Union Berlin take on Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Both sides have been thrown straight into the deep end with a huge derby clash on the opening weekend of the 2022-23 season.

Union Berlin won both derby matches against Hertha last season, as they achieved their highest ever finish of 5th in the Bundesliga.

Indeed, Urs Fischer's side were only one point away from securing Champions League football for the first time, but Die Eisemen's fans will still be delighted with a Europa League campaign to look forward to having competed in the Europa Conference League last season.

Fischer's side showed their usual grit by beating Chemnitzer 2-1 after extra-time in the DFB-Pokal first round on Monday, with Kevin Behrens bagging a late winner after Theoson Siebatcheu had levelled the proceedings with a debut goal for the club.

There are big expectations on the 26-year-old's shoulders after his move from Young Boys, especially with there being a clear goalscoring void to fill following the sale of Taiwo Awoniyi to Premier League side Nottingham Forest.

Having already opened his account for the club, Siebatcheu would dearly love a debut Bundesliga goal against his new club's fiercest rivals on Saturday.

It has been an incredibly tough couple of seasons for Hertha, with two relegation battles coinciding with the pain of having to watch their traditionally less successful city rivals enjoy the best two seasons of their entire history.

Die Alte Dame only survived relegation via a play-off against Hamburger SV last season, with defenders Dedryck Boyata and Marvin Plattenhardt coming to the rescue after the second tier side had secured a 1-0 win away from home in the first leg.

His side squandered a two-goal lead away to second tier side Eintracht Braunschweig, who displayed remarkable resilience to equalise once again in the 118th minute after the game had gone to extra-time.

With the score tied at 4-4 after a topsy-turvy encounter, it was the hosts who held their nerve in the penalty shoot-out, scoring six of their seven penalties to progress to the DFB-Pokal second round.

Schwarz's side's lack of defensive stability does not bode well ahead of Saturday's trip to their rivals, even if he will be pleased with the fluidity in their attack.

Let's go with the victory of Union for this match.

Probable scores here are 3-1 3-2

Marco Antonio,

GL!

本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：

柏林联盟周六将在德甲对阵柏林赫塔。

在2022-23赛季首个周末的一场德比大战中，双方都陷入了水深火热之中。

上赛季柏林联盟在与赫塔的两场德比中都取得了胜利，他们取得了德甲第5的最高成绩。

的确，乌尔斯·菲舍尔的球队距离第一次获得欧冠只有一分的差距，但Die Eisemen的球迷仍然会为能够参加欧联杯而感到高兴，因为他们期待着能够参加上赛季的欧联杯。

费舍尔的球队在周一的首轮比赛中，在加时赛后2-1击败了切姆尼泽尔，展现了他们一贯的勇气。在西巴乔首秀进球扳平比分后，凯文·贝伦斯在最后时刻破门绝杀。

从少年队转会后，人们对这位26岁的球员寄予了厚望，尤其是在把阿沃尼卖给英超球队诺丁汉森林之后，他的进球空间明显不足。

齐巴楚已经在俱乐部开设了自己的账户，他非常希望在周六对阵新俱乐部最激烈的竞争对手时打进一粒德甲首秀。

对于赫塔来说，这两个赛季是非常艰难的，两场保级战役同时伴随着痛苦，他们不得不看着传统上不那么成功的同城对手享受整个历史上最好的两个赛季。

上个赛季，《阿尔特Dame》在与汉堡的附加赛中才得以保级，在这支二线球队首回合客场1-0取胜后，后卫博雅塔和普拉滕哈德起到了挽救作用。

他的球队在客场浪费了两球领先的机会，对手是二线球队布朗瑞格(Eintracht Braunschweig)，后者在比赛进入加时赛后的第118分钟表现出非凡的韧性，再次将比分扳平。

在一场混乱的鏖战之后，双方以4比4打平，东道主在点球大战中保持了冷静，罚进了7个点球中的6个，晋级第二轮DFB-Pokal。

施瓦茨的球队缺乏防守稳定性，这在周六对阵对手之前并不是一个好兆头，即使他会对他们进攻的灵活性感到满意。

让我们期待联盟在这场比赛中的胜利。

预测比分3:1或3:2。