1. FC Union Berlin remains number one in the capital, clearly ahead of Hertha BSC.

In the seventh Bundesliga derby since promotion in 2019, the Köpenickers extended their winning streak to four consecutive successes with a 3-1 (1-0) win.

In front of 22,012 spectators in the sold-out An der Alten Försterei stadium on Saturday, Jordan Siebatcheu scored the goals for the home side in the 31st minute, Sheraldo Becker (50th) and Robin Knoche (54th).

On the other hand, Hertha, which was disappointing across the board, had to accept their second competitive defeat under new coach Sandro Schwarz after the painful loss of the DFB Cup at second division promoted Eintracht Braunschweig.

Dodi Lukebakio's 85th-minute goal came too late to hope for a point.

Union coach Urs Fischer had made two changes compared to winning the cup in Chemnitz.

New signing Diogo Leite replaced Dominique Heintz, who was not in the squad, in the starting XI, Niko Gießelmann was replaced by Julian Ryerson.

Dedryck Boyata was absent from Hertha for sporting reasons.

The former Hertha captain was replaced by Filip Uremovic in defence.

Union starts furiously in the derby

Union put Hertha under pressure right from the start and had three great opportunities to take the lead in just the first two minutes.

Guests then freed themselves from the pressure situation without appearing dangerously in front of the Union goal themselves.

However, Union continued to play more clearly and structured, while Hertha rarely came close to the generic penalty area due to inaccurate passes and completely disappointed in the first half.

In addition, Union increased the pressure again after around 25 minutes against guests who were only reacting.

So it was almost inevitable that Siebatcheu took the lead, who only had to nod off a cross from Sheraldo Becker.

Hertha only had to counter a free kick from the new captain Marvin Plattenhardt from around 18 meters, which was not a problem for Union goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow (36th).

Two minutes later Ryerson missed the 2-0 for the hosts.

After the change of sides, Union pressed like at the beginning of the game.

After less than 35 seconds, Siebatcheu forced goalkeeper Christensen to make a brilliant save, Becker and newcomer Janik Haberer also failed in the following minute.

Becker did better in the 50th minute, who, after a nice combination, tipped the ball past Christensen, who was falling out.

Three minutes later, a Knoche header tumbled into the far corner of the blue and whites after a corner by captain Christopher Trimmel.

Lukebakio's consolation goal for the guests five minutes before the end could no longer change Union's supremacy in the capital.