RB Leipzig 1-0 FC Union Berlin: result and report

Bundesliga · Wednesday 20 January 2021

Result

RB Leipzig 1-0 FC Union Berlin

Bundesliga · Wednesday 20 January 2021, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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RB Leipzig 1-0 FC Union Berlin: match report

RB Leipzig beat FC Union Berlin 1-0 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 20 January 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Emil Forsberg of RB Leipzig in the 70th minute.

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

Going into the game RB Leipzig were 3rd on 32 points from 16 and FC Union Berlin 6th on 28 points from 16. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 2nd with 65 points, and FC Union Berlin 7th with 50.

RB Leipzig lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and FC Union Berlin in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dayot Upamecano of RB Leipzig (8.1), ahead of Alexander Sørloth (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 RB Leipzig wins, 0 draws and 0 for FC Union Berlin.

Going into the match RB Leipzig's last five read D-L-W-D-W and FC Union Berlin's W-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 66'Yellow card · AngeliñoRB Leipzig
  • 70'Goal · Emil ForsbergRB Leipzig · 1-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Niko GießelmannFC Union Berlin

Head-to-head

2 meetings: RB Leipzig 2, draws 0, FC Union Berlin 0.

Team news

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

Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Halstenberg, Nordi Mukiele, Kevin Kampl, Marcel Sabitzer, Angeliño, Dani Olmo, Christopher Nkunku, Alexander Sørloth

FC Union Berlin line-up (3-1-4-2)

Andreas Luthe, Marvin Friedrich, Robin Knoche, Florian Hübner, Robert Andrich, Julian Ryerson, S. Griesbeck, Marcus Ingvartsen, Christopher Lenz, Cedric Teuchert, Taiwo Awoniyi