Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd February 2025

Both Borussia Dortmund and Union Berlin are currently enjoying the comforts of mid-table in the Bundesliga. Both teams will be eager to make a push for an even stronger position, when going toe-to-toe on Saturday.

Placed 11th in the table Borussia Dortmund have amassed 29 points after 22 matches. On 24 points, Union Berlin rank 13th with 22 matches played this season.

Borussia Dortmund are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Union Berlin and odds favour them to pull it off.

Borussia Dortmund only average a modest 1.4 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 14 goals. They also conceded 19 for an average of 1.9 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Union Berlin scored 11 goals, conceded 18 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Borussia Dortmund took a hit when Union Berlin handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 2-0 win.

Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin Prediction

Borussia Dortmund Form

Borussia Dortmund recorded a win, a loss and a draw in their previous three matches, where they first beat Sporting CP 0-3. They were then defeated 2-0 against Bochum, before drawing 0-0 against Sporting CP. Borussia Dortmund claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Bundesliga, which also saw them drawing three and losing two matches, in which they scored 11 and conceded nine goals.

Union Berlin Form

Union Berlin have a win and a draw to show from their last three matches. They first finished even in a 0-0 draw with RB Leipzig, before they won a game against Hoffenheim with a 0-4 scoreline. Unfortunately for them, this was followed by a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Borussia Moenchengladbach. Union Berlin claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. They also drew zero and were defeated five times, as they were outscored by 13 goals to seven.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Borussia Dortmund and Union Berlin.

Borussia Dortmund recorded 13 points following four wins from their last eight games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 16 goals, but also conceded 15. Borussia Dortmund are looking at a record of eight wins, five draws and nine defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Union Berlin have a record of six wins, six draws and ten defeats in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin Squads

Borussia Dortmund Squad

The 53-year-old coach of the home team, Niko Kovac, will select the lineup against Union Berlin from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Alexander Meyer (0/2), Gregor Kobel (0/20), Almugera Kabar (0/4), Daniel Svensson (0/2), Filippo Mane (0/0), Julian Ryerson (1/18), Nico Schlotterbeck (0/18), Niklas Suele (0/8), Ramy Bensebaini (1/19), Waldemar Anton (0/16), Yan Couto (0/14), Carney Chukwuemeka (0/0), Emre Can (2/19), Felix Nmecha (2/19), Giovanni Reyna (2/12), Jamie Gittens (7/22), Julian Brandt (3/19), Kjell Waetjen (0/2), Marcel Sabitzer (0/19), Pascal Gross (0/20), Salih Oezcan (0/13), Cole Campbell (0/4), Julian Hettwer (0/0), Julien Duranville (0/9), Karim Adeyemi (2/13), Maximilian Beier (4/21), Serhou Guirassy (9/19).

Union Berlin Squad

Below is the full team squad of Union Berlin. The manager Baumgart will pick his starting XI against Borussia Dortmund from these players:

Alexander Schwolow (0/4), Carl Klaus (0/0), Frederik Roennow (0/18), Yannic Stein (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/16), Danilho Doekhi (1/22), Diogo Leite (0/21), Jerome Roussillon (0/4), Kevin Vogt (1/15), Oluwaseun Ogbemudia (0/0), Tom Rothe (2/16), Aljoscha Kemlein (1/15), Andras Schafer (1/15), Janik Haberer (0/17), Josip Juranovic (0/8), Laszlo Benes (1/14), Leopold Querfeld (0/15), Lucas Tousart (0/7), Rani Khedira (0/20), Robert Skov (2/15), Tim Skarke (0/21), Woo-Yeong Jeong (2/18), Andrej Ilic (2/4), Benedict Hollerbach (6/22), David Preu (0/0), Ivan Prtajin (0/5), Kevin Volland (0/2), Marin Ljubicic (1/2).

Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin Team News

Union Berlin just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Borussia Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park. For instance, Union Berlin won't be able to field Kevin Volland as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin Lineups

Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin H2H

Borussia Dortmund took a hit when Union Berlin handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 2-0 win. Borussia Dortmund generally have the upper hand against Union Berlin, offering a fine 7-0-3 winning record before their next encounter. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 8/15.

Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin Results

The past ten matches between Borussia Dortmund and Union Berlin have largely been entertaining affairs. Over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in these encounters. It seems only natural to look for goals on Saturday. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/7 with the bookies.

Borussia Dortmund vs Union Berlin Betting Tips

Despite having scored only two times in his last 6 league matches, Serhou Guirassy has actually netted nine goals during this Bundesliga season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders Union Berlin should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Serhou Guirassy to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

Borussia Dortmund claimed a modest three wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in four of the games, whilst losing three. Union Berlin won two of their last 10 games away, drew zero and lost eight of the games in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Borussia Dortmund on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened two times for Union Berlin in their last 10 league games away from home.

The last ten encounters between Borussia Dortmund and Union Berlin saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Borussia Dortmund averaging 2.4 goals a game. Union Berlin scored 1.1 goals on average in these, as both teams scored five times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Borussia Dortmund, who scored an average of 1.4 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Union Berlin, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of one time goals per game.