Only a few days after the cup semifinals, there will be another duel between Union and RB Leipzig on Saturday (3:30 p.m.): The facts about the game!
►RB Leipzig has been unbeaten in 15 competitive games. 1. FC Union Berlin unfortunately lost the cup semifinals 2-1 in injury time against the Saxons. However, the Irons won the last two Bundesliga duels against RB Leipzig 2-1 at home.
►RB has – despite all the Union protests – a home advantage: Leipzig won all four games in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga in the Red Bull Arena.
►The Saxons have been unbeaten in nine Bundesliga games and are currently the best team in the second half of the season. Union set a club record with their 13th win of the season against Europa League semi-finalist Eintracht Frankfurt. With the first win in Leipzig, the Irons could equal their Bundesliga point record of 50 points (currently 47) from the previous season.
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► RB and Union have recently shown themselves to be solid in defense. Both teams have only conceded one goal in the last three matchdays – only FC Bayern managed that.
► Leipzig have already conceded ten goals this Bundesliga season, a league best. But Union – the cup semifinals also showed that – conceded only one goal after a counterattack. That also means the best in the league.