Union Berlin host SV Elversberg in the Bundesliga.
Union have made a rough start to the season, while Elversberg have picked up points at a healthier rate. Union have also been shipping goals in bunches, and Elversberg have found the net in every league game they've played so far.
Analysis updated .
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Contrasting early-season form
Union Berlin's four Bundesliga games have brought just one point: a 3-3 home draw with Eintracht Frankfurt, then defeats away at Bayer Leverkusen (4-0), at home to Schalke (1-3) and away at Bayern München (7-0). That's a tough opening spell wherever they've played.
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Potential returns include your stake. Odds may change.
Union Berlin: 20 completed matches; SV Elversberg: 20 completed matches.
Union Berlin
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 25% 5 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 44
- Conceded
- 46
- Difference
- -2
SV Elversberg
- Win
- 60% 12 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 20% 4 / 20
- Scored
- 55
- Conceded
- 32
- Difference
- +23
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundesliga | Bayern München | Union Berlin | 18.09.2026 | 7-0 |
| Bundesliga | Union Berlin | FC Schalke 04 | 11.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| Bundesliga | Bayer Leverkusen | Union Berlin | 05.09.2026 | 4-0 |
| Bundesliga | Union Berlin | Eintracht Frankfurt | 29.08.2026 | 3-3 |
| DFB Pokal | Eintracht Braunschweig | Union Berlin | 23.08.2026 | 2-4 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Union Berlin | Ipswich | 15.08.2026 | 2-4 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Union Berlin | Aris | 09.08.2026 | 3-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Union Berlin | Cagliari | 02.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Dynamo Dresden | Union Berlin | 01.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | FC Aarau | Union Berlin | 18.07.2026 | 2-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundesliga | FC Schalke 04 | SV Elversberg | 20.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Bundesliga | SV Elversberg | Bayern München | 13.09.2026 | 1-2 |
| Bundesliga | Borussia Mönchengladbach | SV Elversberg | 05.09.2026 | 3-4 |
| Bundesliga | SV Elversberg | Bayer Leverkusen | 29.08.2026 | 3-2 |
| DFB Pokal | MSV Duisburg | SV Elversberg | 22.08.2026 | 1-3 |
| Friendlies Clubs | SV Elversberg | Lorient | 15.08.2026 | 4-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Mallorca | SV Elversberg | 08.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Strasbourg | SV Elversberg | 04.08.2026 | 2-5 |
| Friendlies Clubs | NEC Nijmegen | SV Elversberg | 25.07.2026 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | FC Viktoria Köln | SV Elversberg | 17.07.2026 | 2-1 |
SV Elversberg have looked sharper. They beat Leverkusen 3-2 at home, won 4-3 away at Borussia Mönchengladbach, lost 2-1 at home to Bayern, then drew 0-0 away at Schalke. Two wins, a draw and a single defeat is a decent platform to build on.
Comparative Team Statistics: Union Berlin vs SV Elversberg

League position tells its own story
With four rounds played, Union Berlin sit 17th with a single point from four games, having won none, drawn one and lost three, with four goals scored and seventeen conceded. SV Elversberg are up in 7th with seven points from the same number of matches, winning two, drawing one and losing one, with eight scored and seven conceded.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | FSV Mainz 05 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10/6 | 7 |
| 7 | SV Elversberg | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8/7 | 7 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8/8 | 7 |
| 16 | Hamburger SV | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2/13 | 3 |
| 17 | Union Berlin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4/17 | 1 |
| 18 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6/16 | 0 |
It's early days, but the table already shows a big gap between these two sides.
Goals and cards so far
M. Krattenmacher has been Elversberg's main source of goals, netting three times in four appearances. Union's top scorer in this sample is T. Skarke, with two in four games, which underlines how much they've struggled to create at one end while leaking at the other.
On discipline, F. Uduokhai has picked up three yellow cards in three matches for Union, and Z. Van Den Bosch has two in three. Elversberg's F. Keidel has two yellows in four games. None of this points to a suspension, but it does suggest a Union side that's had plenty of defending to do.

