Soccer betting preview: Heidenheim welcomes Holstein Kiel in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Tue 06.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Voith-Arena (15000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Heidenheim have their presumed home advantage while Holstein Kiel are ahead 7 points in the 2. Bundesliga table.

Insights:
  • Heidenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals (24) in 2. Bundesliga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Heidenheim form and stats

27 points is a decent return from 13 2. Bundesliga games here at Voith-Arena for Heidenheim. The data says 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.

Heidenheim are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 206 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by C. Strohdiek (own goal)).

The Heidenheim crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Greuther Fürth here at Voith-Arena in a 2. Bundesliga match. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Würzburger Kickers.

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 eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn two and lost three.

A decent goal production from Heidenheim in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 13 league matches. Heidenheim have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (24) in 2. Bundesliga, on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.

Holstein Kiel play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Bochum (placed 1st). Before that, Holstein travelled to Hamburger SV and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Holstein Kiel playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were five Holstein Kiel wins, six draws and five defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Holstein Kiel are hosting Jahn Regensburg in the 2. Bundesliga only four days away.

Holstein has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Holstein Kiel - Heidenheim 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Heidenheim wins - draws - Holstein Kiel wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HeidenheimC. Kühlwetter
C. Kühlwetter
13 goals
Holstein KielA. Mühling
A. Mühling
10 goals
HeidenheimT. Kleindienst
T. Kleindienst
7 goals

Heidenheim missing players

Holstein Kiel missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heidenheim Holstein Kiel
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 5 13 25
11 8 2 Won W 2 6 13
6 3 0 Drew D 3 5 7
9 2 1 Lost L 0 2 5
37 24 6 Scored S 8 20 39
35 11 5 Conceded C 3 10 24
92% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
73% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 80%
50% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 31% 44%
31% 31% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 24%
19% 31% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 8%
46% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 54% 60%
31% 54% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 46% 40%
31% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 4%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
13.3 14 9 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 10.4 11.8
4.4 4.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.7 4.2
32% 39% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 38%
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Heidenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals (24) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in 2. Bundesliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 27 17 3 7 50 27 14 9 2 3 28 11 13 8 1 4 22 16 23 54
2 Hamburger SV 27 14 8 5 56 33 13 8 3 2 29 11 14 6 5 3 27 22 23 50
3 Greuther Fürth 27 14 8 5 51 32 13 6 3 4 23 17 14 8 5 1 28 15 19 50
4 Holstein Kiel 25 13 7 5 39 24 12 7 2 3 19 14 13 6 5 2 20 10 15 46
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 27 12 7 8 39 37 13 8 3 2 22 16 14 4 4 6 17 21 2 43
6 Karlsruher SC 27 12 6 9 39 33 14 4 4 6 14 14 13 8 2 3 25 19 6 42
7 Heidenheim 26 11 6 9 37 35 13 8 3 2 24 11 13 3 3 7 13 24 2 39
8 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 7 10 36 37 13 7 4 2 23 15 14 3 3 8 13 22 -1 37
9 Hannover 96 25 10 6 9 39 31 12 6 4 2 23 12 13 4 2 7 16 19 8 36
10 Paderborn 27 9 8 10 35 34 13 6 4 3 23 19 14 3 4 7 12 15 1 35
11 St. Pauli 26 9 8 9 39 43 13 5 3 5 19 22 13 4 5 4 20 21 -4 35
12 Darmstadt 98 27 9 5 13 43 46 14 5 2 7 19 19 13 4 3 6 24 27 -3 32
13 Nurnberg 27 8 8 11 35 41 14 4 5 5 17 20 13 4 3 6 18 21 -6 32
14 Jahn Regensburg 26 7 10 9 28 33 14 5 5 4 19 17 12 2 5 5 9 16 -5 31
15 Osnabruck 26 7 5 14 25 40 12 2 1 9 12 21 14 5 4 5 13 19 -15 26
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 26 6 8 12 23 44 14 6 3 5 16 19 12 0 5 7 7 25 -21 26
17 Sandhausen 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 4 4 21 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -18 25
18 Würzburger Kickers 26 4 4 18 27 53 13 3 4 6 18 25 13 1 0 12 9 28 -26 16

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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 Bochum 27 17 3 7 50 27 14 9 2 3 28 11 13 8 1 4 22 16 23 54
2 Hamburger SV 27 14 8 5 56 33 13 8 3 2 29 11 14 6 5 3 27 22 23 50
3 Greuther Fürth 27 14 8 5 51 32 13 6 3 4 23 17 14 8 5 1 28 15 19 50
4 Holstein Kiel 25 13 7 5 39 24 12 7 2 3 19 14 13 6 5 2 20 10 15 46
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 27 12 7 8 39 37 13 8 3 2 22 16 14 4 4 6 17 21 2 43
6 Karlsruher SC 27 12 6 9 39 33 14 4 4 6 14 14 13 8 2 3 25 19 6 42
7 Heidenheim 26 11 6 9 37 35 13 8 3 2 24 11 13 3 3 7 13 24 2 39
8 Erzgebirge Aue 27 10 7 10 36 37 13 7 4 2 23 15 14 3 3 8 13 22 -1 37
9 Hannover 96 25 10 6 9 39 31 12 6 4 2 23 12 13 4 2 7 16 19 8 36
10 Paderborn 27 9 8 10 35 34 13 6 4 3 23 19 14 3 4 7 12 15 1 35
11 St. Pauli 26 9 8 9 39 43 13 5 3 5 19 22 13 4 5 4 20 21 -4 35
12 Darmstadt 98 27 9 5 13 43 46 14 5 2 7 19 19 13 4 3 6 24 27 -3 32
13 Nurnberg 27 8 8 11 35 41 14 4 5 5 17 20 13 4 3 6 18 21 -6 32
14 Jahn Regensburg 26 7 10 9 28 33 14 5 5 4 19 17 12 2 5 5 9 16 -5 31
15 Osnabruck 26 7 5 14 25 40 12 2 1 9 12 21 14 5 4 5 13 19 -15 26
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 26 6 8 12 23 44 14 6 3 5 16 19 12 0 5 7 7 25 -21 26
17 Sandhausen 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 4 4 21 18 13 1 0 12 8 29 -18 25
18 Würzburger Kickers 26 4 4 18 27 53 13 3 4 6 18 25 13 1 0 12 9 28 -26 16

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