On January 31, An der Alten Fjorsterai will host the 1/8 final match of the German Cup, in which Union (Berlin) will meet with Wolfsburg. The start of the fight is scheduled for 20:45 European time.
Union Berlin
The club continues its progress. Already in the 2nd year after the recent debut, the capital project was able to climb into European competition. And in the last championship he won 5th place – more precisely, he lost 4th to the more experienced RB Leipzig. Even after that, it turned out to add, and for a considerable part of the fall, Urs Fischer’s wards were in the lead in the Bundesliga standings. Yes, they were clearly tired of fighting on 2 fronts (the Germans played in the Europa League in parallel), which resulted in a series of failures before the winter break. But in the capital, they hope that the pause allowed them to “recharge the batteries.” For starters, the Iron Union put the squeeze on Hoffenheim 3:1 at home. Then he continued to win, with Werder Bremen and Hertha, returning to 2nd place.
Wolfsburg
The team fell from 4th place to 12th last season. Of course, the reason is that in 2021, during the off-season, the successful coach, Glasner, was released. There is hope that at least now they have found a worthy successor for Oliver in the person of Niko Kovac. The Croatian, however, stalled in the first matches in a new place – after 5 rounds there were only 2 points. But gradually the “wolves” were able to accelerate, and finished the autumn segment with 4 victories in a row. The series managed to be extended even after the resumption of the draw, with a devastating 6:0 at home against the strong Freiburg and 5:0 on the Hertha field. This managed to get closer to the group of leaders, but, of course, the struggle is still ahead. Moreover, Werder managed to lose 1:2.
head-to-head statistics
Four times in a row the teams have strictly exchanged home wins, including a 2-0 win in September in Berlin. Moreover, the hosts of the arena have never lost in 7 official matches.
Forecast
Bookmakers consider Union to be the favorite, but he can think more about the Bundesliga now, without wasting energy on the cup. So let’s settle on the neutral option “both teams to score” with a coefficient of 1.87 according to Parimatch.
