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Union facts: who scores first wins

Borussia Dortmund and Union Berlin have met 13 times to date: 11 matches in the league and two in the cup. The home side have always won, with the exception of two BVB victories at the Alte Försterei. Here are the facts about the match against the club from the Köpenick district of Berlin.

Scenario: 11th against 13th. Union have lost seven of their 11 Bundesliga matches against Borussia. Only against Bayern Munich have the Berliners lost more often.

Head-to-head: This is the 14th time the two clubs have met in a competitive match. BVB won both cup ties at home before Union's promotion to the Bundesliga, albeit only after extra time (2018/19) and penalties (2016/17); in the league, BVB have celebrated five home wins (5-0, 2-0, 4-2, 1-0, 4-2). There has never been a draw in this fixture. BVB have not played against any other club so often without a share of the spoils. This encounter has always been won by the team that took a 1-0 lead.

Home & away: The Black & Yellows have been winless in their last five Bundesliga home matches. The last time they had such a run at home was over 18 years ago under Bert van Marwijk. The last home win to date dates back to 23 November 2024, a 4-0 win over Freiburg. Union have only won one of their last seven away games (4-0 at Hoffenheim on 8 February). The other six ended in defeat.

Statistics: Dortmund have won just one of their last seven Bundesliga games (2-1 at Heidenheim on 1 February), while Berlin have won just one of their last four (away at Sinsheim, see above).

Playing style: After St Pauli, Berlin are the team that cover the most distance in the league. In their home game against Mönchengladbach a fortnight ago, they covered 128.3 kilometres, a new league-wide record for the season. An average of 761 sprints per game is the most of any team. The Irons also contest a high number of challenges. 29 goals conceded is the fifth lowest figure in the league, though 247 shots on goal is the fourth lowest across the division.

Biggest home win: BVB's highest win to date came in the first Bundesliga clash between the two clubs at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. On 1 February 2020, BVB took an early 2-0 lead in front of 81,365 enthusiastic fans thanks to goals from Jadon Sancho (13) and Erling Haaland (18), but missed out on a bigger lead before the break against a well-organised and hard-running opposition. However, after a lull at the start of the second half, Marco Reus (penalty, 68), Axel Witsel (70) and Haaland again (76) scored within eight minutes to make it 5-0. This remains Union's heaviest defeat in the Bundesliga.

Last season: In the first half, the match took place as much on the monitor as on the pitch: three VAR interventions led to the annulment of two goals (Kral for Union, Füllkrug for Dortmund) and a penalty, which Bonucci dispatched in the 31st minute to make it 2-1 for the visitors. Previously, Füllkrug (7) and Gosens (9) had both scored from corners. In front of 81,365 spectators, BVB managed to turn things around in the second half: Schlotterbeck (49), Brandt (54) and Ryerson (71) netted to secure a much celebrated victory.
Compiled by Boris Rupert

