Bundesliga · Matchday 7 
Our pick2–1Missed
Union Berlin's search for goals and a way out of the drop zone takes them to Augsburg
Union Berlin have scored just twice in their last five Bundesliga games and sit 17th. A trip to Augsburg on Saturday offers a chance to start climbing.
📍 WWK Arena
Match report
FC Augsburg and Union Berlin drew 1-1 in round 7 of the Bundesliga. Union Berlin's Felix Uduokhai was sent off in the 19th minute, and Juma Bah followed with a red card for FC Augsburg in the 63rd. Augsburg took the lead in the 71st minute through Han-Noah Massengo, assisted by Fabian Rieder, but Janik Haberer equalised for Union Berlin in the 74th minute with no assist recorded.
FC Augsburg had 69% of the possession and 25 total shots to Union Berlin's 6, while the expected goals figures stood at 1.91 for Augsburg and 1.24 for Union Berlin. The top-rated player was H. Massengo of FC Augsburg, with a rating of 8.0. The 1-1 draw differed from the PreviaXI pre-match model, which had pointed to a 2-1 home win, with probabilities of 49% home win, 23% draw and 28% away win.
Goals
- 71'Han-Noah Massengo · Fabian Rieder · FC Augsburg
- 74'Janik Haberer · Union Berlin
Cards
- 19'Felix Uduokhai · Union Berlin
- 31'Janik Haberer · Union Berlin
- 36'Leopold Querfeld · Union Berlin
- 63'Juma Bah · FC Augsburg
- 77'Mekhi Gray · Union Berlin
Match stats
⭐ Top-rated player: H. Massengo (FC Augsburg) 8
Ratings and statistics: API-Football.
Confirmed lineups
FC Augsburg · 3-4-2-1
- 1F. DahmenG
- 35Abdulay BahD
- 5C. MatsimaD
- 2C. BrackelmannD
- 27M. WolfM
- 4H. MassengoM
- 32F. RiederM
- 16Hennes BehrensM
- 30A. KadeM
- 21A. IbrahimovićM
- 11M. GregoritschF
Coach: M. Baum
Union Berlin · 4-2-3-1
- 1F. RønnowG
- 19J. HabererD
- 4Z. Van Den BoschD
- 2F. UduokhaiD
- 15T. RotheD
- 13A. SchäferM
- 8R. KhediraM
- 11Jeong Woo-YeongM
- 20M. AebischerM
- 9Livan BurcuM
- 21T. SkarkeF
Coach: M. Lustrinelli
Match facts
Recent form
Last 5 league games, latest on the right
Goals per game
| · | Scored | Conceded |
|---|---|---|
| FC Augsburg | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| Union Berlin | 0.8 | 2.8 |
League position
| Pos | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | FC Augsburg | 6 | +4 | 8 |
| 17 | Union Berlin | 6 | -12 | 5 |
Last meetings
- 2026Union Berlin4-0FC Augsburg
- 2026FC Augsburg1-1Union Berlin
- 2025FC Augsburg1-2Union Berlin
- 2025Union Berlin0-2FC Augsburg
- 2024FC Augsburg2-0Union Berlin
Absences
FC Augsburg
- OutN. Banks · Knee Injury
- OutS. Mounie · Injury
- DoubtfulA. Claude-Maurice · Muscle Injury
Union Berlin
- OutA. Ilic · Illness
- OutA. Markgraf · Knee Injury
- OutS. Nsoki · Muscle Injury
- DoubtfulK. Imeri · Injury
- DoubtfulJ. Juranovic · Achilles Tendon Injury
PreviaXI model
- Predicted score
- 2-1
- Expected goals (model)
- 1.89 – 1.38
- Double chance
- 12 · 77%1X 72% · X2 51%
- Over 2.5 goals
- 63%
- Both teams score
- 64%
- Expected corners
- 10.65.8 – 4.8 · Over 9.5: 60%
- Expected cards
- 4.32.2 – 2.1 · Over 3.5: 60%
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG), results and match statistics from the last two seasons. For information only. How our model works →
Union Berlin have scored just two goals in their last five league matches, and that barren run has left them 17th in an 18-team Bundesliga. Saturday’s trip to WWK Arena is a chance to begin the climb out of the relegation zone.
Context & stakes
Union have 5 points from six rounds and a goal difference of -12, so every result now carries weight. Augsburg sit 10th on 8 points. A win in Swabia would draw Union level on points with their hosts and send a signal that the slide can be stopped.
Form
Augsburg have been more productive, scoring 13 times in their last five matches while conceding 12. Their recent sequence reads LDLDW, and they have been hard to beat at home, with one win, two draws and no defeats in three games there this season.
Union’s away record is the central problem. They have played two matches on the road this season, lost both, and have not scored away from home at all. Over their last five games, they have conceded 14 times, averaging 2.8 per match.
Head-to-head
These two clubs have been closely matched. Union won 4-0 in May, the most recent meeting, and came out on top 1-2 at Augsburg in May 2025. Augsburg won 2-0 in April 2024 and 0-2 at Union in January 2025, while the most recent draw came in January 1-1.
Team news
Augsburg will be without N. Banks (knee) and S. Mounie (injury), while A. Claude-Maurice is doubtful with a muscle problem.
Union face a longer list of absences. A. Ilic is out with illness, A. Markgraf with a knee injury and S. Nsoki with a muscle problem. K. Imeri is doubtful, and J. Juranovic is a concern with an Achilles tendon injury.
Our prediction
PreviaXI’s model favours Augsburg, and the football case supports that. The hosts have been far more dangerous at home, and Union’s away record offers little reason to expect goals on the road. Augsburg should create the better openings and are likely to take the lead, but Union have the attacking quality to make it a contest, and the game could be open and physical.
FC Augsburg 2-1 Union Berlin
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