Union Berlin - Eintracht Frankfurt live - Football

Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt open the 2026/27 Bundesliga season on 29 August 2026 at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei in Berlin, with kick-off at 14:30 BST. Both clubs enter the new campaign under new head coaches - Swiss tactician Mauro Lustrinelli takes charge of Union, while Adi Hütter returns to Eintracht for a second spell - and the Bundesliga head-to-head record stands perfectly level at five wins each with four draws from 14 league meetings. Frankfurt have not beaten Union in any competition since November 2023, a run of 5 matches without a victory that the Eagles will be eager to end on the opening day.

Match Info: Union Berlin vs Eintracht Frankfurt

The clash between Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt takes place on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at 14:30 BST (13:30 UTC) at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei in Berlin, as the opening Matchday 1 fixture of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season.

Where to Watch Union Berlin vs Eintracht Frankfurt?

Viewers in the United States can catch the match on Peacock, while Canadian fans have three options: DAZN, fuboTV Canada, or OneSoccer. German supporters can stream via Sky Go Deutschland or WOW, or tune into Sky Sport Bundesliga 2 on television - the same TV channel also serves Austria and Switzerland, with Sky Go Deutschland available online for Austrian viewers.

Across Scandinavia, the game is covered by the Viaplay family: Viaplay Denmark, Viaplay Norway, Viaplay Sweden, Viaplay Iceland, and Elisa Viihde Viaplay in Finland. In France, fans can stream on beIN SPORTS CONNECT F.R. or watch on beIN Sports MAX 6, while Spain has DAZN España and Portugal DAZN Portugal.

South American audiences across Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela can watch on Disney+. Japan and Canada both have access to DAZN, South Korea follows the action on Coupang Play, and Turkey is served by S Sport + online alongside Idman TV on television.

Match between Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt - Preview

The Bundesliga's 2026/27 curtain-raiser in Berlin pits two newly-managed sides against one another, with Matchday 1 offering an early signal of which club has adapted faster to its fresh coaching philosophy.

Union Berlin finished 11th last season with 39 points - a campaign that accelerated the decision to bring in Lustrinelli from Swiss side FC Thun. The new head coach aims to instil a more dynamic, attack-minded style, but pre-season pointed to work still to be done. Union lost to Dynamo Dresden 1-2 on 1 August and suffered a heavy 2-4 defeat against Ipswich Town on 15 August, though a 4-2 DFB-Pokal first-round victory over Eintracht Braunschweig on 23 August offered a timely confidence boost heading into the opener.

Eintracht Frankfurt arrive with considerably more momentum. Returning coach Adi Hütter, who guided the Eagles from 2018 to 2021, was brought back to revive a side that finished eighth on 44 points last season. His return began with a thunderous 11-0 DFB-Pokal demolition of fifth-tier DJK Teutonia St.Tönis on 22 August, balanced by a sobering 0-7 friendly loss to Brentford on 15 August. The trip to Berlin is Hütter's first genuine competitive barometer of where his rebuilt Eintracht side stands.

Head-to-Head: Union Berlin vs Eintracht Frankfurt

In 18 all-competition meetings between the clubs, Eintracht Frankfurt hold the overall edge with 9 wins to Union's 5, and 4 draws - yet the Bundesliga-only record is a perfect deadlock at five wins each and four draws from 14 league encounters, making every meeting between these sides an open contest with no obvious favourite.

The most recent meetings between the two sides:

• 07 Feb 2026 - Bundesliga - Union Berlin 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt
• 21 Sep 2025 - Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt 3-4 Union Berlin
• 09 Mar 2025 - Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 Union Berlin
• 28 Oct 2024 - Bundesliga - Union Berlin 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt
• 30 Mar 2024 - Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Union Berlin
• 04 Nov 2023 - Bundesliga - Union Berlin 0-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
• 05 Apr 2023 - DFB-Pokal - Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Union Berlin
• 19 Mar 2023 - Bundesliga - Union Berlin 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
• 01 Oct 2022 - Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Union Berlin
• 17 Apr 2022 - Bundesliga - Union Berlin 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt

Union Berlin - Recent Form

Union Berlin head into the season opener with a modest but mixed pre-season record: 2 wins, 1 draw, and 2 defeats across their final five preparatory matches, with a DFB-Pokal success as the clearest bright spot before the Bundesliga begins.

Lustrinelli's side opened August with a 1-2 loss to Dynamo Dresden on 1 August, then drew 2-2 with Italian club Cagliari on 2 August before beating Aris Limassol 3-2 on 9 August. A heavy 2-4 defeat against Ipswich Town on 15 August raised fresh questions about the defence, but Union turned their preparations around with a 4-2 win away at Eintracht Braunschweig in the DFB-Pokal first round on 23 August - a result that secured progress into the second round and lifted spirits heading into the Bundesliga opener.

Lustrinelli has spoken of building a more proactive, possession-oriented game - a shift from the defensively-minded style that has defined Union in recent years. Whether the squad has absorbed that blueprint in time for a baptism of fire against Hütter's Eintracht will become clear on Saturday afternoon.

Eintracht Frankfurt - Recent Form

Eintracht Frankfurt arrive in Berlin as the form side from pre-season, having won 4 of their final 5 preparatory fixtures under returning coach Adi Hütter - a record that points to renewed confidence and clear direction within the squad.

Frankfurt's summer peaked with a remarkable 11-0 DFB-Pokal romp against fifth-tier DJK Teutonia St.Tönis on 22 August - a record-breaking scoreline that generated significant excitement ahead of the league campaign. Before that, Frankfurt had beaten FSV Frankfurt 5-1 on 13 August and defeated Hull City 2-0 on 8 August. A 1-0 win away at Waldhof Mannheim on 1 August demonstrated Hütter's early influence on the group. The one significant setback was a 0-7 hammering at Brentford on 15 August, which exposed vulnerabilities in the backline that the returning coach will be keen to address.

Frankfurt finished 2025/26 in eighth place with 44 points - stable but underwhelming by the club's own standards. Hütter's remit is clear: restore Eintracht to European contention. The away assignment at the Alte Försterei is precisely the kind of test that will show whether that renaissance is already under way.

Facts and Statistics

Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt have developed one of the Bundesliga's most consistently balanced rivalries since the Berliners' top-flight promotion in 2019, with the all-time head-to-head across all competitions standing at 9 wins for Frankfurt, 5 for Union, and 4 draws from 18 meetings. The Bundesliga subset alone - 14 matches, five wins apiece, four draws - is a statistical rarity that underlines just how evenly matched these two clubs have been at the highest level.

• Eintracht Frankfurt have not beaten Union Berlin in any competition since their 3-0 win at the Alte Försterei in November 2023 - a run of 5 matches without a victory against the Berliners.
• Frankfurt's biggest win in all meetings with Union is the 5-2 Bundesliga victory at Deutsche Bank Park in March 2021.
• Both Bundesliga meetings in the 2024/25 season - October 2024 and February 2026 - ended 1-1, highlighting how closely these sides have been matched in recent years.
• Union Berlin recorded their largest single-match victory against Frankfurt with a 4-3 win in Frankfurt in September 2025.
• Both teams enter the 2026/27 campaign with new head coaches - the first time in their shared Bundesliga history that both dugouts feature a manager in his debut season at the club.