Overview
- Ilyas Ansah put Union ahead in the ninth minute with a long-range strike at Deutsche Bank Park.
- Oliver Burke struck in the 32nd, 53rd and 56th minutes, finishing his treble with a deft chip over goalkeeper Kaua Santos.
- Andrej Ilić orchestrated the breakaways, supplying the key passes for Burke’s second-half goals.
- Frankfurt rallied late through Can Uzun in the 80th minute and a Jonathan Burkardt penalty in the 87th after a VAR review on Leopold Querfeld, but Union held firm.
- Coach Steffen Baumgart was sent off for protesting the spot kick, and the win was Union’s second of the season as Burke delivered the Bundesliga’s first hat-trick by a Scot.