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After suffering heartbreak in the dying stages against Borussia Monchengladbach, Union Berlin must now pick themselves up with Borussia Dortmund coming to town.
KICK-OFF DATE/TIME: Saturday October 5th 2024 – UK – 2:30pm / US ET – 9:30am / US PT – 6:30am
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Not televised / US – Some matches will be televised on ESPN channels so it is worth checking their schedules
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – ESPN+
UNION BERLIN PREVIEW: HOW WILL THEY RESPOND TO FIRST LOSS OF CAMPAIGN
To not only lose a game of football, but to do so in the 96th minute is a really difficult pill to swallow from a Union Berlin point of view, who have suffered their first defeat of the campaign as a result. Despite that, they remain in the top half of the Bundesliga, but the worry is it could lead to a spiral in results with a difficult game against Borussia Dortmund next.
There are still positives for Union, who boast a second best defensive in the Bundesliga after RB Leipzig having conceded just three goals. But in contrast, they have only found the net themselves four times.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND PREVIEW: STRONG REPLY TO STUTTGART THRASHING
Reeling following their 5-1 hammering at the hands of Stuttgart, Borussia Dortmund bounced back strongly last weekend. Nuri Sahin’s side got the better of Bochum by four goals to two, before a 7-1 battering of Scottish champions Celtic in the Champions League earlier this week further underlined what this team can do when on song.
However, their win over Celtic came at a cost following an injury to Karim Adeyemi, who had netted a first half hattrick. The hamstring injury will see him side-lined through the next few weeks and he’ll be a big miss for BVB.
UNION BERLIN TEAM NEWS: TRIMMEL OVER HABERER, SIEBATCHEU OVER JORDAN
It would well be the case that right-wing-back Christopher Trimmel and forward Jordan Siebatcheu are the players preferred to start here by head coach Bo Svensson. If that is the case it likely means that Janik Haberer and Jordan Pefok will not be in the XI. not be in the XI.
PREDICTED XI (3-4-3): Ronnow; Doekhi, Vogt, Leite; Trimmel, Schafer, Khedira, Rothe; Jeong, Siebatcheu, Hollerbach
UNAVAILABLE: Juranovic (Injured), Prtajin (Injured), Stein (Injured), Volland (Fitness)
QUESTIONABLE:
BORUSSIA DORTMUND TEAM NEWS: ADEYEMI JOINS DURANVILLE AND REYNA ON INJURED LIST
The loss of Adeyemi is undoubtedly a big one for Borussia Dortmund, but they’ll hope that Donyell Malen will recover from illness in time to feature in this one. Julien Duranville and Giovanni Reyna are also missing.
PREDICTED XI (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Couto, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson; Sabitzer, Gross; Malen, Brandt, Gittens; Guirassy
UNAVAILABLE: Adeyemi (Injured), Duranville (Injured), Reyna (Injured)
QUESTIONABLE: Malen (Illness)
UNION BERLIN VS BORUSSIA DORTMUND PREDICTION
Breaking down the Union Berlin will not be easy for this Borussia Dortmund side, especially without Ademeyi. But with confidence high and enough depth to cover the German star’s absence, Nuri Sahin’s men may just do enough. Back a low-scoring encounter with under 3.5 goals scored and a Borussia Dortmund win.
UNION BERLIN VS BORUSSIA DORTMUND TIP: BORUSSIA DORTMUND TO WIN AND UNDER 3.5 GOALS