RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th February 2024

Despite a rather curious form recently, RB Leipzig have a good opportunity to be victorious in round 20 of the Bundesliga season. They meet Union Berlin on Sunday at the Red Bull Arena Leipzig, where they hope to frustrate the visitors.

Placed fifth in the table RB Leipzig have amassed 33 points after 19 matches. On 17 points, Union Berlin rank 15th with 19 matches played this season.

RB Leipzig came away with three points from the latest encounter with Union Berlin. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other this coming Sunday.

RB Leipzig scored 17 while allowing 19 goals against in the past ten matches. They claimed zero clean sheets on the way.

Union Berlin are currently not the most scoring team in the Bundesliga, as they only found the back of the net seven times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.7 goals a game in which they conceded 15 times, an average of 1.5 per game. They managed three clean sheets in these.

RB Leipzig triumphed in a 3-0 win against Union Berlin, the last time they faced off. However, Union Berlin secured a 2-1 win in the match before that.

RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin Prediction

RB Leipzig Form

RB Leipzig have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 0-1 by Eintracht Frankfurt, before Bayer Leverkusen ran out 2-3 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against VfB Stuttgart, who came out 5-2 winners. In their last six Bundesliga home matches, RB Leipzig have four wins, no draws and two defeats. They scored 16 and conceded seven goals.

Union Berlin Form

Union Berlin collected four points from a possible nine in their last three matches. An encounter with Freiburg brought a 0-0 draw, which was followed by a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich. Their most recent game had them back on the winning trail as they beat Darmstadt by a 1-0 scoreline. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, Union Berlin failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn one and lost five, scoring two while also conceding 14 times.

RB Leipzig should be too strong against Union Berlin to drop any points, and combining this with over 2.5 goals, ups the price on the expected home win at Red Bull Arena Leipzig.

RB Leipzig scored 19 goals and conceded six in their last nine games against teams from the bottom half of the Bundesliga table. They collected 19 points and six victories. Union Berlin fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last six games against teams inside the top six. They were on target two times in these matches, but also let in 18 goals. RB Leipzig claimed ten wins, three draws as well as six defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Union Berlin have five wins, two draws and 11 defeats in the Bundesliga.

RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin Squads

RB Leipzig Squad

The 47-year-old RB Leipzig manager, Marco Rose, will select the lineup against Union Berlin from these players (the statistics in the brackets refer to scored goals and games played in the Bundesliga this season):

Janis Blaswich (0/19), Leopold Zingerle (0/0), Peter Gulacsi (0/0), Timo Schlieck (0/0), Benjamin Henrichs (1/18), Castello Lukeba (1/18), Christopher Lenz (0/5), David Raum (2/19), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/0), Lukas Klostermann (1/16), Mohamed Simakan (1/19), Tim Koehler (0/0), Willi Orban (0/4), Amadou Haidara (0/10), Caden Clark (0/0), Christoph Baumgartner (3/18), Eljif Elmas (0/3), Emil Forsberg (2/14), Kevin Kampl (1/16), Nicolas Seiwald (0/8), Xaver Schlager (0/17), Xavi Simons (5/18), Benjamin Sesko (4/16), Dani Olmo (2/8), Ikoma Lois Openda (13/19), Yussuf Poulsen (3/18).

Union Berlin Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 52 year-old Union Berlin manager Bjelica will select his starting XI from these players:

Alexander Schwolow (0/0), Frederik Roennow (0/18), Jakob Busk (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/14), Danilho Doekhi (1/8), Diogo Leite (0/18), Jerome Roussillon (0/14), Kevin Vogt (0/19), Oluwaseun Ogbemudia (0/0), Paul Jaeckel (0/4), Robin Gosens (4/16), Robin Knoche (0/15), Aissa Laidouni (0/13), Alex Kral (0/15), Andras Schafer (0/7), Brenden Aaronson (0/14), Janik Haberer (0/15), Josip Juranovic (0/10), Lucas Tousart (0/9), Rani Khedira (0/6), Benedict Hollerbach (3/12), Chris Bedia (0/1), Kevin Behrens (4/18), Kevin Volland (2/12), Malick Sanogo (0/0), Mikkel Kaufmann (1/10).

RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin Team News

RB Leipzig could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Union Berlin. RB Leipzig have to alter their line-up, as both Mohamed Simakan and Amadou Haidara get a day in the shade.

RB Leipzig won't be able to put Amadou Haidara in the line-up for the game on Sunday against Union Berlin, since an injury incapacitates him.

Union Berlin have six players on the injured and absent list ahead of the match on Sunday against RB Leipzig. Aissa Laidouni and Kevin Volland sit this one out for Union Berlin, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet RB Leipzig.

Names like Kevin Behrens, Jerome Roussillon, Kevin Volland and Josip Juranovic most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play RB Leipzig.

RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin Lineups

RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin H2H

RB Leipzig won 3-0 against Union Berlin, whereas Union Berlin claimed a 2-1 win in their most recent matches. Union Berlin look back on five wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of RB Leipzig. The home side has a 44% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 4-0-5. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin Results

Both teams to score paid out six times in the previous nine matches between home side RB Leipzig and Union Berlin. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 10/11.

RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin Betting Tips

Ikoma Lois Openda has three strikes in six Bundesliga matches for RB Leipzig, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Union Berlin. The visitors are looking to Benedict Hollerbach, who has provided his team with three Bundesliga goals.

RB Leipzig claimed seven wins in their previous 10 matches at Red Bull Arena Leipzig across all tournaments. They lost three as well, while visitors Union Berlin won zero of their last 10 away matches. They drew three and lost seven. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. RB Leipzig managed a clean sheet in two of their games at home, Union Berlin kept a clean sheet in one of their last 10.

Both teams scored six times in the past nine encounters between RB Leipzig and Union Berlin, with over 2.5 goals coming out eight times. RB Leipzig scored an average of 1.76 goals, with Union Berlin averaging 1.21 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of RB Leipzig’s last ten matches in all tournaments. They banged in an average of 1.8 goals on the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Union Berlin, who managed to score 1.2 times in those matches.