The match of the 19th round of the Bundesliga between Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund will take place on 24 january at the An der Alten Försterei stadium in Berlin. Union Berlin vs Borussia Dortmund: prediction, betting odds and statistics.
Union Berlin
Union Berlin, coached by Steffen Baumgart, took a point away from Stuttgart in the last round (1:1). This draw was the club's third in a row in the league, while the unbeaten run reached five matches. However, the home side kept a clean sheet only once in this stretch. Moreover, the club has only four clean sheets in the 2025/26 the Bundesliga. The club scored 24 goals, and this is the worst figure among teams in the top half of the table, where the club sits ninth.
- Both teams scored in 6 of Union Berlin's last 7 league games.
- At home the club has not lost in 6 of its last 7 Bundesliga meetings (2 wins, 4 draws).
- The team scored in 5 of its last 6 home matches in this competition.
Potential Union Berlin Lineup (3-4-3)*
Frederik Rønnow – Danilo Duki, Leopold Querfeld, Diogo Leite – Josip Juranović, Rani Khedira, András Schäfer, Janik Haberer – Andrej Ilić, Oliver Burke, Alesa Kemljain.
Midfielder Robert Skov and defender Tom Rothe are injured.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund, coached by Nico Kovac, scored the decisive goal against St. Pauli shortly before the final whistle in the last round (3:2), recording their fifth win in seven league matches (2 draws). It is worth adding that the visiting team have found the net at least twice in four consecutive matches in this competition, and Borussia last failed to score in March 2025. At the same time, the defense looks solid, having conceded only 17 goals. By this indicator Dortmund are second only to Bayern (14). The club is also the closest pursuer of the Munich side in the overall standings, but the gap to the leader is 11 points.
- At least one goal was scored in both halves in 8 of Borussia Dortmund's previous league meetings.
- Away the team has not lost in 5 Bundesliga games (2 wins, 3 draws).
- In 5 of the last 6 away matches in this competition Dortmund failed to keep a clean sheet.
Potential Borussia Dortmund Lineup (3-4-3)*
Gregor Kobel – Emre Can, Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck – Jude Bellingham, Felix Nmecha, Julian Ryerson, Daniel Svensson – Julian Brandt, Fabio Silva, Karim Adeyemi.
Midfielder Marcel Sabitzer is injured.
Union Berlin vs Borussia Dortmund: Match Prediction
The home side are in decent form. The team have gone unbeaten in 8 of their last 10 league matches (3 wins, 5 draws). Importantly, Union Berlin, coached by Steffen Baumgart, are not having problems creating and converting chances: the club's goalscoring run in the Bundesliga stands at 9 games, and they even scored twice against Bayern, the league's most reliable defense. At the same time the home side look less convincing at the back, having kept a clean sheet in only one of their last 7 matches in this competition — that was against Köln.
Only Bayern and Dortmund have scored in all matches in the current championship. Moreover, Borussia have been scoring on the road across 13 Bundesliga matches, netting at least twice in 8 of those games. Dortmund lead the count for clean sheets (9), but only a third of those were achieved away from home. In the last round the visitors even conceded twice against the least prolific team in the league.
Considering these facts, our prediction:
Prediction: Both teams to score
* For each team the starting lineup listed is from its last match in this competition.
