Greuther Fürth will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 9 points behind Heidenheim.
It's no vacation for neither Greuther nor Heidenheim as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Greuther can neither be promoted or relegated from 2. Bundesliga. Heidenheim are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Greuther Fürth form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Greuther Fürth have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 15 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Greuther Fürth, their manager S. Leitl and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
It's back home for Greuther Fürth, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Nürnberg away with the result 1-0. David Raum found the net in that victory. 1-1 away at Dynamo Dresden before that.
The victory against Nürnberg came after David Raum's winning goal. The Greuther Fürth manager S. Leitl was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.
Greuther has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.
Heidenheim form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (14) in 2. Bundesliga, on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
The supporters enjoyed Heidenheim's previous game versus Jahn Regensburg (placed 12th), a 2. Bundesliga 4-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hannover 96 wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
The visitors have scored 13 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Heidenheim have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Heidenheim - Greuther Fürth 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Greuther Fürth wins - draws - Heidenheim wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Kleindienst 14 goals |   B. Hrgota 9 goals |  D. Keita-Ruel 8 goals |
Greuther Fürth missing players
Heidenheim missing players
| Greuther Fürth | Heidenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 43 | 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 43 |
| 41 | 21 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 32 |
| 94% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 87% |
| 84% | 87% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 67% | 65% |
| 45% | 60% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | 52% |
| 32% | 33% | 80% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 32% |
| 10% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 55% | 47% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 47% | 42% |
| 26% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 33% | 45% |
| 26% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 26% |
| 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| 5.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 456 | 251 | 82 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 165 | 384 |
| 139 | 73 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 49 | 130 |
| 31% | 30% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | 33% |
- Greuther Fürth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Greuther Fürth have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Heidenheim has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Heidenheim has the most clean sheets (14)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 30 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 54 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 27 | 58 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 53 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 52 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 51 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 46 |
| 6 | Bochum | 31 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 42 |
| 7 | Greuther Fürth | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 43 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 42 |
| 8 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 42 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -3 | 41 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 31 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 20 | -1 | 40 |
| 11 | Holstein Kiel | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 28 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 52 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | St. Pauli | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -3 | 38 |
| 14 | Osnabrück | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 35 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -11 | 33 |
| 16 | Nürnberg | 31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -13 | 33 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 53 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 50 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -21 | 28 |
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