Match Report
| FC Union Berlin | FC Union Berlin |  |  | Hertha BSC | Hertha BSC | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Antony Van emmen | Antony Van emmen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Abdoulaye Djire | A. Djire |  | 78 | G |  | 1 | | G | 81 |  | Felix Krankl | F. Krankl | |||||||||
| Dietmar Winkler | D. Winkler |  | 77 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 86 |  | Bernard Song | B. Song | |||||||||
| Jakob Morlock | J. Morlock | | 75 | D | | 3 | | D | 66 | | Simon Arnold | S. Arnold | |||||||||
| Pedro Diez | P. Diez |  | 70 | D | | 4 | | D | 77 |  | Kaíque Díaz | K. Díaz | |||||||||
| Vitor Veloso | V. Veloso |  | 69 | D | | 5 | | D | 77 |  | Moustapha Chippo | M. Chippo | |||||||||
| Oleksandr Podolchak | O. Podolchak |  | 84 | M | | 6 | | M | 82 |  | Gilles Pontal | G. Pontal | |||||||||
| Samir Welter | S. Welter | | 70 | M | | 7 | | M | 81 |  | Martijn Hellemons | M. Hellemons | |||||||||
| Steve Bergdolmo | S. Bergdolmo | | 70 | M | | 8 | | M | 75 | | Hassan Elhamdaoui | H. Elhamdaoui | |||||||||
| Vincenzo Völler | V. Völler | | 70 | A | | 9 | | A | 76 |  | Garry Mcinnes | G. Mcinnes | |||||||||
| Artur Oliveira | A. Oliveira | | 69 | A | | 10 | | A | 76 |  | Stephan Amoah | S. Amoah | |||||||||
| Leevi Salminen | L. Salminen |  | 61 | A | | 11 | | A | 81 |  | Alan James | A. James | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Alte Försterei where FC Union Berlin play host to Hertha BSC. A crowd of 19,754 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both FC Union Berlin and Hertha BSC are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both FC Union Berlin and Hertha BSC are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0FC Union Berlin kick off and get the first half underway!
2.28
0-0Hertha BSC are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate FC Union Berlin's defence.
9.44
0-0Samir Welter controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Vincenzo Völler. Vincenzo Völler shoots from 20 yards but it is tipped over by Felix Krankl.
10.39
0-0Kaíque Díaz deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hassan Elhamdaoui. Hassan Elhamdaoui takes it forward alone. Hassan Elhamdaoui shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
14.11
Jakob Morlock flicks the ball to his team mate, Oleksandr Podolchak. Oleksandr Podolchak flicks the ball to his team mate, Vincenzo Völler. Vincenzo Völler finds some space and shoots from distance but it flies wide!
22.03
Gilles Pontal deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Garry Mcinnes. Garry Mcinnes controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It's miles wide!
24.53
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
26.35
Simon Arnold flicks the ball to his team mate, Hassan Elhamdaoui. Hassan Elhamdaoui threads the ball through to Stephan Amoah. Stephan Amoah shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
27.52
Jakob Morlock chips the ball to his team mate, Samir Welter. Samir Welter knocks the ball forward to Leevi Salminen. Leevi Salminen tries a spectacular long range effort. It's miles wide!
28.50
0-0Martijn Hellemons threads the ball through to Garry Mcinnes. Garry Mcinnes knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
30.29
Steve Bergdolmo kicks a strong pass forward to Vincenzo Völler. Vincenzo Völler knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Kaíque Díaz.
32.06
0-0Samir Welter hacks Martijn Hellemons from behind! The referee calls over Samir Welter and warns him to calm down! Martijn Hellemons runs off the knock.
36.44
Hassan Elhamdaoui brings the ball forward. Hassan Elhamdaoui shoots from 20 yards but somehow Abdoulaye Djire manages to keep it out.
38.28
Martijn Hellemons threads the ball through to Garry Mcinnes. Garry Mcinnes sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. Magnificent save by Abdoulaye Djire!
44.27
Jakob Morlock barges into Stephan Amoah. Jakob Morlock is warned by the referee! Stephan Amoah hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
45.00
0-0Dietmar Winkler flicks the ball to his team mate, Oleksandr Podolchak. Oleksandr Podolchak knocks the ball to his team mate, Vincenzo Völler. Vincenzo Völler makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Leevi Salminen but he's offside!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
Hertha BSC kick off the second half!
49.15
Samir Welter makes a probing pass to Leevi Salminen. Leevi Salminen shoots from long range. Magnificent save by Felix Krankl!
60.31
Steve Bergdolmo makes a probing pass to Artur Oliveira. Artur Oliveira controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
63.39
Hertha BSC are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate FC Union Berlin's defence.
65.17
Gilles Pontal clumsily knocks into Steve Bergdolmo. Gilles Pontal is warned by the referee! Steve Bergdolmo runs off the knock.
66.51
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
71.44
Gilles Pontal chips the ball to his team mate, Alan James. Alan James shoots from distance. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
75.15
Martijn Hellemons makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Alan James. Alan James sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is tipped over by Abdoulaye Djire.
81.13
Hertha BSC are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate FC Union Berlin's defence.
83.31
1-0Oleksandr Podolchak knocks the ball to his team mate, Artur Oliveira. Artur Oliveira knocks the ball to his team mate, Vincenzo Völler. Vincenzo Völler takes a shot at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Vincenzo Völler!
87.47
Oleksandr Podolchak knocks the ball to his team mate, Artur Oliveira. Artur Oliveira plays a perfect one-two with Vincenzo Völler and rushes in on goal... Artur Oliveira makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
90.00
Gilles Pontal surges forward with the ball. Gilles Pontal knocks in a cross ball towards Garry Mcinnes. Garry Mcinnes connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Magnificent save by Abdoulaye Djire!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
3
5
Shots off Target
4
3
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
2
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
52.9%
47.1%
Play Area
30.9%
47.1%
22.1%
Scorers