Week 5 brings us a match on Oct 27th, where Union Berlin hosts Sporting Braga in a meeting of these two Europa League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Union Berlin recorded a 1-2 loss against Bochum. Philipp Hofmann struck first for Bochum in the 43rd minute, then Gerrit Holtmann added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Christopher Antwi-Adjei. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Union Berlin should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Sporting Braga recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Estoril. Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed struck first for Sporting Braga in the 10th minute, then Vitor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira added another in the 31st minute on a feed from Ricardo Horta In the end, Estoril was frustrated by Sporting Braga’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sporting Braga ended the match with the shutout victory. Sporting Braga is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
Union Berlin and Sporting Braga last played eachother at the Estádio Municipal De Braga on the 15th of September. Sporting Braga won by a score of 1 to 0. Carvalho Oliveira struck first for Sporting Braga in the 77th minute on a feed from André Horta, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Union Berlin couldn’t manage to score, and Sporting Braga took the shutout win.
Sporting Braga is glad to have Vitor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Union Berlin’s most prolific scorer has been Janik Haberer. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches.