A key match in 2. Bundesliga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 6th position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
Heidenheim have less rest than Köln in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a DFB Pokal game only four days ago.
Heidenheim form and stats
7-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Heidenheim so far this season.The fans are hoping that Heidenheim will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 4-5 away loss in the DFB Pokal game against Bayern Munchen. Before that, Heidenheim played out a 2. Bundesliga draw 0-0 when visiting Magdeburg.
A decent goal production from Heidenheim in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 matches. On the other hand, Heidenheim have conceded 17 goals.
Köln form and stats
Köln's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Köln, who have the most scored goals (68) in 2. Bundesliga, collect 25 points from their 12 away matches. 8 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Köln have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Köln has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.Köln are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the 2. Bundesliga against Holstein Kiel. Prior to that match, a home win 5-1 against Arminia Bielefeld.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Köln manager M. Anfang as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against MSV Duisburg.
The Köln manager M. Anfang has got the team scoring on the road, with 24 away goals in 12 matches. Köln have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Köln - Heidenheim 1-1 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): Heidenheim won 0 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Köln has 0 wins.Top Goalscorers
  S. Terodde 27 goals / 2 assists |  J. Córdoba 13 goals / 1 assists |   R. Glatzel 12 goals / 1 assists |
Heidenheim missing players
Köln missing players
| Heidenheim | Köln | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | Played | 12 | 26 |
| 40 | 23 | Scored | 24 | 68 |
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | 13 | 31 |
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 77% | Over 1.5 | 83% | 92% |
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | 50% | 69% |
| 26% | 38% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 50% |
| 15% | 23% | Over 4.5 | 17% | 27% |
| 70% | 62% | Both teams to score | 50% | 65% |
| 22% | 31% | Clean Sheet | 33% | 27% |
| 15% | 8% | Failed To Score | 17% | 8% |
- Köln hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Heidenheim is involved in more matches over 2.5 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 | D | P |
| 1 | Köln | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 51 |
| 3 | Union Berlin | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 47 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 61 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 44 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 44 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 43 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 42 |
| 8 | Jahn Regensburg | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 38 |
| 9 | Bochum | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -2 | 35 |
| 10 | Arminia Bielefeld | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 35 |
| 11 | Greuther Fürth | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 34 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -8 | 33 |
| 13 | Erzgebirge Aue | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -8 | 26 |
| 16 | Magdeburg | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -13 | 24 |
| 17 | MSV Duisburg | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -18 | 22 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 27 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -21 | 19 |
