a feed from Genki Haraguchi, then Taiwo Awoniyi added another in the 41st minute on a feed from Max Kruse.
Grischa Prömel has been the most prolific scorer on Union Berlin in the last 5 matches with three goals. Borussia M’gladbach is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ramy Bensebaini and Florian Neuhaus each having 2 goals in their last 5
Adolf Hütter’s squad will be without Denis Zakaria, Christoph Kramer, Jonas Hofmann, Mamadou Doucouré, Tony Jantschke, Nico Elvedi and Jordan Beyer, while Urs Fischer’s squad will be without Sheraldo Becker.