FC Heidenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st March 2026

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

FC Heidenheim are out to avenge a disappointing loss against Bayer Leverkusen in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride, though as it looks like an fairly unequal pairing at Voith-Arena.

FC Heidenheim scored nine times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.9 goals a game. They conceded 22 and managed zero clean sheets.

Bayer Leverkusen are currently decent goalscorers, as they managed a bearable 15 goals in the past ten outings for an average of 1.5 goals a game. Their opponents scored a total of nine goals, and while Bayer Leverkusen claimed three clean sheets, they conceded an average of 0.9 goals per match.

Bayer Leverkusen beat FC Heidenheim twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 6-0 and 1-0, respectively.

FC Heidenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction

FC Heidenheim Form

FC Heidenheim endured a tough spell in their previous three matches, which brought three defeats. They lost 2-0 against Werder Bremen, before Hoffenheim won 2-4, while Eintracht Frankfurt claimed a victory in a 1-0 match. FC Heidenheim are without a win in their last six Bundesliga matches on home soil, which produced a record of two draws and four defeats, in which they conceded 18 and scored seven goals.

Bayer Leverkusen Form

In their last three matches, Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 with Arsenal, drew 1-1 with Bayern Munich and lost 2-0 against Arsenal. Bayer Leverkusen won twice, while also recording two draws, and two defeats in their last six away matches in the Bundesliga. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals conceded and eight scored.

Bayer Leverkusen are in for a win this coming Saturday, but at Voith-Arena we expect FC Heidenheim to put up a fight and limit the expected defeat.

FC Heidenheim fought their way to zero wins and one points from their last ten games against teams inside the top six. They were on target eight times in these matches, but also let in 31 goals. Bayer Leverkusen took seven wins and 23 points in the previous nine encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Bundesliga, as they scored 26 goals while also allowing nine against. FC Heidenheim have a record of three wins, five draws and 18 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bayer Leverkusen have a record of 13 wins, six draws and seven defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Heidenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Squads

FC Heidenheim Squad

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

Diant Ramaj (0/25), Frank Feller (0/1), Paul Tschernuth (0/0), Adam Koelle (0/0), Benedikt Gimber (0/19), Jonas Foehrenbach (1/19), Leart Paqarada (0/0), Leonidas Stergiou (0/4), Marnon-Thomas Busch (0/22), Tim Siersleben (0/14), Adrian Beck (1/19), Hennes Behrens (0/8), Jan Schoeppner (1/24), Julian Niehues (3/19), Luca Kerber (2/13), Nick Rothweiler (0/0), Niklas Dorsch (0/24), Omar Traore (0/24), Patrick Mainka (1/26), Robert Leipertz (0/0), Sirlord Conteh (2/14), Arijon Ibrahimovic (1/25), Budu Zivzivadze (1/12), Christian Conteh (0/4), Eren Dinkci (1/15), Marvin Pieringer (2/19), Mathias Honsak (0/22), Mikkel Kaufmann (1/14), Stefan Schimmer (5/21), Tobias Weigel (0/0), Yannik Wagner (0/0).

Bayer Leverkusen Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Bayer Leverkusen players that the manager Kasper Hjulmand will choose from for the upcoming game:

Janis Blaswich (0/10), Jesper Schlich (0/0), Jonas Omlin (0/0), Mark Flekken (0/17), Niklas Lomb (0/0), Alejandro Grimaldo (6/21), Arthur (1/16), Axel Tape (0/6), Edmond Tapsoba (4/22), Issa Traore (0/0), Jarell Quansah (3/22), Loic Bade (0/19), Lucas Vazquez (1/9), Tim Oermann (0/1), Aleix Garcia (2/26), Equi Fernandez (0/16), Exequiel Palacios (0/10), Ibrahim Maza (2/20), Jonas Hofmann (2/21), Malik Tillman (4/21), Nathan Tella (0/11), Robert Andrich (1/25), Christian Kofane (5/23), Eliesse Ben Seghir (0/7), Ernest Poku (5/24), Martin Terrier (4/17), Montrell Culbreath (1/4), Patrik Schick (7/20).

FC Heidenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for FC Heidenheim, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment. Leonidas Stergiou and Omar Traore can't be called up by the FC Heidenheim-manager, with both serving a ban.

FC Heidenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Lineups

FC Heidenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen H2H

Bayer Leverkusen beat FC Heidenheim twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed wins by 6-0 and 1-0, respectively. All in all, Bayer Leverkusen have a fine reading on FC Heidenheim in previous seasons with a 5-0-0 advantage going into this match. The bookies have Bayer Leverkusen to win this match at best price odds of 4/7.

FC Heidenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Results

In three of the previous five matches between FC Heidenheim and Bayer Leverkusen both teams scored.

FC Heidenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen Betting Tips

Luca Kerber is the most prolific Bundesliga marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Bayer Leverkusen look to Jarell Quansah, hoping he can add to his current total of two Bundesliga goals in his latest games.

FC Heidenheim won only once in their last 10 outings at Voith-Arena, but they drew three and lost six in this run. Bayer Leverkusen won four, drew two and lost four of their last 10 games away from home. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in recent matches. While FC Heidenheim managed to keep a clean sheet in zero of the games at Voith-Arena, Bayer Leverkusen kept their hosts from scoring in two of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals happened four times in the past five encounters between FC Heidenheim and Bayer Leverkusen, with FC Heidenheim scoring 0.8 goals on average per game. Bayer Leverkusen averaged 3.6 goals, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for FC Heidenheim, who scored an average of 0.9 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals appeared in two of the last ten matches that Bayer Leverkusen played across all tournaments. They scored 1.3 times on average in the process.