VfL Wolfsburg visit Union Berlin on Sunday 6 April, kicking off at 15:30 CEST. With seven points from their last three games, Steffen Baumgart’s side head into the contest at the Stadion an der Alten Försterei with significantly more momentum than the Green-and-Whites, who are winless in their last three. However, Union have won only one of their last ten encounters on home soil, while the Wolves still boast the third-best away record in the division with 23 points from 13 games on their travels. None of the teams’ 14 meetings to date have ended goalless.
More facts and figures on the clash in Berlin:
- Ralph Hasenhüttl has faced Union eight times as a coach in the top three divisions of German football and never lost.
- Baumgart, who appeared in 32 Bundesliga games for the Wolves, is the third ex-Wolfsburg player to coach Union after former sweepers Jens Keller (Union coach between July 2016-December 2017) and Frank Lieberam (December 2004-December 2005).
- With a double in both promotion play-off games in 1991/92, Siegfried Reich remains VfL’s most successful goalscorer against Die Eisernen.
- The Wolves’ 2-1 success at the Stadion an der Alten Försterei on 7 June 1992 is still the only contest between the two teams in which the away side came out on top.
- VfL have yet to beat only two other current Bundesliga clubs away from home – Bayern Munich (in 28 top-flight away games) and St. Pauli (three away matches).
- Union have converted only 10.3 percent of their goalscoring opportunities this season – the lowest tally in the Bundesliga. VfL, on the other hand, currently have the second-best conversion rate (20.2 percent, level with Bayer Leverkusen) behind leaders Bayern (20.8 percent).
