FC Union Berlin vs Arminia Bielefeld Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Union Berlin and Arminia Bielefeld have both scored in all of the 18 competitive meetings against one another (all in BL2). Union have the edge in the head-to-head record, with six wins to Arminia’s three (nine draws).
Union Berlin have only lost one of their last 14 games against Bielefeld (W4, D9): 2-0 away in May 2016. In their last two seasons in the same division (2017-19), all four meetings previously ended 1-1.
Union Berlin have never lost a home game against Arminia Bielefeld (W5, D4). FCU haven’t faced any other side as often at home in professional football without ever losing.
Union recorded three wins and one draw against fellow promoted sides Köln and Paderborn last season, winning both home games without conceding a single goal.
After four points from their first two Bundesliga games this season, things are going downhill for Bielefeld. They still have four points on the board after four straight defeats, while they last had fewer points after six games in 1996/97 (3).
Arminia have taken just one point from their three Bundesliga away games this season (D1, L2). In all competitions, Bielefeld are without a win on the road in six matches (D3, L3).
Bielefeld have the second-worst attack in the Bundesliga this season, with four goals from six games (Schalke have scored just 3). Arminia have recorded just 21 shots on target so far – only Mainz (15) and Schalke (12) have had fewer.
Bielefeld are the only Bundesliga side yet to score in the first half, while they have let in six goals before the break. On top of that, Arminia, along with Mainz, are the only side yet to score from a set piece.
Union Berlin’s Max Kruse had a hand in three goals in the 3-1 win against Hoffenheim last time out (1 goal, 2 assists). He is the first Union player to manage this in a single Bundesliga game. The former Bremen man has also been involved in each of Union’s last four goals in the competition (2 goals, 2 assists).
Uwe Neuhaus will face his former club this weekend. He coached Union between 2007 and 2014. Since then, he has only won once against the Berliners (D3, L1) – with Dresden in Bundesliga 2 in 2017 (1-0 A).
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