Football preview: Heidenheim favourites when Magdeburg arrive

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 07.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Voith-Arena (15000 seats)

Heidenheim have been superior to Magdeburg so far this season, but every fixture begins at 0-0. Here's all the details you require ahead of kickoff:

Insights:
  • Heidenheim have the most clean sheets (13) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Magdeburg have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in 2. Bundesliga

Heidenheim and Magdeburg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Heidenheim form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Voith-Arena as Heidenheim have scored 40 goals to get 36 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the 2. Bundesliga are 11-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Heidenheim are confident in defense, having played 319 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Heidenheim, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Greuther Furth away with the result 2-0. Beste and Kleindienst found the net in that victory. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Beste and Kleindienst, having found the net in three games in a row. Midfield player Beste got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Beste scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Before that, Heidenheim had a home game versus Holstein Kiel which ended with a victory 3-0.

Goals are plentiful at Voith-Arena in the league this season as Heidenheim has scored 40 goals here in 15 home games. On the other hand, Heidenheim have conceded 16 goals.

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Magdeburg form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Magdeburg playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.

Magdeburg had fun at their own home (Voith-Arena) last time out, beating Hamburger SV 3-2. Atik, Ito and Kwarteng scored. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Titz when Ito scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 71st minute. Midfield player Ceka was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Ceka signed up for two assists, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Eintracht Braunschweig.

Take note that 9 of this club's 11 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.

Magdeburg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 15 games. The Magdeburg manager Titz has some worries about the defense as 32 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H match ended Magdeburg - Heidenheim 1-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - two - zero (Heidenheim wins - draws - Magdeburg wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hot-tempered, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

HeidenheimT. Kleindienst
T. Kleindienst
23 goals
HeidenheimJ. Beste
J. Beste
10 goals
MagdeburgM. Kwarteng
M. Kwarteng
10 goals

Heidenheim missing players

Magdeburg missing players

Heidenheim Magdeburg
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 4 15 30
17 11 4 Won W 1 6 11
9 3 1 Drew D 0 2 5
4 1 0 Lost L 3 7 14
61 40 15 Scored S 5 25 42
31 16 6 Conceded C 9 32 52
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
77% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 87% 83%
57% 73% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 87% 70%
33% 40% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 53% 33%
17% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 20%
47% 53% 80% BTTS BTTS 50% 73% 63%
43% 40% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 13%
17% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 27%
 
5.6 6.1 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.5 4.6
4 3 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 9.2 6 5.5
1.7 1.3 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.7 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
13.8 15.4 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 13.7 14.2
4.8 5.6 6.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.6 4.8
42% 48% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 36% 29%
 
12.3 10.5 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 25 18.6 15.7
3.3 2.7 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8.2 5.8 5.5
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Heidenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Heidenheim have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Heidenheim have the most clean sheets (13) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have the most points (36) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have the the best goal difference (+30) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Heidenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Magdeburg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Magdeburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Magdeburg have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Magdeburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Darmstadt 98 30 19 7 4 48 24 15 10 5 0 26 10 15 9 2 4 22 14 24 64
2 Heidenheim 30 17 9 4 61 31 15 11 3 1 40 16 15 6 6 3 21 15 30 60
3 Hamburger SV 30 17 5 8 60 41 15 10 2 3 34 17 15 7 3 5 26 24 19 56
4 Paderborn 30 15 5 10 61 37 15 11 0 4 43 17 15 4 5 6 18 20 24 50
5 St. Pauli 30 14 8 8 47 35 15 9 5 1 23 10 15 5 3 7 24 25 12 50
6 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 15 5 10 51 40 15 10 3 2 32 16 15 5 2 8 19 24 11 50
7 Kaiserslautern 30 11 11 8 43 38 15 6 6 3 25 21 15 5 5 5 18 17 5 44
8 Hannover 96 30 11 7 12 43 44 15 7 3 5 24 20 15 4 4 7 19 24 -1 40
9 Holstein Kiel 30 10 10 10 48 52 15 5 4 6 24 24 15 5 6 4 24 28 -4 40
10 Karlsruher SC 30 11 6 13 50 49 15 7 3 5 28 24 15 4 3 8 22 25 1 39
11 Magdeburg 30 11 5 14 42 52 15 5 3 7 17 20 15 6 2 7 25 32 -10 38
12 Greuther Furth 30 9 9 12 39 45 15 7 6 2 22 17 15 2 3 10 17 28 -6 36
13 Nürnberg 30 9 6 15 26 44 15 7 2 6 15 14 15 2 4 9 11 30 -18 33
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 30 8 8 14 36 52 15 6 3 6 20 19 15 2 5 8 16 33 -16 32
15 Hansa Rostock 30 9 4 17 26 46 15 4 1 10 14 24 15 5 3 7 12 22 -20 31
16 Arminia Bielefeld 30 8 5 17 45 54 15 5 2 8 25 26 15 3 3 9 20 28 -9 29
17 Jahn Regensburg 30 7 7 16 29 47 15 4 7 4 14 20 15 3 0 12 15 27 -18 28
18 Sandhausen 30 7 7 16 33 57 15 4 4 7 17 30 15 3 3 9 16 27 -24 28

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