With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Heidenheim fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Darmstadt 98.
- Heidenheim have not yet lost a game at home.
- Darmstadt 98 has the most matches over the total-line (12) in 2. Bundesliga
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Heidenheim form and stats
18 points is a decent return from 8 2. Bundesliga games here at Voith-Arena for Heidenheim. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
In their previous game, the manager F. Schmidt led his Heidenheim to a defeat in the 2. Bundesliga match away at Sandhausen. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Voith-Arena. Ahead of that match, Heidenheim won a home game hosting Nürnberg (2-0).
As you see from the result above, Heidenheim suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Heidenheim's goalkeeper Kevin Müller was extremely busy against Sandhausen, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.
This is expected to be a close game, with Heidenheim perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Heidenheim as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Heidenheim has won seven of these, drawn two and lost three.
Heidenheim have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Voith-Arena with 13 goals in 8 league matches. Defensively Heidenheim have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Darmstadt 98 playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Darmstadt 98 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Hannover 96 proved too strong as Darmstadt slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bochum wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Darmstadt in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Darmstadt 98, two draws and eight defeats.
The Darmstadt 98 manager M. Anfang has got the team scoring on the road, with 17 away goals in 8 league matches. For Darmstadt, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Heidenheim wins - draws - Darmstadt 98 wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Kühlwetter 9 goals |  S. Dursun 9 goals |  T. Kempe 8 goals |
Heidenheim missing players
Darmstadt 98 missing players
| Heidenheim | Darmstadt 98 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | 13 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 27 |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 87% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 67% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 47% | 25% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 88% | 80% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | 53% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 50% | 27% |
| 40% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 75% | 60% |
| 40% | 62% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 27% |
| 33% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.8 | 14.2 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.8 | 12.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| 29% | 38% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 33% | 31% |
- All of Darmstadt 98's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Darmstadt 98 has the most matches over the total-line (12) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Heidenheim have not yet lost a game at home.
- Heidenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 2 | Bochum | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Greuther Fürth | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Osnabruck | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 11 | Paderborn | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Nürnberg | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 20 |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 18 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 12 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -17 | 8 |
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