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His passing, his creativity, his unique style of play \u2013 that was often football at its finest here in the world\u2019s most beautiful stadium!\u201d said Nobby Dickel.<\/p>\nNiklas Süle <\/b>will not only be leaving BVB, but will also be retiring at the end of this season. <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2026/5/7/Niklas-Suele-ends-his-playing-career.html\">The centre-back announced this on Thursday<\/a>. Süle joined Dortmund in the summer of 2022 and reached the Champions League final with BVB. Unforgettable is his sliding tackle against Kylian Mbappé in the group stage against Paris Saint-Germain, when he acrobatically prevented what looked like a certain goal. Against Frankfurt, Süle played his 300th Bundesliga match, his 110th competitive game for BVB. \u201cA man who, like few others, embodies power, passion and emotion. A bloke with a huge heart and one who, despite many setbacks, has always got back on his feet! Niklas, you never gave up, always fought hard and were part of many great Black & Yellow football evenings!\u201d said Nobby Dickel about the defender.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/05/08/abschiede/Abschied-Suele-Brandt-Oezcan.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Abschied-Suele-Brandt-Oezcan-1778267727954\"><\/p>\nSalih Özcan has also been wearing the Borussia Dortmund shirt since 2022 \u2013 apart from a six-month loan spell at VfL Wolfsburg \u2013 and has made 96 competitive appearances in Black & Yellow. In the words of Nobby Dickel: \u201cA player who has never shied away from a tackle. A fighter. A player with the right mentality. He\u2019s covered miles, plugged gaps and always put himself at the service of the team. 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He slipped the ball to Can Uzun, who also had too much space; his shot \u2013 which appeared to be blocked from Gregor Kobel\u2019s view \u2013 found the far corner after just 78 seconds.<\/p>\nDortmund struggled to get into the game. Marcel Sabitzer\u2019s attempt from 18 metres marked their first chance after a quarter of an hour; shortly afterwards, Samuele Inacio got his head to Julian Brandt\u2019s cross just outside the six-yard box, but Frankfurt goalkeeper Zetterer prevented the equaliser with a fine save (17). Subsequently, BVB, playing in a 3-4-2-1 formation, were only able to put Frankfurt under pressure and create chances sporadically: Brandt and Bellingham had efforts from near the edge of the box (in the 25th and 26th minute respectively). Guirassy also blasted the ball over the bar in the 28th minute, but he was in an offside position to begin with in any case. The team\u2019s play was too static overall.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/05/08/bl-spielbericht/95-Inacio.jpg\" data-assetref=\"95-Inacio-1778268743761\"><\/p>\nBut just before half-time, the Black & Yellows turned the game on its head: Brandt skipped past Theate and then passed to Sabitzer, who played Julian Ryerson in on the right wing. Despite being under pressure, Serhou Guirassy managed to turn Ryerson\u2019s sharp cross into the net from five metres out (42). Shortly afterwards, the impressive Jobe Bellingham played the ball on to Maxi Beier on the edge of the box, whose cross was latched onto by the onrushing Nico Schlotterbeck from near the byline to make it 2-1 (45+2).<\/p>\nBorussia started the second half with intensity, but it wasn\u2019t until the hour mark that they looked truly dangerous again: a shot from Ryerson was well saved by Zetterer. Just as Eintracht began to make their presence felt in attack again following Mario Götze\u2019s introduction, and looked to be on the verge of an equaliser (Kobel saved from Uzun, 62), Samuele Inacio scored the crucial goal to open up a 3-1 lead. It was his first goal in the Bundesliga. The 18-year-old Italian had initially been stopped on the edge of the box, but his teammates kept pressing. Beier then crossed in from the left byline, Inacio timed his run to perfection and slotted the ball home with his right foot (72).<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/05/08/bl-spielbericht/95M-Frankfurt.jpg\" data-assetref=\"95M-Frankfurt-1778268729867\"><\/p>\nBut things got exciting again. Knauff broke through on the left. 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The team\u2019s play was too static overall.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/05/08/bl-spielbericht/95-Inacio.jpg\" data-assetref=\"95-Inacio-1778268743761\"><\/p>\nBut just before half-time, the Black & Yellows turned the game on its head: Brandt skipped past Theate and then passed to Sabitzer, who played Julian Ryerson in on the right wing. Despite being under pressure, Serhou Guirassy managed to turn Ryerson\u2019s sharp cross into the net from five metres out (42). Shortly afterwards, the impressive Jobe Bellingham played the ball on to Maxi Beier on the edge of the box, whose cross was latched onto by the onrushing Nico Schlotterbeck from near the byline to make it 2-1 (45+2).