The capital club that carries an aerial threat

Did you know that…

…Union Berlin have been in outstanding form on home turf recently?

Coach Urs Fischer's side are unbeaten in their last 10 Bundesliga home games (W4 D6). Their last defeat at the Stadion an der Alten Försterei came back on Matchday 1, when they went down 3-1 to FC Augsburg.

…the capital club pose a real aerial threat?

The "Iron Ones" have scored 11 goals from headers this season – the joint-most in the division along with FC Bayern. In the last round of Bundesliga fixtures, former TSG man Grischa Prömel scored a header in a 1-0 win at SC Freiburg.

…TSG should be particularly on their guard when Union have a set-piece?

That aerial threat carries over to set-pieces as well: the seventh-placed side in the Bundesliga have scored 13 goals from dead balls to date – only Gladbach, Leipzig and Frankfurt (16 each) have found the net more from set-pieces.

…Max Kruse is the difference-maker for this Union team?

This Union Berlin team have won 40% of their Bundesliga matches in which Max Kruse has played. Without him, they have won only 33.3% of their games. Having recovered from injury, Kruse returned to the Union Berlin squad for the first time in the last round of fixtures.

…TSG frontman Ihlas Bebou is currently in prolific form?

The Togo international has recently scored in three consecutive Bundesliga games for the first time in his career. In addition, Bebou is the team's top provider with five assists to date.

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