In this week 10 match on Oct 16th, Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund will play a match in Berlin in a Bundesliga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. 1st placed Union Berlin is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Stuttgart. Paul Jäckel struck first for Union Berlin in the 76th minute on a feed from Niko Giesselmann, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Stuttgart couldn’t muster any offence and Union Berlin ran away with the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Union Berlin should be reasonably happy with their performance, while borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Sevilla. Nianzou Kouassi scored the first goal for Sevilla in the 18th minute, then Jude Bellingham tied it up for Borussia Dortmund in the 35th minute on a feed from Thomas Meunier earning them at least the one point. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Borussia Dortmund won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Borussia Dortmund is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Julian Brandt and Youssoufa Moukoko each having 2 goals in their last 5. Sheraldo Becker has been the most prolific scorer on Union Berlin in his last five matches with 2 goals
Timo Baumgartl, Kevin Möhwald and Danilho Doekhi are unavailable to play for Union Berlin, while Marco Reus, Mate Morey, Mahmoud Dahoud, Sébastien Haller and Unbehaun are unavailable to play for Edin Terzic’s team.