<\/p>\nBorussia started the second half with intensity, but it wasn\u2019t until the hour mark that they looked truly dangerous again: a shot from Ryerson was well saved by Zetterer. Just as Eintracht began to make their presence felt in attack again following Mario Götze\u2019s introduction, and looked to be on the verge of an equaliser (Kobel saved from Uzun, 62), Samuele Inacio scored the crucial goal to open up a 3-1 lead. It was his first goal in the Bundesliga. The 18-year-old Italian had initially been stopped on the edge of the box, but his teammates kept pressing. Beier then crossed in from the left byline, Inacio timed his run to perfection and slotted the ball home with his right foot (72).<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/05/08/bl-spielbericht/95M-Frankfurt.jpg\" data-assetref=\"95M-Frankfurt-1778268729867\"><\/p>\nBut things got exciting again. Knauff broke through on the left. Then the ball fell to Burkardt, who simply had to slot it home to make it 3-2 (87).<\/p>\nThe season draws to a close for the Black & Yellows next Saturday (15:30 CEST) at the Weserstadion in Bremen.<\/p>\n<h2>BORUSSIA DORTMUND 3-2 (2-1) EINTRACHT FRANKFURT<\/b><\/h2>\nBundesliga, Matchday 33  \n <\/b>Friday, 8 May 2026, 20:30 CEST<\/p>\nBVB: <\/b>Kobel \u2013 Reggiani, Anton, Schlotterbeck \u2013 Ryerson, Sabitzer (78, Özcan), Bellingham (74, Nmecha), Beier \u2013 Inacio, Brandt (74, Adeyemi) \u2013 Guirassy (78, Silva) \nSubstitutes:<\/b> Meyer, Couto, Chukwuemeka, Svensson, Süle \nUnavailable: <\/b>Bensebaini, Can (both injured)<\/p>\nSGE:<\/b> Zetterer \u2013 Amenda, Theate, Koch, Brown \u2013 Skhiri, Doan (82, Burkardt), Uzun (77, Amaimouni-Echghouyab), Dahoud (57, Götze), Chaibi (57, Bahoya) \u2013 Kalimuendo (77, Knauff) \nSubstitutes:<\/b> Kaua Santos, Chandler, Höjlund, Larsson<\/p>\nGoals:<\/b> 0-1 Uzun (2, Dahoud), 1-1 Guirassy (42, Ryerson), 2-1 Schlotterbeck (45+1, Beier), 3-1 Inacio (72, Beier), 3-2 Burkardt (87, Knauf) \nBookings:<\/b> Reggiani, Inacio, Kobel \nReferee:<\/b> Ittrich (Hamburg) \nAttendance:<\/b> 81,365 (sold-out) at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK \nBoris Rupert<\/i><\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/05/08/bl-spielbericht/95-Grafik.jpg\" data-assetref=\"95-Grafik-1778268711015\"><\/p>\n","exportedType":"text/html"},"id":"editable-3304a94386","prio":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"prio","title":"Prio (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"headline":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"headline","title":"Headline","multiValue":false,"value":"BVB turn the game around to win 3-2 and secure second-place finish","exportedType":"text/plain"},"author":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"author","title":"Author","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"teaserType":"relatedContent","match":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"content-fragment","name":"match","html":"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/matches/football/profis/2025_2026/22/2569333_33_borussiadortmund-eintrachtfrankfurt<\/p>","title":"Related Match","multiValue":false,"value":"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/matches/football/profis/2025_2026/22/2569333_33_borussiadortmund-eintrachtfrankfurt","exportedType":"text/plain"},"externalId":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"externalId","title":"External ID (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":"256651174","exportedType":"text/plain"},"displayOnHome":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"displayOnHome","title":"Display in news wall on homepage","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"url":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"url","title":"Vanity URL (LEAVE EMPTY FOR AUTOMATIC VANITY URL. 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It can be accessed by everyone on the <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en.html\">homepage<\/a> and in the BVB app on <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/allgemein/aktion/bvb-app.html\" title=\"Link in the app store\">iPhone and Android devices<\/a>. A summary of the match, as well as the press conference and comments on the game, will be available on BVB-TV, among other places.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/default/2018/09/25/142021/81G_Netradio_Rupert_Dickel.jpg\" data-assetref=\"81G_Netradio_Rupert_Dickel-1777975245029\"><\/b><\/p>\nWeather: mostly dry \n <\/b>The weather forecast for Friday is a mix of sun and clouds, with temperatures reaching 18 degrees in the afternoon. Towards the end of the match, the temperature will drop to 12 degrees. The chance of rain is given as between 5% and 20%.<\/p>\nLive ticker: over to the app \n <\/b>BVB's digital channels operate at full throttle on matchday. 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