The intimidation in this match was very real, we can see in the statistics that even Union Berlin didn't have a single shot on goal. In their previous meeting, Union Berlin could get a draw maybe because they are playing at their home and get more motivation to give a good result for their fans.
Currently Union Berlin is in third place, they are 3 points behind Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Not a bad result for them this season, because apart from them being at the top of the Bundesliga standings, they are also still playing at UEL.
Union Berlin had a bad defeat without ability to fight against Bayern Munich but they actually have a good season. Having a third position is great for them and getting it with only three points less than first and second clubs is very amazing for a small club like them.
I think the important aim of Union Berlin in this season would be realistic as a position in top four that can help them to gain good awarded income at the season ending as well as getting chance to play in Champions League next season together with bigger income.
It won't be easy for Union Berlin as Leipzig and Frankfurt can take over their third position too. They are very closely in total points on the table and are not big different against each other.
The question is rather whether this could be a dangerous turning point for them. The defeat was well deserved and they didn't have the slightest of a chance again Bayern Munich, but now that they have been doing well for so long this season, it is surely a goal to make it into the Champions League. That would be a great milestone for them, but Frankfurt and Freiburg are still in proper distance to them to actually take their place. If they can quickly cope with the loss against Bayern their chances are still amazing, but it happened before that some clubs lost mental strength after such a loss.
Well, Union Berlin has no excuse and, Bayern is very motivated, I've already said it, when that team beat PSG in the UCL they gained much more confidence, the players have more incentives to do things well, so we didn't It's strange that Bayern is the undisputed winner of the Bundesliga, I understand that Bayern has had its downturns and its critical moments, but they have known how to do things, now they are in a moment where they don't want to lose anything, I understand them, because I know they want to to win the Bundesliga and the UCL, that's what they're aiming for.
Today at 18:30 German time FC Schalke 04 plays vs. Borussia Dortmund and many years ago it was a kind of classico in germany, like in Spain. Today it is no longer so, because Schalke has not developed as much as Dortmund. Between the two teams are many differences in the quality of football, or in the way to bring new players in ther clubs. Dortmund make great transfers in the last years and there are very young talents. Today Marco Reus does not play, he is sick. If everything goes normally, then Dortmund will score more than 2 goals and if it gets turbulent, then a player from Schalke maybe get a red card.
This is the statistics for the meetings of the two teams in the last 3 times
Dortmund 3 - 0 FC Schalke (24/10/20)
FC Schalke 0 - 4 Dortmund (21/2/21)
Dortmund 1 - 0 FC Schalke (17/9/22)
Borussia Dortmund get more wins
Not only that, Borussia Dortmund's unbeaten record in the Bundesliga in the last 9 matches will also be a boost for the Dortmund team to get an additional full point today.
FC Schalke is not part of the opponents that Dortmund are worried about this season, there should be no problem for Dortmund to win this match.
The Borussia Dortmund coach only needs to motivate his players to stay alert and minimize space for the enemy to attack
That's true in the recent games the two teams faced each other Dortmund won all the games while they had better players, a better coach, and a better situation and there is the same situation for them this season when they face Schalke again especially when we consider Dortmund will face Schalke while they lost the champions league a few days ago and winning this game can be important for them to recover themselves.
I think that everything is focused here is because Dormund has the unique opportunity to get ahead of Bayern, but I understand that many want that, also this adds that spice to the Bundesliga that everyone wanted to experience, now, if we get to to think that the hegemony of Bayern is not as before, this means that the level of German fútbol is increasing, and this is good, not only for Dortmund, nor for Union Berlin, but this encourages all the teams that even come from the 2nd Bundesliga that things are different here, the fútbol that is handled is already on another level.