Overview
- Oliver Burke opened the scoring before a swift equaliser from Tidiam Gomis, Ilyas Ansah quickly restored Union’s lead, and Tim Skarke sealed it in stoppage time.
- Union climbed to eighth on 18 points, snapping a rough patch to finish their home year on a high.
- Leipzig stay on 29 points and are now level with Borussia Dortmund after BVB drew 1-1 at Freiburg, a match shaped by Jobe Bellingham’s red card.
- Bayern Munich were later held by bottom-placed Mainz, missing the chance to extend their advantage to 11 points at the top.
- Leipzig’s Marcel Schäfer called the result a deserved defeat, and coach Ole Werner pointed to lapses in focus and experience in key moments.