Union Berlin vs Augsburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-11-24 14:30.
The November international break marked the end of an era at Union Berlin, who parted company with legendary manager Urs Fischer. It brought to an end his five-and-a-half year tenure at the club in which Die Eisernen ascended from the depths of second-tier football to the heights of the UEFA Champions League. But a 14-match winless run in all competitions (D1, L13), including 12 consecutive losses, left the club at the bottom of the Bundesliga and in a situation too perilous to persist with Fischer.
Youth coach Marco Grote was promoted to the role of interim manager, while Union made history by becoming the first club in Bundesliga history to appoint a female assistant manager for their first team. Marie-Louise Eta, a highly decorated former player in her own right, will be in the dugout as Union look to snap a nine-match losing streak in the Bundesliga. Whilst the home support has never wavered, four of those nine defeats came on their own turf, with the Iron Ones failing to score in each and conceding 11 goals in the process!
That’s a record Augsburg will be keen to take advantage of, and if history is anything to go by, they’re primed to do so after losing just one of 12 competitive H2Hs (W5, D6). Their new head coach Jess Thorup will be hoping the international break hasn’t halted his side’s momentum, as they still remain unbeaten during his tenure (W2, D2) which began in October when he replaced Enrico Maaßen.
A sequence of five Bundesliga matches without defeat is something Augsburg haven’t managed since the winter of 2019. Thorup will be looking to his forward line to drive the club to match that feat, as they netted ten times across his four games in charge, while no side sitting in the bottom half of the table going into this round could match Augsburg’s 20-goal season tally.
Players to watch: Union forward Sheraldo Becker scored in this corresponding fixture last season (D 2-2), but his failure to win any of his seven personal H2Hs against Augsburg is his equal-highest such tally throughout his career. Phillip Tietz has been instrumental to the visitors’ resurgence under Thorup, directly contributing to four goals in as many games across their unbeaten run (G3, A1).
Hot stat: Augsburg have rescued a division-high 12 points after falling behind in matches.