Union Berlin vs. Hoffenheim preview: Hosts out to continue head-to-head winning run

Union Berlin

Union have gained two and misplaced one in all their opening three aggressive matches of the 2025/26 marketing campaign. Steffen Baumgart’s aspect kicked off the marketing campaign with a commanding 5-0 victory over Gütersloh within the DFB-Pokal, earlier than they claimed a slender 1-0 house win over Stuttgart on matchday one of many Bundesliga season.

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Sadly for Union, they have been unable to choose up one other optimistic consequence of their second league match in opposition to Borussia Dortmund, falling to a heavy 3-0 away defeat earlier than the worldwide break. By the way, that consequence ended Union’s five-game unbeaten away league run since they suffered a 6-0 loss in opposition to the identical opponent in February.

Die Eisernen will fancy their possibilities of bouncing again in opposition to Hoffenheim, having gained every of their final three head-to-head conferences, together with a dominant 4-0 away win in February. In the meantime, they edged out die Kraichgauer through a 2-1 scoreline when the 2 sides final met on the Stadion An der Alten Försterei in September 2024.

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Union are unable to name upon Stanley Nsoki, András Schäfer, Livan Burcu and Diogo Leite. In the meantime, Croatia worldwide Josip Juranović is a doubt for Saturday’s house conflict.

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Predicted lineup: Rønnow; Doekhi, Querfeld, Rothe; Trimmel, Jeong, Khedira, Haberer, Forest; Ansah, Ilić

Hoffenheim

Like Union, Hoffenheim additionally kicked off the brand new season with back-to-back victories, together with a 4-0 win over Hansa Rostock within the Pokal. Hoffenheim then got here from behind to say a slender 2-1 victory of their away league conflict in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen. Sadly for die Kraichgauer, they have been rapidly introduced right down to earth of their opening house recreation in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt. Grischa Prömel scored a late comfort as Hoffenheim slumped to a 3-1 defeat on the PreZero Enviornment.

They’re now making ready to move on their travels, realizing they’ve the prospect to document consecutive away league victories for simply the second time in 2025. Nonetheless, that will probably be simpler stated than achieved, contemplating they haven’t crushed Union since recording a 2-0 away victory in September 2023. That consequence represents the one victory they’ve picked up of their earlier 5 head-to-head away conferences. With that stated, the guests can not less than take confidence from the truth that they’ve discovered the online in every of their six Bundesliga away video games in opposition to Union.

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Hoffenheim are with out the injured trio of Valentin Gendrey, Adam Hložek and Koki Machida. Nonetheless, in optimistic information, Wouter Burger is match for the away journey after sitting out the defeat to Frankfurt earlier than the worldwide break.

Predicted Lineups: Baumann; Coufal, Branáč, Hajdari, Bernardo; Kramaric, Avdullahu, Prömel, Touré; Lemperle, Asllani