Borussia Dortmund 2-1 FC Union Berlin: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 April 2023

Result

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 FC Union Berlin

Bundesliga · Saturday 8 April 2023, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Borussia Dortmund 2-1 FC Union Berlin: match report

Borussia Dortmund beat FC Union Berlin 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 8 April 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

D. Malen opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from D. Malen (28') and Youssoufa Moukoko (79'). FC Union Berlin scored through Kevin Behrens (61').

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 5 yellow cards; FC Union Berlin received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 2nd on 53 points from 26 and FC Union Berlin 3rd on 51 points from 26. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 2nd with 71 points, and FC Union Berlin 4th with 62.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-3-3 and FC Union Berlin in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Raphaël Guerreiro of Borussia Dortmund (8.4), ahead of Donyell Malen (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Borussia Dortmund wins, 0 draws and 3 for FC Union Berlin.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Niklas SüleBorussia Dortmund
  • 16'Yellow card · Karim AdeyemiBorussia Dortmund
  • 28'Goal · D. MalenBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Kevin BehrensFC Union Berlin
  • 56'Yellow card · S. BeckerFC Union Berlin
  • 61'Goal · Kevin BehrensFC Union Berlin · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Youssoufa MoukokoBorussia Dortmund · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Emre CanBorussia Dortmund
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Jamie Bynoe-GittensBorussia Dortmund

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 4, draws 0, FC Union Berlin 3.

Team news

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-3-3)

Gregor Kobel, Julian Ryerson, Niklas Süle, Mats Hummels, Raphaël Guerreiro, Jude Bellingham, Emre Can, Julian Brandt, Donyell Malen, Sébastien Haller, Karim Adeyemi

FC Union Berlin line-up (3-5-2)

Frederik Rönnow, Paul Jaeckel, Robin Knoche, Danilho Doekhi, Josip Juranovic, Morten Thorsby, Rani Khedira, Janik Haberer, Niko Gießelmann, Kevin Behrens, Sheraldo Becker