Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th March 2025

Union Berlin welcome Bayern Munich on Saturday in the Bundesliga, with the host motivated by the possibility of closing the gap in the table on the visitors. On the other hand, the latter could distance themselves even further with a win in this exciting round 26 match.

Bayern Munich have taken the lead in the Bundesliga after collecting 61 points from their initial 25 encounters. Union Berlin trail them by 26 points after 25 rounds, leaving them as number 14 in the table.

Although Union Berlin trail Bayern Munich by double digits, beating the league leaders in the Bundesliga still holds a lot of prestige. Pulling off a surprise win against their upcoming opponent could provide a serious spark for future matches.

Union Berlin are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 18 goals. They managed two clean sheets in these matches.

Bayern Munich scored a decent 27 goals in ten outings, or an average of 2.7 goals per game. They allowed a total of ten goals against, an average of one goals per match, while achieving five clean sheets.

Bayern Munich won 3-0 and 5-1 in the two most recent meetings with Union Berlin, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich Prediction

Union Berlin Form

In their last three games, Union Berlin lost 6-0 against Borussia Dortmund, got defeated 0-1 by Holstein Kiel before winning 1-2 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Union Berlin only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Alte Foersterei in the Bundesliga. They also drew one and lost four of these six encounters, in which they scored three and conceded eight goals.

Bayern Munich Form

The results have been up and down for Bayern Munich, who beat Bayer Leverkusen by 3-0. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 2-3 against Bochum, before claiming a victory in a 0-2 game against Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won three of a possible six away matches in the Bundesliga, as well as playing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored eight while also conceding five times.

We don't expect Union Berlin to pull off a surprise, and with goals flowing freely, they could be in for a hammering against strong looking Bayern Munich.

Union Berlin fought their way to two wins and 11 points from their last nine games against teams inside the top six. They were on target seven times in these matches, but also let in nine goals. Union Berlin have a record of seven wins, five draws and 13 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayern Munich enjoy a record of 19 wins, four draws and two defeats in the Bundesliga.

Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich Squads

Union Berlin Squad

Baumgart will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Bayern Munich from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Alexander Schwolow (0/4), Carl Klaus (0/0), Frederik Roennow (0/21), Yannic Stein (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/17), Danilho Doekhi (1/25), Diogo Leite (0/24), Jerome Roussillon (0/5), Kevin Vogt (1/15), Oluwaseun Ogbemudia (0/0), Tom Rothe (2/19), Aljoscha Kemlein (1/15), Andras Schafer (1/17), Janik Haberer (0/19), Josip Juranovic (0/11), Laszlo Benes (1/16), Leopold Querfeld (1/18), Lucas Tousart (0/10), Rani Khedira (0/23), Robert Skov (2/15), Tim Skarke (0/24), Woo-Yeong Jeong (3/21), Andrej Ilic (2/7), Benedict Hollerbach (6/25), David Preu (0/0), Ivan Prtajin (0/5), Kevin Volland (0/3), Marin Ljubicic (1/5).

Bayern Munich Squad

Below is the full team squad of Bayern Munich. The manager Kompany will pick his starting XI against Union Berlin from these players:

Daniel Peretz (0/3), Jonas Urbig (0/1), Manuel Neuer (0/20), Sven Ulreich (0/1), Alphonso Davies (1/18), Dayot Upamecano (2/19), Eric Dier (0/12), Hiroki Ito (1/4), Joshua Kimmich (1/24), Josip Stanisic (0/5), Min-Jae Kim (2/23), Raphael Guerreiro (3/17), Sacha Boey (0/9), Tarek Buchmann (0/0), Aleksandar Pavlovic (1/15), Jamal Musiala (11/22), Joao Palhinha (0/12), Konrad Laimer (1/21), Leon Goretzka (4/19), Leroy Sane (6/21), Gabriel Vidovic (0/0), Harry Kane (21/23), Kingsley Coman (4/22), Michael Olise (8/25), Serge Gnabry (5/18), Thomas Muller (1/22).

Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich Team News

Union Berlin are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Bayern Munich. There is no need for Kevin Volland to show up in the Union Berlin dressing room, as he is suspended.

Bayern Munich just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Union Berlin at the Alte Foersterei. Joao Palhinha is ineligible for selection in the Bayern Munich squad, as he is suspended.

Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich Lineups

Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich H2H

Bayern Munich won 3-0 and 5-1 in the two most recent meetings with Union Berlin, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. In total, they have played six matches in past seasons with Bayern Munich running away with most of the points. They won five encounters, with Union Berlin stealing all 3 points in zero matches. Naturally, the last one game ended all square. The bookies have Bayern Munich to win this match at best price odds of 4/11.

Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Union Berlin and Bayern Munich. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 11/8 with bookies.

Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich Betting Tips

It has been an excellent season for Harry Kane who managed to score an impressive 21 goals in total during the current campaign. He also seems on a good run currently, hitting the target four times in his last six outings. Bayern Munich are looking to him against Union Berlin, hoping he keeps his momentum going.

Union Berlin claimed one wins, drew four and lost five of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Bayern Munich won seven, drew one and lost two of their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Union Berlin on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened five times for Bayern Munich in their last 10 league games away from home.

Union Berlin managed an average of 0.6 goals in the past ten encounters against Bayern Munich, who scored 2.6 goals on average. Over 2.5 goals happened five times, while both teams scored five times. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Union Berlin’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Bayern Munich, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 2.4 times goals per game.