Football preview: Home crowd has high expectations when Heidenheim take on Sandhausen

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Voith-Arena (15000 seats)

Heidenheim are finding life sweet in the top places while Sandhausen are more involved in avoiding relegation. May the best team win!

Insights:
  • Heidenheim have the most clean sheets (14) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have the most conceded goals (61) in 2. Bundesliga

Heidenheim are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Sandhausen are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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 are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Voith-Arena. 11 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 16 games.

Heidenheim are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-3 away versus Paderborn. The first loss after going undefeated through four league fixtures. Beste (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Beste served one assist and hit four key passes.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Magdeburg.

Heidenheim can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 40 times. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Sandhausen form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sandhausen so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-10 (win-draw-lose).

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Hansa Rostock with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Bachmann, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Bachmann scored one goal and hit three key passes.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Eintracht Braunschweig wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Observe that 8 of this side's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

The visiting Sandhausen have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 16 games. Sandhausen have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Heidenheim have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) versus Sandhausen.

It's not the first time these teams get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Sandhausen - Heidenheim 3-4.

Top Goalscorers

HeidenheimT. Kleindienst
T. Kleindienst
24 goals
HeidenheimJ. Beste
J. Beste
10 goals
HeidenheimD. Thomalla
D. Thomalla
8 goals

Heidenheim missing players

Sandhausen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heidenheim Sandhausen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
17 11 4 Won W 0 3 7
10 4 1 Drew D 1 3 7
5 1 0 Lost L 4 10 18
63 40 16 Scored S 4 17 35
34 16 5 Conceded C 12 29 61
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
75% 81% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 81%
56% 69% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 66%
34% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 31%
19% 25% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 16%
47% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 69% 62%
44% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 12%
19% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 28%
 
5.6 6.2 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 1.4 3.4 4.3
4 3 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 6.3 5.7
1.7 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
14 15.8 15.6 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.1 10.2
4.8 5.7 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3.2 3.3
41% 44% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 33% 33%
 
12.4 10.6 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 19.8 15.8 14.2
3.4 2.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 5.1 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sandhausen have scored away.
  • Heidenheim have the most clean sheets (14) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have the most points (37) at home in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have the the best goal difference (+29) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Heidenheim have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Sandhausen have the most conceded goals (61) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have the the worst goal difference (-26) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sandhausen 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 32 19 7 6 49 29 16 10 5 1 26 13 16 9 2 5 23 16 20 64
2 Heidenheim 32 17 10 5 63 34 16 11 4 1 40 16 16 6 6 4 23 18 29 61
3 Hamburger SV 32 18 6 8 67 44 16 10 3 3 36 19 16 8 3 5 31 25 23 60
4 Paderborn 32 16 6 10 66 41 16 12 0 4 46 19 16 4 6 6 20 22 25 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 50 35 16 9 6 1 23 10 16 6 3 7 27 25 15 54
6 Fortuna Dusseldorf 32 16 6 10 54 40 16 11 3 2 35 16 16 5 3 8 19 24 14 54
7 Kaiserslautern 32 11 12 9 47 43 16 6 6 4 26 23 16 5 6 5 21 20 4 45
8 Hannover 96 32 12 7 13 46 47 16 8 3 5 26 21 16 4 4 8 20 26 -1 43
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 10 11 50 56 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 5 6 5 24 31 -6 43
10 Karlsruher SC 32 12 6 14 53 52 16 8 3 5 30 25 16 4 3 9 23 27 1 42
11 Magdeburg 32 11 7 14 44 54 16 5 4 7 19 22 16 6 3 7 25 32 -10 40
12 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 32 9 11 12 42 48 16 7 7 2 24 19 16 2 4 10 18 29 -6 38
13 Hansa Rostock 32 11 4 17 30 47 16 5 1 10 16 24 16 6 3 7 14 23 -17 37
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 32 9 9 14 40 55 16 7 3 6 22 20 16 2 6 8 18 35 -15 36
15 Nurnberg 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 32 -18 35
16 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 32 9 6 17 48 56 16 5 3 8 26 27 16 4 3 9 22 29 -8 33
17 Jahn Regensburg 32 7 7 18 30 54 16 4 7 5 15 25 16 3 0 13 15 29 -24 28
18 Sandhausen 32 7 7 18 35 61 16 4 4 8 18 32 16 3 3 10 17 29 -26 28

2. Bundesliga:
Germany:
Table
  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 32 19 7 6 49 29 16 10 5 1 26 13 16 9 2 5 23 16 20 64
2 Heidenheim 32 17 10 5 63 34 16 11 4 1 40 16 16 6 6 4 23 18 29 61
3 Hamburger SV 32 18 6 8 67 44 16 10 3 3 36 19 16 8 3 5 31 25 23 60
4 Paderborn 32 16 6 10 66 41 16 12 0 4 46 19 16 4 6 6 20 22 25 54
5 St. Pauli 32 15 9 8 50 35 16 9 6 1 23 10 16 6 3 7 27 25 15 54
6 Fortuna Dusseldorf 32 16 6 10 54 40 16 11 3 2 35 16 16 5 3 8 19 24 14 54
7 Kaiserslautern 32 11 12 9 47 43 16 6 6 4 26 23 16 5 6 5 21 20 4 45
8 Hannover 96 32 12 7 13 46 47 16 8 3 5 26 21 16 4 4 8 20 26 -1 43
9 Holstein Kiel 32 11 10 11 50 56 16 6 4 6 26 25 16 5 6 5 24 31 -6 43
10 Karlsruher SC 32 12 6 14 53 52 16 8 3 5 30 25 16 4 3 9 23 27 1 42
11 Magdeburg 32 11 7 14 44 54 16 5 4 7 19 22 16 6 3 7 25 32 -10 40
12 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 32 9 11 12 42 48 16 7 7 2 24 19 16 2 4 10 18 29 -6 38
13 Hansa Rostock 32 11 4 17 30 47 16 5 1 10 16 24 16 6 3 7 14 23 -17 37
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 32 9 9 14 40 55 16 7 3 6 22 20 16 2 6 8 18 35 -15 36
15 Nurnberg 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 18 17 16 2 5 9 13 32 -18 35
16 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 32 9 6 17 48 56 16 5 3 8 26 27 16 4 3 9 22 29 -8 33
17 Jahn Regensburg 32 7 7 18 30 54 16 4 7 5 15 25 16 3 0 13 15 29 -24 28
18 Sandhausen 32 7 7 18 35 61 16 4 4 8 18 32 16 3 3 10 17 29 -26 28

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