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DFB-Pokal · Round of 64
BRAEintracht Braunschweig
2:4
FCUUnion Berlin
Max Marie 11'
Max Marie 54'
HT 1:1
Zeno Van Den Bosch 31'
Tom Alexander Rothe 63'
Marin Ljubičić 72'
Marin Ljubičić 90'
Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 14:30 (UK) · Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig

Union Berlin twice trailed at Eintracht Braunschweig before substitute Marin Ljubičić's two goals and an assist sealed a 4-2 away win.

Player of the matchMarin Ljubičić8.7Decisive moment72' Marin Ljubičić+1.2

Braunschweig 2-4 Union Berlin: Ljubičić's 28-minute turnaround

Short review AI-written review based on match data · How we make it

Key numbers

  • Ljubičić: 2 goals, 1 assist in 28 minutes
  • Shots in the box: Union 14, Braunschweig 6
  • Shots on target: Union 10, Braunschweig 6

Union hit back after trailing twice

Union Berlin trailed twice at Eintracht Braunschweig yet scored three times from the 63rd minute to win the match 4-2. Braunschweig held 63% of the possession, but Union put 14 shots inside the box to their six.

A substitute rewrote the second half

The substitute Marin Ljubičić, on from the 62nd minute, set up the equaliser for Tom Alexander Rothe a minute later and then scored the go-ahead goal in the 72nd minute. That goal was worth +1.2 FN xPts. He added a fourth late on.

Player of the match
Marin Ljubičić 8.7Dominant

He scored twice and set up another in 28 minutes off the bench, with three of his four shots on target.

Most of Ljubičić's credit came from attacking work: four shots, three on target, plus the assist for Rothe. His key contributions arrived soon after he came on, turning a 2-1 deficit into a lead.

Game state

1-01-12-12-22-32-4
Eintracht Braunschweig ahead 29 min · level 43 min · Union Berlin ahead 18 min
  • Marin Ljubičić — off the bench 28 min · 2G 1A

FN xPts — what each moment was worth

How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.

11' Max Marie Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Maximilian Entrup +0.2 +0.7
31' Zeno Van Den Bosch Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Josip Juranović +0.2 +0.8
54' Max Marie Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Maximilian Entrup +0.3 +1.0
63' Tom Alexander Rothe Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Marin Ljubičić +0.3 +1.0
72' Marin Ljubičić Goal +1.2
90' Marin Ljubičić Goal +0.1

Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.

Pre-match expectation for Eintracht Braunschweig is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.

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Match stats

Eintracht BraunschweigUnion Berlin
63%Possession37%
16Shots17
6Shots on target10
38%Shots on target %59%
6Shots in box14
499Passes272
85%Pass accuracy73%
7Corners9
6Saves4
6Fouls18
1Yellow cards3
0Offsides1

The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.

Timeline

  • 11' Goal Max Marie competition goal #1 assist Maximilian Entrup
  • 31' Goal Zeno Van Den Bosch competition goal #1 assist Josip Juranović
  • 53' Yellow Aljoscha Kemlein
  • 54' Goal Max Marie competition goal #2 assist Maximilian Entrup
  • 62' Sub Woo-Yeong Jeong → András Schäfer
  • 62' Sub Emmanuel Latte Lath → Marin Ljubičić
  • 63' Goal Tom Alexander Rothe competition goal #1 assist Marin Ljubičić
  • 72' Goal Marin Ljubičić competition goal #1
  • 73' Sub Noah Katterbach → Fabio Di Michele Sanchez
  • 73' Sub Maximilian Entrup → Jan Urbich
  • 74' Sub Josip Juranović → Christopher Trimmel
  • 74' Sub Livan Burcu → Michel Aebischer
  • 77' Sub Samuele Di Benedetto → Lino Tempelmann
  • 77' Sub Aaron Opoku → Y. Sturm
  • 85' Yellow Zeno Van Den Bosch
  • 88' Yellow Mehmet Aydın
  • 88' Yellow Michel Aebischer
  • 90' Goal Marin Ljubičić competition goal #2
  • 90+1' Sub Junior Zé → Andi Hoti

Category leaders

  • Key passesJosip Juranović5
  • Duels wonMehmet Aydın12/21
  • DribblesJunior Zé4/4
  • Defensive actionsFlorian Flick7
  • ShotsMarin Ljubičić4 (on target 3)
  • Fouls wonMehmet Aydın4
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This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.