Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 28th October 2023

Borussia Monchengladbach enjoy home advantage, when visitors FC Heidenheim swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Borussia Monchengladbach are placed 13th with six points after eight matches. FC Heidenheim occupy a position as 11th in the league on seven points.

A win is required for Borussia Monchengladbach to jump ahead of FC Heidenheim in the Bundesliga table. In a match they enter as favourites, this seems like an opportunity too good to miss.

Borussia Monchengladbach enter their next Bundesliga match, averaging a decent 1.8 goals per game in their last ten matches, where they pulled off 18 goals, while also conceding 21 times. That amounts to an average of 2.1 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring once.

FC Heidenheim scored an average of 1.6 goals a game in the past eight matches. They scored 12 goals, let in 20 for an average of 2.7 a game, and managed one clean sheet.

Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim Prediction

Borussia Monchengladbach Form

They came away from their last three matches with four points, as Borussia Monchengladbach beat Bochum 1-3, followed by a 2-2 draw against Mainz 05. Most recently, they were left licking their wounds in a 3-1 defeat against FC Koln. Borussia Monchengladbach managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Bundesliga. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored seven and conceded eight goals.

FC Heidenheim Form

FC Heidenheim have only one win in their last three matches, as they did beat Union Berlin by 1-0. Disappointment followed, going down 2-0 against Eintracht, and 2-5 against Augsburg. In their last six Bundesliga away matches, FC Heidenheim failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn one and lost three, scoring three while also conceding ten times.

We are a little surprise to see the prices on offer at the bookies for a home win, as we think the form of Borussia Monchengladbach is better than odds suggest. We back them to claim a home win against FC Heidenheim.

Borussia Monchengladbach have a record of one win, three draws and four defeats in the Bundesliga this season. FC Heidenheim enjoy a record of two wins, one draw and five defeats in the Bundesliga.

Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim Squads

Borussia Monchengladbach Squad

Seoane will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against FC Heidenheim from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season):

Jan Olschowsky (0/0), Jonas Omlin (0/2), Maximilian Bruell (0/0), Moritz Nicolas (0/6), Tobias Sippel (0/0), Fabio Chiarodia (0/0), Joseph Scally (1/8), Ko Itakura (2/7), Luca Netz (0/6), Lukas Ullrich (0/2), Mamadou Doucoure (0/0), Marvin Friedrich (0/6), Maximilian Woeber (0/8), Nico Elvedi (1/6), Simon Walde (0/0), Stefan Lainer (0/0), Tony Jantschke (0/2), Christoph Kramer (0/2), Florian Neuhaus (3/8), Franck Honorat (0/8), Grant-Leon Ranos (0/2), Hannes Wolf (0/0), Julian Weigl (0/8), Kouadio Kone (0/3), Robin Hack (0/6), Rocco Reitz (0/8), Alassane Plea (2/8), Jordan Pefok (1/7), Nathan N'Goumou (1/7), Patrick Herrmann (0/0), Tomas Cvancara (3/7), Yvandro Borges Sanches (0/2).

FC Heidenheim Squad

Listed below is the full squad of FC Heidenheim players that the manager Frank Schmidt will choose from for the upcoming game:

Frank Feller (0/0), Kevin Mueller (0/8), Paul Tschernuth (0/0), Vitus Eicher (0/0), Benedikt Gimber (0/0), Jonas Foehrenbach (0/7), Lennard Maloney (0/8), Marnon-Thomas Busch (0/2), Seedy Jarju (0/0), Tim Siersleben (0/8), Adrian Beck (0/6), Florian Pick (0/7), Jan Schoeppner (0/2), Kevin Sessa (0/6), Luka Janes (0/0), Nikola Dovedan (0/5), Norman Theuerkauf (0/5), Omar Traore (0/8), Patrick Mainka (0/8), Robert Leipertz (0/0), Thomas Leon Keller (0/2), Christian Kuehlwetter (0/0), Denis Thomalla (0/8), Elidon Qenaj (0/0), Eren Dinkci (4/8), Marvin Pieringer (1/8), Stefan Schimmer (0/4), Tim Kleindienst (3/8).

Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim Team News

The injured and absent list looks to be stretched wide for Borussia Monchengladbach, as they prepare to meet FC Heidenheim, since eight could be missing. For their upcoming match in round 9, Borussia Monchengladbach are unable to call upon Kouadio Kone, who is suspended.

Borussia Monchengladbach-players Ko Itakura, Tobias Sippel, Hannes Wolf, Yvandro Borges Sanches, Tony Jantschke, Tomas Cvancara, Jonas Omlin and Stefan Lainer won't be playing in the upcoming match against FC Heidenheim at Borussia-Park due to nursing various injuries.

FC Heidenheim have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Borussia Monchengladbach at Borussia-Park.

Elidon Qenaj nurses an injury and won't be travelling with FC Heidenheim.

Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim Lineups

Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim H2H

Having never shared a season in the Bundesliga in recent past, this is the first time Borussia Monchengladbach comes up against FC Heidenheim in this context. Borussia Monchengladbach picked up one win in their previous one match against FC Heidenheim, while the latter claimed zero wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 13/5.

Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim Results

Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim Betting Tips

Florian Neuhaus has three strikes in six Bundesliga matches for Borussia Monchengladbach, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with FC Heidenheim. The visitors are looking to Eren Dinkci, who has provided his team with four Bundesliga goals.

Borussia Monchengladbach claimed all three points four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in four of the games in this run. FC Heidenheim won three of their last 10 games away, while drawing two and losing five in this series of matches. Borussia Monchengladbach have a justified hope of getting on the scoresheet at Borussia-Park, since FC Heidenheim only managed two clean sheets in their 10 most recent away matches. The hosts claimed two clean sheets in their last 10 matches on home soil.

Borussia Monchengladbach saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for FC Heidenheim, who scored 1.3 times on average in these matches.