This could be an interesting match as Heidenheim have their presumed home advantage while Fortuna Düsseldorf are ahead 3 points in the 2. Bundesliga table.
- Heidenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Heidenheim form and stats
Heidenheim are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Voith-Arena. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.
Heidenheim shared the glory with Paderborn in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. A strong away win before that one, visiting Osnabruck and winning 2-1.
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 ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost three.
A decent goal production from Heidenheim in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. From these home matches, Heidenheim have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Fortuna Düsseldorf playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Düsseldorf are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the 2. Bundesliga against Hannover 96 (placed 7th). Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Jahn Regensburg.
Fortuna Düsseldorf made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Florian Hartherz receiving a red card in the 45th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Düsseldorf won the match 3-2! Shinta Karl Appelkamp came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Hannover 96 last time out, making the manager U. Rösler feel like a tactical genius.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Fortuna Düsseldorf in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Düsseldorf, one draw and two defeats.
Düsseldorf are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Fortuna Düsseldorf struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fortuna Düsseldorf - Heidenheim 1-0 entered in the official records. Heidenheim-Fortuna Düsseldorf H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Heidenheim four wins, Fortuna Düsseldorf three wins, two draws. four of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  C. Kühlwetter 13 goals |   R. Hennings 8 goals |  K. Karaman 7 goals |
Heidenheim missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Heidenheim | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 32 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 29 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 29 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 73% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 77% |
| 50% | 36% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 73% | 64% |
| 32% | 27% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 18% | 27% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 18% |
| 45% | 36% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 55% | 50% |
| 36% | 64% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 27% | 36% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 23% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 14.1 | 15.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10 | 10.8 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| 31% | 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 33% | 38% |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 42 |
| 2 | Greuther Furth | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Bochum | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 42 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 42 |
| 5 | Karlsruher SC | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 33 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 33 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 31 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -4 | 28 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -5 | 25 |
| 15 | Osnabruck | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -12 | 22 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -22 | 20 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 44 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 26 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 15 |
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