FSV Mainz 05 1-3 Union Berlin result, stats and report

Bayern München dismantled Union Berlin 7-0 at the Allianz Arena, with Michael Olise grabbing three goals in a performance that had absolutely no right to be as one-sided as it was. Union Berlin were not just beaten. They were obliterated.

Schalke 04 came to Berlin and left with all three points, winning 3-1 in a match that exposed everything wrong with Union Berlin right now. Connor Maguire pulls no punches in his post-match breakdown.

FSV Mainz 05 dominated large portions of this Bundesliga fixture but could not convert their superiority into goals, settling for a goalless draw against a resolute Paderborn side who made four saves to protect their point.

Younes Ebnoutalib scored a hat-trick for Union Berlin but it was not enough, as Eintracht Frankfurt fought back twice to earn a dramatic 3-3 draw, sealed by Tim Skarke's 90th-minute leveller.

Schalke 04 host FSV Mainz 05 at the Veltins-Arena on Saturday with both sides carrying enough uncertainty to make this one genuinely difficult to read. Connor Maguire gives you the straight version.

Union Berlin head into Saturday's Bundesliga clash with Borussia Dortmund badly depleted and badly out of form. Dortmund have won five straight and have a point to prove.

Union Berlin arrive at this fixture leaking goals and carrying the wounds of a 0-4 hammering by Leverkusen. Elversberg roll in having won both their Bundesliga matches and they are not interested in being polite guests.

FSV Mainz 05 host a Bayer Leverkusen side carrying seven absentees on Saturday, and Connor Maguire thinks the home side have every reason to believe they can compete. Here is why this one matters.