Union Berlin take on the visitors Ajax in the second leg of UEFA Europa League 1/16-final round. The first leg result: 0-0. The match will be played on Thursday, February 23rd at Stadion An der Alten Försterei (Berlin).
Union Berlin are more focused on the fight for Champions League’s place in Bundesliga. The "Iron Union" stubbornly delivers increasingly successful results from season to season. In the end, even in this season of the Bundesliga, they managed to consistently lead the table in the fall. Yes, there was a decline later, but after the break, Urs Fischer's team was able to show a bright game again and get as close as possible to Bayern. At the same time, they did well in the Europa League in the fall - at least this time they made it out of the group. It seemed that there would be a "confluence" of the European Cup, for the sake of the Bundesliga. But in the first leg in Amsterdam, everything ended with a rather unexpected goalless draw. And then they repeated the same result in the Bundesliga’s recent match. At home, Union did not lose at all this season in the Bundesliga (7 wins and 2 draws), on average, less than one goal per match. The results in the Europa League in terms of the reliability of their gates are even better - 1 conceded goal in 3 games and scored only twice themselves.
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Ajax disappointed at home. The "Red-Whites" are having a difficult season. And that's why the coach was fired in the middle of winter. And no one was surprised, because by the time of Schmidt's dismissal, they had not been able to win in 7 rounds of the Eredivisie - this had not happened since the mid-1960s. It seemed like things improved after his dismissal (and even before his successor, Heitinga, was appointed). But it seemed logical to focus on the Europa League (in which they dropped out from third place in the Champions League group), as it would be difficult to defend the title on home soil. But last Thursday, despite having an advantage in ball possession, everything ended 0-0, with almost no shots on goal of the Germans.
Now there have been 2 draws in matches between the teams - in the summer of 2020, in a friendly match, the score was 2-2. The Germans play at home and are therefore considered the favorites. But the Dutch are more experienced - let's assume they won't lose.
Prediction for the match: Ajax not to lose (X2).
