Arminia Bielefeld vs Union Berlin Predictions

• Arminia are winless in five league games, conceding 17 goals across that spell
• Union have lost only five of their 23 league games this season
• Union have conceded just five goals across their last eight league games

Union can live up to their lofty league position

Union Berlin thumped Arminia Bielefeld 5-0 in the German capital in November and the hosts’ defensive flaws should ensure they repeat the trick.

Arminia occupy the relegation playoff place and they are only one point clear of second bottom Mainz as they bid to avoid an immediate return to the Bundesliga 2.

But after signs of a revival, the newly-promoted hosts are on a five-game winless run and they are conceding goals all too freely.

That sequence of poor results did feature a thrilling 3-3 draw at league leaders Bayern but they have also suffered defeats to Frankfurt, Cologne, Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund, conceding three or more on each occasion.

Not only are Arminia leaking goals but they boast the division’s second-worst attack with just 18 goals scored in 22 games.

That is not a formula for success and Union Berlin, who are well on course for a top-half finish, should punish those frailties.

Union have suffered just five defeats from their 23 Bundesliga matches and they have conceded only six times across their last eight matches.

The highflying visitors won their last away league game 1-0 at Freiburg and we are predicting another clean sheet to follow at Arminia, who have endured back-to-back 3-0 losses against Wolfsburg and Dortmund.

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