On Feb 26th, Union Berlin will host Mainz 05 in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Union Berlin recorded a 0-1 loss against Arminia Bielefeld. Masaya Okugawa scored the first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in the 53rd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Union Berlin couldn’t manage to score, and Arminia Bielefeld took the shutout win. Union Berlin is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Mainz 05, recorded a 3-2 win against Bayer Leverkusen. Patrik Schick scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 35th minute, then Aarón Martín tied it up for Mainz 05 in the 57th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 88th minute on a goal by Marcus Ingvartsen to cap off a wild match. Mainz 05 is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Sunday Oct 3rd, Union Berlin won by a score of 2 to 1 in front of a crowd of almost 16000 fans. Marcus Ingvartsen struck first for Mainz 05 in the 39th minute, then Taiwo Awoniyi got the equalizer for Union Berlin in the 69th minute on a feed from Max Kruse But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 73rd minute on a goal by Taiwo Awoniyi.
Mainz 05’s top weapon lately has been Karim Onisiwo, who has 2 goals in the last five matches. Max Kruse has been the most effective weapon for Union Berlin lately. The German attacker has netted two goals in his last five matches
Union Berlin will be without Grischa Prömel, Julian Ryerson, Niko Giesselmann and Jakob Busk Jensen, while Jeremiah St. Juste is unavailable to play for Bo Svensson’s team.