2. Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between Holstein Kiel and Heidenheim

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 16.October
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Holstein-Stadion (11386 seats)

Holstein-Stadion: Shake it up for a football festivity when Holstein Kiel welcome Heidenheim. Get the latest news on the fixture at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Holstein Kiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Heidenheim have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Holstein Kiel form and stats

The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Holstein Kiel at their home stadium (Holstein-Stadion) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A strong away win for Holstein Kiel against Nürnberg the last match, as Reese and Skrzybski (2) were on target. Finally, a league victory after four fixtures without. Dähne loved the game against Nürnberg. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory. Reese, a forward, was the top performer for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.32 (out of 10). Reese scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that, Holstein drew at home versus Hansa Rostock.

This is expected to be a close game, with Holstein Kiel perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Holstein Kiel as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Holstein Kiel has won 6 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

The Holstein fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Holstein Kiel have conceded 6 goals.

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Heidenheim form and stats

As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Heidenheim have produced an overall stat of 2-3-1 so far. It's three draws from Heidenheim's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Heidenheim had fun at their own home (Holstein-Stadion) last time out, beating Hannover 96 2-1. Thomalla and Kleindienst scored. That victory felt good as this club had gone three league rounds without winning. Midfield player Sessa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.4/10. Sessa hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to St. Pauli.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Heidenheim in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Heidenheim, 6 draws and 6 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The DFB Pokal trip to FC Union Berlin.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

Heidenheim have avoided a loss in the last 8 fixtures (4-4-0) versus Holstein Kiel.

Top Goalscorers

HolsteinS. Skrzybski
S. Skrzybski
6 goals
HeidenheimT. Kleindienst
T. Kleindienst
5 goals
Holstein KielF. Reese
F. Reese
4 goals

Holstein Kiel missing players

Heidenheim missing players

Holstein Kiel Heidenheim
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 6 11
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 5
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 5
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
20 9 2 Scored S 1 6 16
22 6 3 Conceded C 0 3 8
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 82%
82% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 64%
73% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 55%
55% 40% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 18%
36% 20% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
73% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 45%
27% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 45%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 27%
 
6.6 7.2 10 Corners for (avg) C F 4 6.5 6.2
4.8 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.3 3.9
2 1.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.7 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.9 16.8 28 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.2 13.7
5.5 6.4 12 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.2 4.4
33% 28% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 33%
 
15.5 15 13 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.7 13
5.5 4.2 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.3 3.1
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Heidenheim have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Holstein Kiel have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Holstein Kiel haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hamburger SV 11 8 1 2 17 7 6 3 1 2 6 4 5 5 0 0 11 3 10 25
2 Darmstadt 98 11 7 3 1 20 11 6 4 2 0 12 4 5 3 1 1 8 7 9 24
3 Paderborn 11 7 1 3 29 12 6 5 0 1 21 6 5 2 1 2 8 6 17 22
4 Heidenheim 11 5 5 1 16 8 5 3 2 0 10 5 6 2 3 1 6 3 8 20
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 11 5 2 4 20 14 5 4 1 0 15 5 6 1 1 4 5 9 6 17
6 Karlsruher SC 11 5 2 4 20 15 5 3 1 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 10 10 5 17
7 Hannover 96 11 5 2 4 19 16 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 3 0 3 12 10 3 17
8 Kaiserslautern 11 3 7 1 20 17 6 2 3 1 12 11 5 1 4 0 8 6 3 16
9 Holstein Kiel 11 4 4 3 20 22 5 2 2 1 9 6 6 2 2 2 11 16 -2 16
10 Hansa Rostock 11 4 1 6 10 17 6 3 0 3 7 7 5 1 1 3 3 10 -7 13
11 Sandhausen 11 3 3 5 12 14 6 3 1 2 7 6 5 0 2 3 5 8 -2 12
12 Eintracht Braunschweig 11 3 3 5 13 21 6 3 1 2 10 9 5 0 2 3 3 12 -8 12
13 Jahn Regensburg 11 3 3 5 9 17 6 2 3 1 6 8 5 1 0 4 3 9 -8 12
14 St. Pauli 11 2 5 4 15 17 5 2 3 0 9 5 6 0 2 4 6 12 -2 11
15 Magdeburg 11 3 1 7 13 23 5 2 0 3 5 9 6 1 1 4 8 14 -10 10
16 Nürnberg 11 3 1 7 11 21 5 2 0 3 5 8 6 1 1 4 6 13 -10 10
17 Greuther Furth 11 1 6 4 15 20 6 1 4 1 9 10 5 0 2 3 6 10 -5 9
18 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 11 2 2 7 14 21 5 2 0 3 9 10 6 0 2 4 5 11 -7 8

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.