2. Bundesliga: Two participants in fairly good shape get together for this game. Schalke 04 might have a slight advantage with their 3rd position in the table?
- Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a DFB Pokal game only three days ago. That game, against 1860 München, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Schalke 04.
Heidenheim form and stats
Heidenheim have collected 9 points from their 2. Bundesliga home games so far after 2-3-1. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Heidenheim to get some points in this home game.
Heidenheim lost their last game at Nürnberg (placed 4th) after a 0-4 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Heidenheim suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Jan Schöppner got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Schöppner hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 28 total).
Ahead of that match, Heidenheim lost 2-4 at home to St. Pauli.Heidenheim are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 6 games. Heidenheim have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga, are W4-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga. The fact that Schalke 04 have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
The Schalke goalkeeper Martin Fraisl is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 362 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Schalke play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to 1860 München. Thomas Ouwejan was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.64. The defender Ouwejan hit two key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
Before that, Schalke secured a home win against Dynamo Dresden with the score 3-0.The travelling fans enjoy Schalke's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Schalke 04 are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Terodde 11 goals |   T. Kleindienst 4 goals |  M. Bülter 4 goals |
Heidenheim missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Heidenheim | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 20 |
| 17 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 82% | 67% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 82% |
| 64% | 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 64% |
| 27% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 55% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 18% | 33% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 80% | 55% |
| 45% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.4 | 8 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
| 5.9 | 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.6 | 15 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.6 | 14.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 29% | 30% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 31% |
- Heidenheim have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Heidenheim have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Schalke 04 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Schalke 04 have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 25 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Nürnberg | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 11 | Heidenheim | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 9 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 5 |
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