FC Union Berlin 2-1 RB Leipzig: result and report

Bundesliga · Friday 3 December 2021

Result

FC Union Berlin 2-1 RB Leipzig

Bundesliga · Friday 3 December 2021, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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FC Union Berlin 2-1 RB Leipzig: match report

FC Union Berlin won against RB Leipzig 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday 3 December 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

T. Awoniyi opened the scoring in the 6th minute. FC Union Berlin's goals came from T. Awoniyi (6') and Timo Baumgartl (57'). RB Leipzig scored through Christopher Nkunku (13').

Discipline: FC Union Berlin received 1 yellow card; RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Union Berlin were 6th on 20 points from 13 and RB Leipzig 8th on 18 points from 13. FC Union Berlin went on to finish that season 5th with 57 points, and RB Leipzig 4th with 58.

FC Union Berlin lined up in a 5-3-2 and RB Leipzig in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Timo Baumgartl of FC Union Berlin (8.6), ahead of Julian Ryerson (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Union Berlin win, 0 draws and 3 for RB Leipzig.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · T. AwoniyiFC Union Berlin · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Christopher NkunkuRB Leipzig · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Timo BaumgartlFC Union Berlin · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Rani KhediraFC Union Berlin
  • 65'Yellow card · Dominik SzoboszlaiRB Leipzig

Head-to-head

4 meetings: FC Union Berlin 1, draws 0, RB Leipzig 3.

Team news

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

Andreas Luthe, Julian Ryerson, Marvin Friedrich, Robin Knoche, Timo Baumgartl, Niko Gießelmann, Sheraldo Becker, Rani Khedira, Grischa Prömel, Taiwo Awoniyi, Zoran Zekic

RB Leipzig line-up (3-4-2-1)

Péter Gulácsi, Nordi Mukiele, Lukas Klostermann, Josko Gvardiol, Benjamin Henrichs, Konrad Laimer, Tyler Adams, Angeliño, Christopher Nkunku, Dominik Szoboszlai, André Silva