On the 19th of February, Union Berlin hosts Schalke 04 at Stadion An Der Alten Försterei in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Union Berlin is fresh off their 2-1 win against RB Leipzig. Benjamin Henrichs struck first for RB Leipzig in the 24th minute, but Janik Haberer got the equalizer for Union Berlin in the 61st minute But luckily in the 72nd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Robin Knoche. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Union Berlin should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 18th placed Schalke 04, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Wolfsburg. Neither Schalke 04 nor Wolfsburg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 24 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Schalke 04 looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
Schalke 04 and Union Berlin last played eachother at the Veltins-arena on Sat Aug 27th. Union Berlin took the match by a score of 6 to 1. Morten Thorsby struck first for Union Berlin in the 6th minute on a feed from Danilho Doekhi, but Marius Bülter got the equalizer for Schalke 04 in the 31st minute. Union Berlin’s top weapon lately has been Kevin Behrens, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.