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Union Berlin will face Rangers at the Alte Forsterei on Saturday in a pre-season friendly between the two teams. The home side endured a near-disastrous league campaign last season. They have now appointed former Mainz boss Bo Svensson as the new head coach in a bid to return to the upper echelons of the Bundesliga standings.
They have enjoyed a positive start to their pre-season campaign kicking things off with a dominant 4-0 win over Chemie Leipzig before beating Dynamo Kyiv 3-2 in their last match with Jordan Siebatcheu scoring the matchwinner in additional time.
Rangers meanwhile missed out on the Scottish Premiership and Cup to rivals Celtic last season and have failed to put out a convincing response during the off-season. They suffered largely deserved defeats to Ajax and Manchester United in their first two friendlies before losing 2-1 to League One side Birmingham City last time out.
They are set to round up their pre-season campaign this weekend and will be looking to finish on a high before returning to competitive Scottish Premiership action against Hearts next weekend. (3 August)
Union Berlin vs Rangers Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Saturday's game will mark the first-ever meeting between Union and Rangers.
- The visitors have had 54 competitive meetings against German opposition. They have won 17 of those games, drawn 17 times and lost the other 20.
- Rangers are without a clean sheet in their last nine games across all competitions.
- Union scored 33 goals in the Bundesliga last season. Only Darmstadt (30) and Koln (28) managed fewer.
- Seven of the Iron Ones' nine league wins last season came on home turf.
Union Berlin vs Rangers Prediction
Union have won their last three games on the bounce after losing five of their previous six. They have however lost three of their last four home league games and could struggle here.
Rangers on the other hand are on a four-game losing streak and have won just one of their last seven matches. They have struggled for results on the road of late but should have enough to pick up a point here.
Prediction: Union Berlin 2-2 Rangers
Union Berlin vs Rangers Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Draw
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Each of the hosts' last five matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in seven of the visitors' last nine matchups)
