Only victory will please the Heidenheim regulars in this Voith-Arena battle with Nürnberg, seeing as they have a solid lead on the opposition in the 2. Bundesliga standings.
- Heidenheim have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (17) in 2. Bundesliga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Heidenheim form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 10 2. Bundesliga games here at Voith-Arena for Heidenheim. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
Heidenheim drew their last game, also a home match. Hamburger SV (placed 2nd) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. A disappointing finish for Heidenheim in their match versus Hamburger SV as their 3-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. Midfield player Thomalla got a match rating of 8.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Thomalla signed up for two assists, hit five key passes and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).
Heartbreak before that as Heidenheim lost 0-2 at Eintracht Braunschweig's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Heidenheim handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Goals are plentiful at Voith-Arena in the league this season as Heidenheim has scored 26 goals here in 10 home games. Heidenheim have conceded 13 in these home matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Nürnberg form and stats
There's been little loot from Nürnberg's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Nürnberg only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws.
The club members enjoyed Nürnberg's previous fixture versus Jahn Regensburg (placed 18th), a 1-0 win played at home. Castrop got a match rating of 7.95 in that game, top player of the team. Castrop hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 8 of 11 times.
One game before, 1-1 at home against Fortuna Dusseldorf (after extra-time, 5-3 on penalties) in the DFB Pokal. We have checked recent matches where Nürnberg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
The attacking power of Nürnberg when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Nürnberg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have fought earlier this season: Nürnberg - Heidenheim 0-3. Statistics for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Heidenheim, two draws and four wins for Nürnberg. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Kleindienst 11 goals |  D. Thomalla 6 goals |  J. Beste 6 goals |
Heidenheim missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Heidenheim | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 38 | 26 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 27 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | 85% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 60% | 60% |
| 60% | 80% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 15% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 55% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 35% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 35% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 45% |
| 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 15 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.4 | 13.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| 40% | 46% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 25% | 24% |
| 12.4 | 11.2 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 15.1 | 13.6 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
- All of Heidenheim's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heidenheim have not yet lost a game at home.
- Heidenheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Heidenheim have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Heidenheim have scored more than double the goals of Nürnberg.
- Heidenheim have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in 2. Bundesliga
- Heidenheim haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (17) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the fewest scored goals (8) away 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 45 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 41 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 35 |
| 5 | Kaiserslautern | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 35 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 32 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 28 |
| 9 | St. Pauli | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Hansa Rostock | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -9 | 24 |
| 11 | Greuther Furth | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -13 | 21 |
| 16 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 20 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 18 | Jahn Regensburg | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 19 |
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