Union Berlin vs RB Leipzig Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Union Berlin have started the season steadily as they sit firmly in the middle-of-the-table ahead of taking on an in-form RB Leipzig in the capital city this weekend.
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Union Berlin preview: Steady Union
Union Berlin come into this one on the back of a 3-1 loss to Wolfsburg in their most recent outing at the Volkswagen Arena last weekend, backing up a slender 3-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the round of 16 of the DFB-Pokal.
Union have been the overachievers of German football for over half a decade now but they have managed just two victories in their last eight matches across all competitions with one of those coming against second-tier side Arminia Bielefeld in the cup.
RB Leipzig preview: Impressive Leipzig
Following the appointment of Ole Werner in what was a major overhaul of RB Leipzig and the Red Bull project in the summer, RB Leipzig have been very impressive since losing to Bayern Munich on the opening day of the Bundesliga campaign.
Leipzig begin the 14th match day of the season sitting second in the table, albeit eight points behind defending champions Bayern Munich. They annihilated Eintracht Frankfurt by six goals to nil at the Red Bull Arena the other day.
Union Berlin team news: Nothing fresh
There are no fresh injury concerns or suspension issues for the hosts to deal with for this one and so they will be able to name an unchanged eleven if they so choose this weekend.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Ronnow; Doekhi, Querfeld, Nsoki; Trimmel, Haberer, Kemlein, Kohn; Schafer, Ansah; Jeong
Unavailable:
Questionable: Skov (Injured)
RB Leipzig team news: Several injuries
Leipzig head to the capital city with plenty of injury issues for this one as Norway international winger Antonio Nusa is sidelined alongside the likes of Kevin Kampl and Ridle Baku.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Gulacsi; Nedeljkovic, Orban, Lukeba, Raum; Schlager, Seiwald, Baumgartner; Diomande, Harder, Bakayoko
Unavailable: Henrichs (Injured), Baku (Injured), Ouedraogo (Injured), Kampl (Injured), Gebel (Injured), Nusa (Injured), Werner (Injured)
Questionable: Bitshiabu (Injured), Romulo (Injured)
Union Berlin vs RB Leipzig prediction
Nusa may well be out for Leipzig but former Leganes man Yan Diomande is coming into some fine form and beginning to deliver on his immense potential with Johan Bakayoko able to come back into the eleven and Conrad Harder even getting his first Bundesliga goal of the season last week. Leipzig appear to have really turned the corner and they will be favourites for this one at Alten Forsterei.
Union Berlin vs RB Leipzig tip: RB Leipzig to win
