Overview
- Oliver Burke opened the scoring in the 58th minute before Tidiam Gomis equalised three minutes later, with Ilyas Ansah restoring Union’s lead in the 64th and Tim Skarke finishing it in stoppage time.
- Jeong Woo-yeong set up Burke for the opener and captain Christopher Trimmel crossed for Ansah, while Skarke combined with fellow substitutes to seal the result.
- Union moved to 18 points and into eighth place, ending a short run of defeats and a drought of goals from attacking players.
- Leipzig stayed on 29 points and could be knocked out of second place depending on Borussia Dortmund’s and Bayern Munich’s weekend results.
- Janik Haberer received his fifth yellow card of the season and will miss Union’s next match at Köln, and Union extended their unbeaten Friday run to ten games.