All goals in the second half
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1. FC Union Berlin has ended its crisis after three competitive defeats against the unpopular league opponents RB Leipzig. In the last Bundesliga home game of the year, the Köpenick team won 3-1 (0-0) against Bayern’s closest rivals to date.
Ex-Leipzig player Oliver Burke (57th minute) gave Union the lead in front of 22,012 spectators in the sold-out An der Alten Försterei stadium. A minute later, Tidiam Gomis, who had just come on as a substitute, equalized for the guests (60th). Ilyas Ansah then scored to make it 2-1 (64th). While Leipzig were no longer really dangerous in the final phase, Union’s Tim Skarke scored the decisive 3-1 in stoppage time (90th + 3).
The Union floodlight series also holds up: Union has not lost a home game on a Friday evening since September 2019. So far, the Berliners have had seven wins and two draws. It was RB’s third defeat of the Bundesliga season. The team remains in second place with 29 points, while Union temporarily moves up to eighth place.