A game that could produce goals
Union have conceded 17 goals in four Bundesliga matches this season, well over four a game on average. Elversberg have scored in every league fixture so far and, aside from their goalless trip to Schalke, have been involved in decisive scorelines rather than tight draws. Their wider recent sample, cups and friendlies included, has also tended to be goal-heavy.
A low-scoring stalemate looks like the less likely outcome based on what both sides have shown.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeong Woo-Yeong | Korea Republic | 27 | Midfielder | 179 | 71 |
| M. Aebischer | Switzerland | 29 | Midfielder | 183 | 78 |
| R. Skov | Denmark | 30 | Midfielder | 185 | 81 |
| F. Rønnow | Denmark | 34 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 81 |
| J. Juranović | Croatia | 31 | Defender | 173 | 68 |
| C. Trimmel | Austria | 39 | Defender | 189 | 82 |
| T. Skarke | Germany | 30 | Midfielder | 181 | 78 |
| R. Khedira | Germany | 32 | Midfielder | 188 | 84 |
| F. Uduokhai | Germany | 29 | Defender | 193 | 89 |
| J. Haberer | Germany | 32 | Midfielder | 186 | 78 |
| A. Schäfer | Hungary | 27 | Midfielder | 179 | 70 |
| E. Latte Lath | Côte d'Ivoire | 27 | Attacker | 177 | 75 |
| K. Imeri | Switzerland | 26 | Midfielder | 178 | 80 |
| C. Klaus | Germany | 32 | Goalkeeper | 189 | 86 |
| D. Köhn | Germany | 27 | Defender | 180 | 73 |
| M. Raab | Germany | 27 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 82 |
| L. Querfeld | Austria | 22 | Defender | 190 | 83 |
| M. LjubiÄiÄ | Croatia | 24 | Attacker | 183 | 78 |
| Z. Van Den Bosch | Belgium | 23 | Defender | 191 | 78 |
| T. Rothe | Germany | 21 | Defender | 193 | 85 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. Le Joncour | France | 31 | Defender | 192 | 83 |
| J. Gyamerah | Ghana | 31 | Defender | 184 | 79 |
| T. Boss | Germany | 33 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 79 |
| L. Schnellbacher | Germany | 32 | Attacker | 180 | 76 |
| N. Mickelson | Thailand | 27 | Defender | 179 | 70 |
| Ł. Poręba | Poland | 26 | Midfielder | 179 | 76 |
| A. Condé | Germany | 29 | Midfielder | 173 | 67 |
| M. Rohr | Germany | 31 | Defender | 193 | 85 |
| L. Günther | Germany | 23 | Defender | 181 | 83 |
| L. Petkov | Bulgaria | 25 | Midfielder | 183 | 76 |
| L. Sirch | Germany | 27 | Defender | 186 | 80 |
| L. Pinckert | Germany | 26 | Defender | 185 | 83 |
| N. Kristof | Austria | 26 | Goalkeeper | 185 | 87 |
| N. Futkeu | Germany | 23 | Attacker | 183 | 76 |
| F. Schmahl | Germany | 23 | Midfielder | 183 | 74 |
| F. Keidel | Germany | 23 | Midfielder | 178 | 70 |
| William Cole Campbell | USA | 20 | Midfielder | 170 | 68 |
| M. Krattenmacher | Germany | 21 | Midfielder | 180 | 75 |
| D. Mokwa | France | 22 | Attacker | 181 | 81 |
| Francis-Ikechukwu Onyeka | Germany | 19 | Midfielder | 187 | 74 |
Put together, this looks like a fixture where goals are the more likely story rather than which side wins. Union's defensive numbers are poor early on, and Elversberg have shown they can find the net against sterner opposition than this.
There's obviously a small sample here, just four league games each, so we're not banking on a repeat of Bayern's 7-0 or anything close. But the pattern across both teams' matches this season points toward an open game rather than a grind.
