Union Berlin - Arminia Bielefeld

Union has lost their strength at home what the stats shows. They won only 1 of their 8 home games at "Alte Försterei" and this is much too less for them. Above all their fans drool over for a win because they are always creating a special atmosphere and they deserve to celebrate for their big support as well. The team is looking forward to turn things around and they are very hot to beat Bielefeld today. But it is not the most easy task, coming with Bielefeld a very hard to playing team. Arminia lost only one but played 5 times draw and won only 1 on the road. According to their stats they are coming with a lot of self confidence to Berlin and they want to get here something. On the other side both teams are neighbor in table and both need the win because the red zone is not far away of both.

Despite their weak home stats they got a lot of self confidence in the last games and they are very focused to walk on this way. They could win to Heidenheim 2-0 and draw to Nürnberg 3-3 although they were up 3-1 already, and the last game in Bochum 1-1 where they have to come from behind was also a good sign for their actual form. The most problems have they in their defensive work, in none of the last 5 matches could they keep a clean sheet at home. The next problem they face at the moment is that many of their players a light ill, a lot of players are cough on the trainings sessions but Coach Lewandowski said that he sees none of these players doubtful. He is very pleased that he can count on all of them. This means that the same starting lineup stands on the pitch as against Bochum.

The home matches from Bielefeld are always very frustrated for them, they play good but the outcome is nothing, no win, no goal and again 0-1 lost to Leipzig. For this reason they are very happy to play away from home where they had the much better results this Season so far. On the road they are hard to play as mentioned above and they are doing a great job, maybe they can win this encounter what should help them to make some steps forward and collect more self confidence for the upcoming home game against Karlsruhe. The success they had on opponents pitch was preferred due to an excellent balanced play and a great counter style. Both defensive wings are doing a great job with running the sideline up and down very often to help in offensive but Dick and Schuppan did this very well lately. It is almost the same situation for Meier, he can count on almost all players. Only Hemlein had some problems during the week but should be ready, if not, Müller can be an option after returning from a long injury time.

Both teams are close to drop zone and both has to lose here something. It is very tricky at the moment for both and according to this difficult situation it is very important to have a real good match plan. But all this do not help much if you concede a goal, you have to change your Plan and you must be able to do this. Union has always problems at home above all the defensive line is to open according to their much more preferred offensive style of play what means a lot of space for Bielefeld for counter attacks. On the other side is Union able to put a lot of pressure on their opponents at home. According to this excellent match up we can expect some goals here, if a team take the lead the match is going wide open and we see a real great fight.

PICK: OVER 2,25 @ 1,76 (3 Units / Flat Stake)