Union Berlin vs Dortmund Prediction & Betting Tips (5 October)

After having experienced a particularly trying last season, Union Berlin preferred to make a clean sweep of the past by recruiting Bo Svensson at the head of the club to try to breathe new life into it. This rather bore fruit during the first days since the capital club went 4 matches without the slightest defeat. Hanging on the field of Mainz 1-1 then Leipzig 0-0, the Iron Men were able to refuel at home against Sankt Pauli 1-0 and Hoffenheim 2-1. On the other hand, they experienced their first setback of the season last week, at the very end of the match, on the field of Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 which pushed them back to 9th position in the ranking. For their part, Borussia Dortmund remains obviously one of the very big teams in this German championship despite its disappointing 5th place last year, offset by its participation in the Champions League final.

Lacking consistency since the start of the Bundesliga season, Nuri Sahin's players were able to brilliantly win against Heidenheim 4-2 before falling to Stuttgart 5-1. Last Friday, the Borussen were led by 2 goals by Bochum before reversing the situation in the second half 4-2 to return to 5th place in the standings. On the other hand, BVB is a hit in the Champions League. Winners of Club Bruges on the first day, they left Celtic absolutely no chance on Tuesday evening 7-1.

To prepare for this meeting, Union Berlin must still do without the full-back Juranovic, the young goalkeeper Stein, the very little used Prtajin and the former Monegasque striker Volland who are still recovering. In addition to that, right winger Hollerbach (1 goal) was the victim of a small problem last week but he should still be able to hold his place. For the moment, none of the players present in this squad have scored more than one goal since the start of the season. Like Tuesday evening in C1, the midfielder Reyna is still out of shape. In addition to that, he was joined in the infirmary by one of the men in form at the start of the season, Karim Adeyemi (2 goals in the Bundesliga) who was injured on Tuesday evening after scoring a hat-trick against Celtic .

On the other hand, the flagship recruit of the last transfer window, Sérhou Guirassy is there, he who is in great shape with 6 goals scored in his last 4 matches in all competitions. He also has 2 doubles scored against Bochum and Celtic. Also note the good start to the season from midfielder Nmecha who is also at ease with 2 goals scored in the last 2 matches.