The Bundesliga 2 meeting at Voith-Arena on Sunday sees home side Heidenheim take to the field against Darmstadt.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Heidenheim v Darmstadt - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Heidenheim
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Heidenheim will be hoping for a better result following a 4-0 Bundesliga 2 defeat last time out to SV Sandhausen.
Julius Biada (9'), Nils Röseler (32'), Alexander Rossipal (59') and Kevin Behrens (82') scored for SV Sandhausen.
Heidenheim have been quite ineffective in attack of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 4 against opposition teams during their previous 6 outings. In those meetings, Heidenheim have also seen the number of goals scored against them come to 7. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be continued on in this game.
Heading into this contest, Heidenheim are undefeated in their last 20 home league matches. So impressive.
Darmstadt
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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Hannover in Bundesliga 2 action, Darmstadt will be hoping to turn things around here.
The only scorer from Darmstadt was Aaron Seydel (68'). Marvin Ducksch (45', 50') was the scorer for Hannover.
In as many as 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Darmstadt, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The average number of goals per game within that time is 3, with the average number of goals for Darmstadt being 2.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels going back to 20/09/2017, both clubs have shared the honours with Heidenheim winning 2 of those games, Darmstadt 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
An aggregate of 13 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 6 of them from Heidenheim and 7 being from Darmstadt. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.
The last league game featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 24 on 29/02/2020 which finished with the scoreline of Darmstadt 2-0 Heidenheim.
The referee was Sven Waschitzki.
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Team News: Heidenheim
David Otto (Hip Injury) and Gianni Mollo (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are unavailable for Heidenheim boss Frank Schmidt. Kevin Sessa cannot play in this game through suspension.
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Team News: Darmstadt
Darmstadt manager Markus Anfang has some current player fitness concerns. Mathias Wittek (Fitness) and Victor Pálsson (Finger Injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
We’re thinking that Darmstadt should have enough to put a goal past this Heidenheim lineup, however it is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.
We can see a narrow 2-1 victory for Heidenheim when all is said and done. Could easily see this go either way.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
00:10 13/01/2021
🏟️ Team Focus:
Heidenheim
Formed: 1846
Stadium: Voith-Arena (15,000)
Captain: Marc Schnatterer
Chairman: Klaus Mayer
Manager: Frank Schmidt
Competitions: Bundesliga 2 position 10
⭐ Star Man: Denis Thomalla
Regularly taking up the Striker position, Denis Thomalla was born in Pforzheim, Germany. Having played his first senior match for Hoffenheim in the 2010 - 2011 season, the goalscoring Forward has managed to score 2 league goals in this Bundesliga 2 2020 - 2021 campaign so far in a total of 11 appearances.