2. Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between Ingolstadt and Heidenheim

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 31.July
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Audi-Sportpark (15800 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second 2. Bundesliga game of the season. Ingolstadt look forward to welcoming Heidenheim in front of their home support.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Ingolstadt form and stats

Last season, Ingolstadt's league statistics were 20 wins, 11 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the 3. Liga. Over these 38 matches they scored 56 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Ingolstadt managed 13-5-1 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 14 conceded. The Ingolstadt fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Audi-Sportpark and will expect new points from this game. Ingolstadt has played 18 games in a row here without a defeat.

In their previous game, the manager R. Pätzold led his Ingolstadt to a defeat in the 2. Bundesliga match away at Dynamo Dresden. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Audi-Sportpark. The goalie Fabijan Buntić was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.02 out of ten. Buntić stopped the opponent with five saves.

Heartbreak before that as Ingolstadt lost 1-3 at Osnabrück's place.

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Heidenheim form and stats

Let's have a look at how Heidenheim performed last season in the 2. Bundesliga: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 15 victories, 6 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 49 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 9 with 21/33 goals scored/conceded.

Heidenheim's last game was the home draw against Paderborn (0-0). Patrick Mainka was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.22. The defender Mainka won 4 of 4 duels.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Karlsruher SC.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ingolstadt seven wins, one draw and Heidenheim two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Ingolstadt missing players

Heidenheim missing players

Ingolstadt Heidenheim
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Ingolstadt Last season Heidenheim
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   17 34
20 13   Won W   5 15
11 5   Drew D   3 6
7 1   Lost L   9 13
56 29   Scored S   21 49
40 14   Conceded C   33 49
95% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 94%
74% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 76%
42% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 56%
24% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 32%
13% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 18%
55% 58%   BTTS BTTS   59% 50%
29% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 29%
21% 16%   Failed to Score F T   29% 26%
 
6.4 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.6
3.9 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.4
2.2 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
2 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.3 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   12 12.7
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.4
35% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Karlsruher SC 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
4 Jahn Regensburg 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Werder Bremen 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Heidenheim 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Paderborn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Erzgebirge Aue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Fortuna Dusseldorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Holstein Kiel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Nurnberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sandhausen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 St. Pauli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Hansa Rostock 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Darmstadt 98 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Ingolstadt 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 38 23 6 9 61 29 19 12 5 2 35 14 19 11 1 7 26 15 32 75
2 Hansa Rostock 38 20 11 7 52 33 19 10 6 3 29 18 19 10 5 4 23 15 19 71
3 Ingolstadt 38 20 11 7 56 40 19 13 5 1 29 14 19 7 6 6 27 26 16 71
4 1860 München 38 18 12 8 69 35 19 8 8 3 36 19 19 10 4 5 33 16 34 66
5 Saarbrücken 38 16 11 11 66 51 19 9 5 5 39 26 19 7 6 6 27 25 15 59
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 38 15 11 12 57 53 19 8 6 5 29 25 19 7 5 7 28 28 4 56
7 Verl 38 14 13 11 66 55 19 6 7 6 30 24 19 8 6 5 36 31 11 55
8 Waldhof Mannheim 38 13 13 12 50 55 19 7 6 6 36 33 19 6 7 6 14 22 -5 52
9 Hallescher FC 38 14 10 14 51 58 19 8 6 5 27 24 19 6 4 9 24 34 -7 52
10 Zwickau 38 13 12 13 46 45 19 6 4 9 21 23 19 7 8 4 25 22 1 51
11 Magdeburg 38 14 9 15 42 45 19 6 6 7 17 23 19 8 3 8 25 22 -3 51
12 Viktoria Koln 38 13 12 13 52 59 19 6 4 9 26 33 19 7 8 4 26 26 -7 51
13 Turkgucu-Ataspor 38 12 11 15 45 55 19 6 7 6 19 23 19 6 4 9 26 32 -10 47
14 Kaiserslautern 38 8 19 11 47 52 19 5 11 3 24 21 19 3 8 8 23 31 -5 43
15 MSV Duisburg 38 11 10 17 52 67 19 6 5 8 26 35 19 5 5 9 26 32 -15 43
16 Uerdingen 38 11 11 16 38 50 19 4 5 10 14 28 19 7 6 6 24 22 -12 41
17 Meppen 38 12 5 21 37 61 19 8 0 11 24 37 19 4 5 10 13 24 -24 41
18 Bayern München II 38 8 13 17 47 58 19 5 3 11 20 27 19 3 10 6 27 31 -11 37
19 VfB Lubeck 38 8 11 19 41 57 19 4 7 8 17 23 19 4 4 11 24 34 -16 35
20 Unterhaching 38 9 5 24 40 57 19 6 2 11 21 26 19 3 3 13 19 31 -17 32
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bochum 34 21 4 9 66 39 17 12 2 3 40 16 17 9 2 6 26 23 27 67
2 Greuther Furth 34 18 10 6 69 44 17 9 4 4 34 23 17 9 6 2 35 21 25 64
3 Holstein Kiel 34 18 8 8 57 35 17 11 2 4 31 19 17 7 6 4 26 16 22 62
4 Hamburger SV 34 16 10 8 71 44 17 10 4 3 40 16 17 6 6 5 31 28 27 58
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 34 16 8 10 55 46 17 11 4 2 32 20 17 5 4 8 23 26 9 56
6 Karlsruher SC 34 14 10 10 51 44 17 5 6 6 19 18 17 9 4 4 32 26 7 52
7 Darmstadt 98 34 15 6 13 63 55 17 7 3 7 29 23 17 8 3 6 34 32 8 51
8 Heidenheim 34 15 6 13 49 49 17 10 3 4 28 16 17 5 3 9 21 33 0 51
9 Paderborn 34 12 11 11 53 45 17 8 5 4 32 26 17 4 6 7 21 19 8 47
10 St. Pauli 34 13 8 13 51 56 17 8 3 6 28 25 17 5 5 7 23 31 -5 47
11 Nurnberg 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 5 7 5 22 23 17 6 4 7 24 28 -5 44
12 Erzgebirge Aue 34 12 8 14 44 53 17 8 4 5 29 28 17 4 4 9 15 25 -9 44
13 Hannover 96 34 12 6 16 53 51 17 7 4 6 30 22 17 5 2 10 23 29 2 42
14 Jahn Regensburg 34 9 11 14 37 50 17 6 6 5 23 21 17 3 5 9 14 29 -13 38
15 Sandhausen 34 10 4 20 41 60 17 9 4 4 29 21 17 1 0 16 12 39 -19 34
16 Osnabrück 34 9 6 19 35 58 17 3 1 13 16 34 17 6 5 6 19 24 -23 33
17 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 7 10 17 30 59 17 6 4 7 17 23 17 1 6 10 13 36 -29 31
18 Wurzburger Kickers 34 6 7 21 37 69 17 3 6 8 22 33 17 3 1 13 15 36 -32 25

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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.