Union Berlin v RB Leipzig result

Full-time · Union Berlin 3–1 RB Leipzig

Bundesliga · Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:30 GMT · Stadion An der Alten Försterei

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Union Berlin · RB Leipzig · Head-to-head

Union Berlin 3–1 RB Leipzig — Union Berlin won this Bundesliga match.

Match report, in numbers

What xG said

xG said Union Berlin: 1.48 to 0.50 in expected goals, from 12 shots to 9, ahead on xG from the 41st minute (per-shot expected goals for this match).

The result

Union Berlin beat RB Leipzig 3–1 at Stadion An der Alten Försterei in the Bundesliga on Friday 12 December. It is Union Berlin’s first win over RB Leipzig since 11 February 2023, after four meetings without one (the 6 prior meetings TACTIX holds).

The goals

It was 0–0 at half-time. The goals — Union Berlin: O. Burke (57’, assisted by Jeong Woo-Yeong), Ilyas Ansah (63’, assisted by Christopher Trimmel) and Tim Skarke (90’, assisted by A. Ilić); RB Leipzig: Tidiam Gomis (60’, assisted by C. Harder).

Discipline

Daniel Schlager, Germany showed four yellow cards — against 4.7 yellows a game across the last 13 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Union Berlin: Janik Haberer (37’) and Danilho Doekhi (54’); RB Leipzig: David Raum (50’) and C. Harder (72’).

What it changes

Union Berlin move up from 12th to eighth (14 league matches played).

RB Leipzig stay second after this result (14 league matches played).

Union Berlin have scored in six consecutive matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Leopold Querfeld (Union Berlin) 7.9, Aljoscha Kemlein (Union Berlin) 6.6 and Yan Diomande (RB Leipzig) 6.2 led the match.

Next up

Union Berlin next travel to FC Augsburg on 24 October 2026.

RB Leipzig next travel to Real Madrid on 21 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Union Berlin: FC Augsburg v Union Berlin, Saturday 24 October — the preview. Next for RB Leipzig: Real Madrid v RB Leipzig, Wednesday 21 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Union Berlin 3–1 RB Leipzig · Bundesliga
Venue: Stadion An der Alten Försterei · Berlin
Referee: Daniel Schlager, Germany
Head-to-head (last 6): Union Berlin 2 · draws 2 · RB Leipzig 2 · 1.83 goals/game
Recent form: Union Berlin 1W 1D 3L · RB Leipzig 3W 1D 1L

Union Berlin 3–1 RB Leipzig (Bundesliga): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

1.13 / 3.13

Goals

against 1.5 / 0.75 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

6 / 5.5

Corners

against 4.5 / 4.75 · 4 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

4.63 / 8

Shots on target

against 4 / 3.63 · 2 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

2.38 / 1.63

Cards

against 2.63 / 2 · 4 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

4.69 yellows

Referee · Daniel Schlager, Germany

2.08 home / 2.62 away

over 13 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 6 December 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 6 December 2025. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Union Berlin for / against	Line	RB Leipzig for / against
Goals scored	1.13 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	3.13 for · 0.75 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	6 for · 4.5 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	5.5 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	14.88 for · 11.63 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	17.25 for · 12.25 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	4.63 for · 4 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	8 for · 3.63 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	12.88 for · 10.13 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	8 for · 10.5 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2.38 for · 2.63 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	1.63 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: Daniel Schlager, Germany — 4.69 yellow cards a game, 0.23 red cards, 21.08 fouls over 13 matches (2.08 to the home side, 2.62 to the away side).

Home 2.08Away 2.62

Union Berlin

Union Berlin — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Schäfer n 8	68	2.5 6/4	1.2 4/2	—
Livan Burcu n 4	28	2.4 3/0	1.6 1/1	—
J. Haberer n 8	49.3	2.1 6/3	0.9 3/1	X. Schlager
C. Trimmel n 8	66.6	1.5 4/3	0.2 1/0	—
R. Khedira n 8	93.8	1.4 7/3	0.7 5/1	X. Schlager

Union Berlin — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
T. Skarke n 8	39.8	2.3 6/2	0.8 3/0
D. Doekhi n 8	93.8	1.9 8/6	0.6 3/2
L. Querfeld n 8	93.8	1.8 6/4	1.1 4/3
A. Ilić n 8	51.3	1.8 6/2	0.2 1/0
Ilyas Ansah n 8	76.1	1.5 6/3	0.9 4/2

Union Berlin — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Livan Burcu n 4	28	0 0/0	0.8 1/0
L. Querfeld n 8	93.8	0.4 2/1	0 0/0
D. Doekhi n 8	93.8	0.4 2/1	0 0/0
R. Khedira n 8	93.8	0.4 3/0	0 0/0
C. Trimmel n 8	66.6	0 0/0	0.3 2/0

Union Berlin — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
T. Rothe n 8	54.4	2.9 6/4
D. Doekhi n 8	93.8	2.5 7/5
A. Schäfer n 8	68	2.3 6/5
R. Khedira n 8	93.8	2.2 8/5
D. Köhn n 8	58.8	1.9 5/3

Union Berlin — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
F. Rønnow n 8	93.8	2.5 6/4

RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
E. Banzuzi n 8	30.3	3.7 6/3	0 0/0	—
J. Bakayoko n 8	52.1	1.3 4/1	0.9 2/2	—
X. Schlager n 8	52	1.3 4/2	1.5 5/2	R. Khedira
C. Baumgartner n 8	85.5	1.2 6/2	1.8 7/4	—
C. Harder n 8	47.1	1.2 4/1	1.2 4/1	—

RB Leipzig — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
C. Harder n 8	47.1	3.8 5/4	2.6 5/3
A. Nusa n 8	80.1	2.4 8/5	1 5/2
J. Bakayoko n 8	52.1	2.4 5/3	1.5 5/1
Y. Diomande n 8	72.6	2.2 7/4	1.7 6/4
A. Ouédraogo n 8	62.8	1.8 5/3	1.4 4/3

RB Leipzig — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Y. Diomande n 8	72.6	0.9 4/1	0.5 2/1
A. Ouédraogo n 8	62.8	0.5 3/0	0.5 3/0
C. Baumgartner n 8	85.5	0.4 2/1	0.5 3/1
Rômulo n 8	81.5	0.4 3/0	0.4 3/0
C. Harder n 8	47.1	0.2 1/0	0.5 2/0

RB Leipzig — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Max Finkgräfe n 8	53.1	3.6 6/5
X. Schlager n 8	52	3.2 7/5
R. Baku n 8	78.3	2.7 7/5
N. Seiwald n 8	85.9	2.2 8/5
E. Banzuzi n 8	30.3	2.2 3/2

RB Leipzig — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 6 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
P. Gulácsi n 8	90	2.1 6/2

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Union Berlin		RB Leipzig
37%	Possession	63%
1.42	Expected goals (xG)	0.55
12	Shots	9
6	Shots on target	3
5	Shots off target	4
1	Blocked shots	2
9	Shots inside the box	4
4	Corners	6
1	Offsides	0
7	Fouls	8
2	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
2	Saves	3
311	Passes	558
68%	Pass accuracy	83%

Union Berlin player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
F. Rønnow	90	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.2
D. Doekhi	90	0	0	0	0	0	5	Y	7
L. Querfeld	90	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	7.6
Diogo Leite	90	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	6.2
R. Khedira	90	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	6.6
A. Kemlein	90	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	7.2
D. Köhn	85	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	8
Ilyas Ansah	85	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	7.3
Jeong Woo-Yeong	67	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	6.6
O. Burke	67	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	7.3
J. Haberer	59	0	0	1	0	0	3	Y	6.2
C. Trimmel sub	31	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	7
A. Schäfer sub	23	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	6.9
A. Ilić sub	23	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6.5
S. Nsoki sub	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
T. Skarke sub	10	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	7.7

RB Leipzig player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
P. Gulácsi	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.9
W. Orbán	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.2
C. Lukeba	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.3
D. Raum	90	0	0	1	0	1	1	Y	6.3
C. Baumgartner	90	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	5.9
X. Schlager	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.5
C. Harder	90	0	1	1	0	2	3	Y	6.2
Y. Diomande	90	0	0	2	1	1	3	0	7.3
N. Seiwald	89	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.2
K. Nedeljković	81	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.7
J. Bakayoko	58	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.6
T. Gomis sub	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	7.3
A. MaksimoviÄ sub	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
T. Werner sub	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Union Berlin v RB Leipzig — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Union BerlinDWLLL

Last 5: 1W 1D 3L · 1.4 scored / 2 conceded per game

RB LeipzigLWDWW

Last 5: 3W 1D 1L · 2.4 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Union Berlin 2 · 2 draws · RB Leipzig 2 · 1.83 goals/game

2025-02-01 Union Berlin 0–0 RB Leipzig
2024-09-14 RB Leipzig 0–0 Union Berlin
2024-02-04 RB Leipzig 2–0 Union Berlin
2023-09-03 Union Berlin 0–3 RB Leipzig
2023-02-11 RB Leipzig 1–2 Union Berlin
2022-08-20 Union Berlin 2–1 RB Leipzig

League standing · 2025/26

Union Berlin#11 pos39 pts34 pl-14 GD

RB Leipzig#3 pos65 pts34 pl+19 GD

Goals per game

Union Berlin scored1.29

RB Leipzig scored1.94

Union Berlin conceded1.71

RB Leipzig conceded1.38

Shot map and expected goals

Union Berlin 1.48 xG from 12 shots, RB Leipzig 0.50 from 9. Every mark is one shot, placed where it was taken and sized by the chance it had of becoming a goal. Filled marks with a white ring are goals.

Union Berlin (attacking right)RB Leipzig (attacking left)mark size = expected goals

Team	Shots	Goals	xG
Union Berlin	12	3	1.48
RB Leipzig	9	1	0.50

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What is the head-to-head record between Union Berlin and RB Leipzig?: In their last 6 meetings, Union Berlin won 2, RB Leipzig won 2 and there were 2 draws, averaging 1.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Union Berlin and RB Leipzig?: Recent form — Union Berlin 1W 1D 3L; RB Leipzig 3W 1D 1L.

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