RB Leipzig vs Union Berlin - prediction, team news, lineups

RB Leipzig tin instrumentality a elephantine measurement towards Champions League qualification with a triumph successful the Bundesliga astatine Red Bull Arena against Union Berlin connected Friday.

Sitting successful 3rd with 59 points, Leipzig are 5 points up of fifth-placed Hoffenheim with conscionable 4 matchweeks remaining, whereas Marie-Louise Eta's visitors are 11th with 32 points.

Match preview

Leipzig emerged arsenic 3-1 winners against Eintracht Frankfurt connected April 18, winning their 4th crippled successful a row, and it was besides their sixth triumph successful 7 matches.

Ole Werner's broadside scored 15 goals successful that stretch, and they lone conceded 5 times, whereas they had conceded 10 goals and netted connected 11 occasions successful their anterior 7 clashes.

Die Roten Bullen present request 8 points from their last 4 fixtures to unafraid a instrumentality to the Champions League, though the conflict betwixt Spain and Germany for a 5th spot successful the contention is fierce, meaning 5th could beryllium capable for a spot alongside Europe's elite.

The hosts' grounds against Friday's visitors has been acold from cleanable precocious fixed they were held to 2 goalless stalemates successful 2024-25, before losing 3-1 distant from location successful December 2025.

Leipzig's displays astatine Red Bull Arena person been excellent, with the nine undefeated successful their past 5 astatine the stadium, getting the amended of opponents successful each of their past 3 astatine home.

Marie-Louise Eta made past erstwhile she took complaint of Union against Wolfsburg connected April 18, becoming the archetypal pistillate to pb a men's squad retired connected the transportation successful Europe's apical 5 leagues, though her broadside were beaten 2-1 by the Wolves.

Union were unfortunate to suffer that crippled considering they lone faced 0.19 xG and 3 shots wrong the box, whereas they produced astir 2 expected goals and 17 attempts wrong the punishment area.

Die Eisernen travel into the weekend's clash hoping to apprehension their mediocre form, with the squad winless successful 4 games, a play successful which they were beaten 3 times.

The visitors failed to people much than erstwhile successful those matches, netting a full of 3 goals, and they besides conceded 10 goals successful their past 4 outings.

Union's fortunes connected the roadworthy person been alarming considering they person lone won 1 of their past 8 contests distant from home, suffering defeats connected 5 occasions.

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Team News

Leipzig's astir important stars are acceptable for the last agelong of the season, including first-choice centre-backs Willi Orban and Castello Lukeba.

Nicolas Seiwald started arsenic the deepest midfielder against Frankfurt, and helium is apt to clasp his spot adjacent to fig eights Assan Ouedraogo and Christoph Baumgartner.

Yan Diomande volition anticipation to proceed his awesome play successful beforehand of extremity by scoring his 13th Bundesliga extremity of 2025-26.

Union's squad is besides mostly available, but attacker Woo-Yeong Jeong is suspended, and helium volition not marque his 27th league quality of the season.

Oliver Burke and Ilyas Ansah tin beryllium expected to commencement down centre-forward Andrej Ilic, portion Rani Khedira and Aljoscha Kemlein are acceptable to patrol midfield.

RB Leipzig imaginable starting lineup:

Vandevoordt; Baku, Orban, Lukeba, Raum; Ouedraogo, Seiwald, Baumgartner; Diomande, Romulo, Nusa

Union Berlin imaginable starting lineup:

Ronnow; Doekhi, Querfeld, Leite; Trimmel, Khedira, Kemlein, Rothe; Burke, Ansah; Ilic

We say: RB Leipzig 2-1 Union Berlin

Union were awesome against Wolfsburg contempt losing, and they whitethorn beryllium to beryllium challenging opponents connected Friday.

However, Leipzig person been irresistible of late, and with the backing of a location crowd, they should beryllium seen arsenic favourites astatine Red Bull Arena.

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