Borussia Dortmund travelled to Union Berlin for their Bundesliga match on Friday. This would be the second match for Edin Terzic, who took over for Lucien Favre following last weekend’s loss to Stuttgart. While Terzic’s caretaker reign started solidly with a 2-1 win over Werder Bremen, his Borussia Dortmund side fell to Union Berlin on Friday evening in Berlin.
This tactical analysis will examine the tactics used by both Terzic and Union Berlin’s Urs Fischer. The analysis will examine how Dortmund functioned in their 4-2-3-1 both when defending and attacking as well as how Union Berlin were able to capitalise on their set-pieces to earn all three points.
Line-ups
Union Berlin started in a 4-5-1 with Andreas Luthe in goal. Their two centre-backs were Robin Knoche and Marvin Friedrich, with Christopher Lenz as the left-back and Christopher Trimmel as the right-back. Grischa Prömel, Sebastian Griesbeck, and Cedric Teuchert started in the centre of the pitch for Union. Marius Bülter started on the left flank while Sheraldo Becker started on the right, and Taiwo Awoniyi started as their striker.
Terzic started Dortmund in a 4-2-3-1 with Roman Bürki in goal. Mats Hummels and Manuel Akanji started as centre-backs with Raphaël Guerreiro as the left-back and Thomas Meunier as the right-back. Axel Witsel and Emre Can started the match as the two defensive midfielders while Marco Reus started in front of them. Gio Reyna and Jadon Sancho were the wingers while Youssoufa Moukoko got his first Bundesliga goal after starting as the team’s striker.
