Match Preview and Betting Tips.
On Wednesday evening, Borussia Dortmund and Union Berlin will play their next round of the DFB Pokal at the Signal-Iduna-Park in Dortmund. This game might be used by both teams in order to boost the much need confidence of the players for the incoming matches.
Borussia Dortmund is having not so good first part of the season. In the 8 matches that they have played so far, they have won 14 points and they are currently in the 6th position with the positions that lead to the Champions League are slipping away from them. On the other hand, Union Berlin is playing very well recently. They are currently in the 2nd position with 20 points from 10 games and they are only 5 points behind the leader.
Borussia Dortmund didn’t have much success in the last couple of weeks. In the five games that they played in that period, they managed to win in only one. However, they lost also in only one. In the remaining three games they managed to win 3 points. In their last game in the Bundesliga, they managed to win one point in the game in which they were trailing 2 -0 against Ingolstadt. On the other hand, Union Berlin has lost only one game in the last five that they have played. In the remaining four games they managed to win in all games. In those five games, Union Berlin conceded only 3 goals.
Our betting recommendation for this game is related to the total number of goals. We believe that there will be more than 2.5 goals (2/5) in this match because although lacking good results, Borussia Dortmund is still scoring a lot of goals.
Head To Head
The sides have only met twice before and in non-competitive matches with Dortmund winning both.
Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin Stats
Union have scored 2.1 goals per game this season whilst Dortmund have conceded in four of their last five matches.
Borussia Dortmund Team News
Dortmund will be without key defenders Raphael Guerrero and Marcel Schmelzer, whilst Marco Reus also looks set to miss out.
Union Berlin Team News
Defenders Michael Parensen and Fabian Schonheim are missing for the visitors through injury. However, captain Felix Kroos may return after a recent knock.
