Union opened the match against SV 1908 Grün-Weiss Ahrensfelde with a lightning start. Livan Burcu took advantage of the space on the left, but his high cross seemed to be no problem for GWA goalkeeper Sven Reimann. Marin Ljubičić, however, playing as a center forward, had the right instinct and capitalised on the goalkeeper's error while attempting to catch the ball, giving Union a 1-0 lead in the first minute of play.

The home team's keeper made a better effort six minutes later when he held onto a powerful header from Leopold Querfeld after a corner kick. After 20 minutes, László Bénes was unmarked when he scored Union's second, giving the goalkeeper no chance. He picked up an cleared ball at the edge of the box and finished it off with a fine, technical volley into the net.

With significantly better weather than in yesterday's match, the Uguests were the dominant team, repeatedly trying to create space with fast combinations through the middle or supplying their strikers with crosses from the flanks. One of these was almost headed in for 3-0 by scorer Ljubičić in the 44th minute, but the ball sailed just past the post.

Defensively, the team around new goalkeeper Matheo Raab was called to action only rarely; the Grün-Weiß attacking efforts often got stuck at the midfield, leaving Union's defense plenty of time and space to advance their own play.