Overview

• Coach Dino Toppmöller signaled personnel changes to navigate a congested week, with the lineup to be set after final checks.
• The starting goalkeeper remains unannounced, with Michael Zetterer and Kaua Santos under consideration and no confirmation from the coach.
• Mario Götze is slated to rejoin the squad only if he clears a final training load test.
• Union Berlin could reintegrate Diogo Leite and Andras Schäfer, with Leite a candidate to cover suspended Tom Rothe.
• Can Uzun enters in top form yet may be rested to preserve freshness, and Union’s Frederik Rönnow recently reached 100 Bundesliga appearances as he meets his former club.