2. Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between Heidenheim and Darmstadt 98

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

Heidenheim form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 11 2. Bundesliga games here at Voith-Arena for Heidenheim. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Kevin Muller not having conceded a league goal in 182 minutes.

It's back home for Heidenheim, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Arminia Bielefeld away with the result 1-0. Schimmer found the net in that victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Schmidt when Schimmer scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 65th minute. The goalie Müller was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.31 out of ten. Müller topped it up with a clean sheet.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Heidenheim have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Goals are plentiful at Voith-Arena in the league this season as Heidenheim has scored 31 goals here in 11 home games. Heidenheim's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Darmstadt 98 form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the 2. Bundesliga. In general it has been a productive period now for Darmstadt 98 as they haven't lost any of their last 21 games.

Darmstadt delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Hamburger SV (placed 2nd) in their previous match. The draw against Hamburger SV came from a losing position. The Darmstadt 98 manager Lieberknecht brought on Stojilković as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Mehlem, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.01. Mehlem served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Darmstadt 98 playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were {5 Darmstadt wins}, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 8 of this team's last 10 league fixtures have seen zero, one or two goals.

The travelling fans enjoy Darmstadt 98's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled earlier this season: Darmstadt 98 - Heidenheim 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Heidenheim victories, two draws and four Darmstadt 98 wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

T. Kleindienst 15 goals

P. Tietz 8 goals

D. Thomalla 6 goals

Heidenheim missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players