Borussia Dortmund 4-2 FC Union Berlin: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 7 October 2023

Result

Borussia Dortmund 4-2 FC Union Berlin

Bundesliga · Saturday 7 October 2023, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Borussia Dortmund 4-2 FC Union Berlin: match report

Borussia Dortmund beat FC Union Berlin 4-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 7 October 2023. The half-time score was 1-2.

Niclas Füllkrug opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Niclas Füllkrug (7'), Nico Schlotterbeck (49'), Julian Brandt (54') and Julian Ryerson (71'). FC Union Berlin scored through Robin Gosens (9') and Leonardo Bonucci (31', penalty).

Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card; FC Union Berlin received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 4th on 14 points from 6 and FC Union Berlin 11th on 6 points from 6. Borussia Dortmund went on to finish that season 5th with 63 points, and FC Union Berlin 15th with 33.

Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and FC Union Berlin in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nico Schlotterbeck of Borussia Dortmund (7.8), ahead of Marco Reus (7.5).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Niclas FüllkrugBorussia Dortmund · 1-0
  • 9'Goal · Robin GosensFC Union Berlin · 1-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Mats HummelsBorussia Dortmund
  • 31'Penalty goal · Leonardo BonucciFC Union Berlin · 1-2
  • 49'Goal · Nico SchlotterbeckBorussia Dortmund · 2-2
  • 54'Goal · Julian BrandtBorussia Dortmund · 3-2
  • 64'Yellow card · Robin GosensFC Union Berlin
  • 71'Goal · Julian RyersonBorussia Dortmund · 4-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Borussia Dortmund 5, draws 0, FC Union Berlin 3.

Team news

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Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gregor Kobel, Marius Wolf, Mats Hummels, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Ryerson, Emre Can, Felix Nmecha, Donyell Malen, Marco Reus, Jamie Gittens, Niclas Füllkrug

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

Frederik Rönnow, Christopher Trimmel, Danilho Doekhi, Leonardo Bonucci, Diogo Leite, Robin Gosens, Aïssa Laïdouni, Alex Král, Janik Haberer, Sheraldo Becker, Kevin Behrens