Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Following a goalless draw with Freiburg, Union Berlin will look to record their first win of the year when they take on Darmstadt on Sunday afternoon. The capital club are eager to escape the danger zone and they are likely to go all guns blazing at the Lilywhites. Aissa Laidouni is representing Tunisia at the Africa Cup of Nations, while defender Josip Juranovic has joined midfielder Rani Khedira in the recovery room.
Darmstadt, on the other hand, are stuck at the bottom with 11 points on their account. The rock-bottom side have already suffered five defeats on the road this term and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Union Berlin’s party at Stadion An der Alten Forsterei. The likes of Matej Maglica, Aaron Seydel, Marvin Mehlem, Fraser Hornby, and Braydon Manu remain in the treatment room, speaking of the visiting team.
Highlighted Team (Union Berlin):
Union Berlin are a German football club originally founded back in 1906. Die Eisernen play home games at Stadion An der Alten Forsterei which can hold up to 22,012 spectators. Union Berlin’s home kit is red, with the team wearing white shirts and white shorts on the travels.
Union Berlin finished the 1923 domestic campaign as runners-up, with the team suffering a 3-0 loss to Hamburger SV in the title game. Speaking of the club’s biggest success in the German Cup, die Eisernen made it to the final of the competition in the 2000/2001 season. Schalke, though, proved to be a big catch for Union Berlin in the decider, with Jorg Bohme scoring a brace for die Knappen (2-0).
Union Berlin will face their local rivals Hertha in the 2019/2020 Bundesliga season as they secured promotion to the German top flight, but Hansa Rostock are considered the club’s main rivals.