Heidenheim vs Fortuna Düsseldorf betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 29.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Voith-Arena (15000 seats)

Sneaking up on the top clubs is the target when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both are targeting to better their league table position, Heidenheim in 7th and Fortuna Düsseldorf in 12th spot.

Insights:
  • Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in 2. Bundesliga

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.

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Heidenheim form and stats

Heidenheim have performed here at Voith-Arena this season with 9 wins from 15 2. Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 2.

The Heidenheim manager Schmidt and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Holstein Kiel (placed 11th). The attacker Kleindienst won the honour of being "man of the match" for Heidenheim with the rating of 8.11/10. Kleindienst scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Erzgebirge Aue (0-2).

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 eight of these, drawn two and lost two.

A decent goal production from Heidenheim in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 15 league matches.

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

The visitors are W4-D5-L6 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. In general it has been a productive period now for Fortuna Düsseldorf as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Düsseldorf played 2-2 against Dynamo Dresden in their previous match. It looked so good for Fortuna Düsseldorf vs Dynamo Dresden, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Midfield player Tanaka was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.03/10. Tanaka hit two key passes.

A 0-0 draw at Hannover 96's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Fortuna Düsseldorf in our archives, and the results are: one win for Fortuna Düsseldorf, one draw and four defeats.

The attacking power of Düsseldorf when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 15 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by Fortuna Düsseldorf in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the scoreline when the squads played each other previously this season; Fortuna Düsseldorf - Heidenheim 0-1. Previous ten meetings featuring these teams: Heidenheim won six, Fortuna Düsseldorf triumphed in two and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna DüsseldorfR. Hennings
R. Hennings
13 goals
HeidenheimT. Kleindienst
T. Kleindienst
10 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfK. Narey
K. Narey
8 goals

Heidenheim missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heidenheim Fortuna Düsseldorf
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
31 15 3 Played P 4 15 31
13 9 2 Won W 0 4 9
7 4 1 Drew D 3 5 11
11 2 0 Lost L 1 6 11
38 24 5 Scored S 3 14 40
42 15 1 Conceded C 4 18 38
90% 87% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 94%
77% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 74%
55% 60% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 48%
23% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 29%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
55% 67% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 58%
19% 27% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 27% 19%
35% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 29%
 
6.1 7.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.1 5.9
5.5 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 5.7 4.8
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.9
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
13.9 15 17 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12.1 14.6
3.9 4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.9
32% 40% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 30% 33%
 
13.5 12.3 13.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11 14 12.5
4.2 4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 5.2 4.5
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Heidenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Werder Bremen 31 16 9 6 58 40 15 7 6 2 25 14 16 9 3 4 33 26 18 57
2 Schalke 04 31 17 5 9 65 40 16 9 2 5 37 25 15 8 3 4 28 15 25 56
3 Darmstadt 98 31 16 6 9 61 44 15 8 3 4 33 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 17 54
4 St. Pauli 31 15 8 8 56 42 15 10 3 2 34 16 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 53
5 Hamburger SV 31 13 12 6 58 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 15 5 6 4 24 16 26 51
6 Nurnberg 30 14 8 8 45 39 15 8 3 4 23 17 15 6 5 4 22 22 6 50
7 Heidenheim 31 13 7 11 38 42 15 9 4 2 24 15 16 4 3 9 14 27 -4 46
8 Paderborn 30 11 11 8 51 41 15 2 7 6 21 24 15 9 4 2 30 17 10 44
9 Karlsruher SC 31 9 13 9 52 49 16 5 8 3 30 24 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 40
10 Jahn Regensburg 31 10 9 12 49 46 16 6 4 6 31 27 15 4 5 6 18 19 3 39
11 Holstein Kiel 31 10 9 12 39 49 16 7 3 6 20 23 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 39
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 9 11 11 40 38 16 5 6 5 26 20 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 38
13 Hansa Rostock 30 10 8 12 37 47 15 4 4 7 15 22 15 6 4 5 22 25 -10 38
14 Hannover 96 30 9 9 12 29 42 15 4 6 5 11 17 15 5 3 7 18 25 -13 36
15 Sandhausen 30 8 11 11 34 47 15 3 5 7 15 26 15 5 6 4 19 21 -13 35
16 Dynamo Dresden 31 7 9 15 30 42 15 5 4 6 17 16 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 30
17 Erzgebirge Aue 30 5 7 18 29 61 15 3 2 10 12 29 15 2 5 8 17 32 -32 22
18 Ingolstadt 31 4 8 19 28 58 15 2 4 9 12 25 16 2 4 10 16 33 -30 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Werder Bremen 31 16 9 6 58 40 15 7 6 2 25 14 16 9 3 4 33 26 18 57
2 Schalke 04 31 17 5 9 65 40 16 9 2 5 37 25 15 8 3 4 28 15 25 56
3 Darmstadt 98 31 16 6 9 61 44 15 8 3 4 33 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 17 54
4 St. Pauli 31 15 8 8 56 42 15 10 3 2 34 16 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 53
5 Hamburger SV 31 13 12 6 58 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 15 5 6 4 24 16 26 51
6 Nurnberg 30 14 8 8 45 39 15 8 3 4 23 17 15 6 5 4 22 22 6 50
7 Heidenheim 31 13 7 11 38 42 15 9 4 2 24 15 16 4 3 9 14 27 -4 46
8 Paderborn 30 11 11 8 51 41 15 2 7 6 21 24 15 9 4 2 30 17 10 44
9 Karlsruher SC 31 9 13 9 52 49 16 5 8 3 30 24 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 40
10 Jahn Regensburg 31 10 9 12 49 46 16 6 4 6 31 27 15 4 5 6 18 19 3 39
11 Holstein Kiel 31 10 9 12 39 49 16 7 3 6 20 23 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 39
12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 31 9 11 11 40 38 16 5 6 5 26 20 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 38
13 Hansa Rostock 30 10 8 12 37 47 15 4 4 7 15 22 15 6 4 5 22 25 -10 38
14 Hannover 96 30 9 9 12 29 42 15 4 6 5 11 17 15 5 3 7 18 25 -13 36
15 Sandhausen 30 8 11 11 34 47 15 3 5 7 15 26 15 5 6 4 19 21 -13 35
16 Dynamo Dresden 31 7 9 15 30 42 15 5 4 6 17 16 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 30
17 Erzgebirge Aue 30 5 7 18 29 61 15 3 2 10 12 29 15 2 5 8 17 32 -32 22
18 Ingolstadt 31 4 8 19 28 58 15 2 4 9 12 25 16 2 4 10 16 33 -30 20

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