Union Berlin — Borussia Dortmund 0:0, 17 October: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 6 Saturday 17 October · 13:30 UTC

Union Berlin 16th · 5 pts DWLLL

0 : 0 1st half 0:0

Borussia Dortmund 1th · 14 pts DDWWW

venue to be confirmed · referee Daniel Schlager, Germany

Match predictionBold

Borussia Dortmund to avoid defeat

80% · Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in 6 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Borussia Dortmund to avoid defeat”, and the match finished 0:0.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Union Berlin 24% draw 24% Borussia Dortmund 52%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Borussia Dortmund win, and the match finished 0:0. Fans backed Borussia Dortmund win — they got it wrong.

fans 47 votes

Union Berlin 21% draw 15% Borussia Dortmund 64%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

E. Nwaneri 1'

W. Anton 7'

S. Guirassy 14'

J. Haberer 33'

T. Rothe 35'

E. Latte Lath for K. Imeri 46'

F. Silva for E. Nwaneri 62'

K. Karetsas for M. Beier 62'

T. Skarke 63'

M. Albert for K. Karetsas 70'

M. Gray for T. Skarke 70'

A. Kemlein for A. Schafer 76'

C. Trimmel for J. Haberer 76'

L. Guther for Jeong Woo-Yeong 90+3'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Union Berlin 4-2-3-1 3-4-2-1 Borussia Dortmund

Frederik Rønnow  
Janik Haberer  4 Zeno Van Den Bosch  2 Felix Uduokhai  15 Tom Alexander Rothe  
András Schäfer  8 Rani Khedira  
Woo-Yeong Jeong  20 Michel Aebischer  30 Kastriot Imeri  
Tim Skarke  

Serhou Guirassy  
Ethan Nwaneri  14 Maximilian Beier  
Julian Ryerson  7 Jobe Bellingham  8 Felix Nmecha  24 Daniel Svensson  
Joane Gadou  3 Waldemar Anton  4 Nico Schlotterbeck  
Gregor Kobel  

Union Berlin bench

6Aljoscha Kemlein
28Christopher Trimmel
17Derrick Köhn
29Emmanuel Latte Lath
14Leopold Querfeld
49Linus Guther
27Marin Ljubičić
31Matheo Raab
32Mekhi Gray

Borussia Dortmund bench

33Alexander Meyer
17Carney Chukwuemeka
21Fábio Silva
25Joey Veerman
36Kauã Prates
19Konstantinos Karetsas
20Marcel Sabitzer
41Mathis Albert
5Ramy Bensebaini

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

37%Possession63%

11Shots12

0Shots on target2

8Shots off target8

3Blocked shots2

5Shots inside box10

6Shots outside box2

104Attacks120

51Dangerous attacks51

5Corners5

0Offsides1

13Fouls12

3Yellow cards3

2Saves0

340Passes570

246Accurate passes500

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Union Berlin

Borussia DortmundThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund met on matchday 6 of the Bundesliga on 17 October. Final score — 0:0.

Union Berlin sit 16th on 5 points after 6 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 3 losses). Borussia Dortmund sit 1th on 14 points after 6 matches (4 wins, 2 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 6 matches, 4 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Union Berlin won 0, Borussia Dortmund won 2. Aggregate score — 0:6.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Union Berlin last five Borussia Dortmund

DWLLL form DDWWW

6 Matches 6

1 — 2 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 4 — 2 — 0

5 — 17 Scored — conceded 11 — 4

0.83 Points per game 2.33

0.83 Goals scored per game 1.83

2 Clean sheets 4

3 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 6

Union Berlin at home: 4 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 5—6, 1.25 points per match.

Borussia Dortmund away: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 4—2, 2.33 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Union Berlin wins 0 draws 2 Borussia Dortmund wins goals 0:6 Union Berlin — Borussia Dortmund

24/01/2026	Union Berlin — Borussia Dortmund	0:3	Bundesliga
31/08/2025	Borussia Dortmund — Union Berlin	3:0	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Borussia Dortmund	6	4	2	0	11—4	14
2	Freiburg	5	4	1	0	14—4	13
…
15	Paderborn	6	1	2	3	5—9	5
16	Union Berlin	6	1	2	3	5—17	5
17	Hoffenheim	5	1	0	4	9—13	3

Full Bundesliga table