Union Berlin vs B. Monchengladbach prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-10-16 18:30.
[p]Union Berlin have an opportunity to return to the top half of the Bundesliga table when they host winless Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday night.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After an inconsistent start to their campaign, 13th-place Union Berlin are precisely where Opta projected them to end this season. A run of matches against five of the league’s current top-nine clubs (W2, D1, L2) could be used to contend that, in the face of what has been a tough start, their collection of seven league points is fairly admirable. Whilst last round’s 2-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen left a lot to be desired, Union should draw confidence from some positive results at home to top-half clubs Stuttgart (W 2-1) and Hamburg (D 0-0), especially when they are set to come up against a struggling Gladbach side here.[/p]
[p]Gladbach became the second club of the season to sack their manager, and the team has responded with gritty draws at home to Freiburg (0-0) and away to Leverkusen (1-1), with a 6-4 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt sandwiched in between. Despite the club now failing to win each of their last 13 Bundesliga games (D5, L8), caretaker boss Eugen Polanski has reportedly been given at least three more games in charge before a decision is made on Gerardo Seoane’s permanent successor in November. Trips to current bottom-half clubs Union Berlin and St. Pauli present Polanski with a fantastic opportunity to make an impression in what could be an audition for a permanent gig. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Union Berlin were victors in six of the 12 Bundesliga H2Hs to take place since 2019/20 (D3, L3), though it was Gladbach who were successful both times last season. It has been an even matchup for many years with only one of the last ten Bundesliga H2Hs decided by a 2+ goal margin. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Six of Steffen Baumgart’s last seven games against Mönchengladbach saw both teams score. [/p]
[p]The half-time result was replicated at full-time in all six of Union Berlin’s Bundesliga games this season. [/p]
[p]Six of Gladbach’s last eight Bundesliga games produced under 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Gladbach failed to score in six of their last eight league matches. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Ilyas Ansah remains one of Union’s most potent attacking threats, scoring their opening goal in two of their three Bundesliga home games. Haris Tabaković has scored a header in four league games since March but with limited team success (D3, L1) when he finds the net. [/p]
[p]Robert Skov returned for Union in a friendly last week. Franck Honorat and Giovanni Reyna returned to training with Gladbach, but may not be ready yet. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Gladbach’s struggles in front of goal make Union Berlin to win with a clean sheet an attractive investment.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]