On the 23rd of April, in this week 31 match, Union Berlin will travel to Leipzig to battle RB Leipzig in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 3rd placed 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 is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 6th placed Union Berlin, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Taiwo Awoniyi struck first for Union Berlin in the 17th minute on a feed from Rani Khedira, then Grischa Prömel added another in the 21st minute 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.
Union Berlin and RB Leipzig last played eachother at the Stadion An Der Alten Försterei on Fri Dec 3rd. Union Berlin was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of almost 14000 jubilant fans. Taiwo Awoniyi scored the first goal for Union Berlin in the 6th minute, then Christopher Nkunku tied it up for RB Leipzig in the 13th minute on a feed from Dominik Szoboszlai.
Taiwo Awoniyi has been the most prolific scorer on Union Berlin in his last five matches with 3 goals. RB Leipzig is fortunate enough to have Christopher Nkunku in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals
RB Leipzig will be without Yussuf Poulsen and Amadou Haidara, while Urs Fischer’s squad will be without Anthony Ujah and Andreas Luthe.