The weekend’s Bundesliga action kicks off in about half an hour, with Union Berlin hosting Eintracht Frankfurt. If you’ve been paying any attention to Frankfurt’s season, you’ll know they are a ludicrous team that is very capable of scoring and conceding a lot of goals. They have also been on a terrible run, yet to win in 2026 and on a four-game losing streak in all competitions. Union Berlin, on the other hand, are well organised and difficult to beat, due to their solid defense. Union have also struggled
recently, but against a pretty tough schedule. Predicting Ball makes Union Berlin the favorites, giving them a 42.7% probability of winning tonight. I’m expecting Union will make this a low scoring affair, but you never know, maybe a Frankfurt game will break out.
The most interesting game on the slate this weekend is obviously Sunday’s clash between league leaders Bayern Munich and one of the most in-form sides in Europe, Hoffenheim. Bayern Munich have wobbled a bit recently, having dropped points in their last two league fixtures, and Hoffenheim have a 100% record in 2026. This feels like a great opportunity for Bayern’s wobble to turn into a crisis, but Predicting Ball isn’t seeing it, giving Hoffenheim only a 7.1% probability of coming away with all three points. The model is very confident Bayern are going to claim the win (82.4%). Let’s hope Predicting Ball is wrong!
Here is the rest of this weekend’s Bundesliga schedule:
Friday:
- Union Berlin vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Saturday:
- Heidenheim vs Hamburger SV
- Freiburg vs Werder Bremen
- Mainz vs Augsburg
- St. Pauli vs VfB Stuttgart
- Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund
- Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen
Sunday:
- FC Köln vs RB Leipzig
- Bayern Munich vs Hoffenheim
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Enjoy the game! Heja BVB!
