FC Heidenheim vs Bochum Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th November 2023

FC Heidenheim go up against Bochum at Voith-Arena this coming Sunday in a thrilling Bundesliga match.

FC Heidenheim are 13th in the rankings with ten points after 11 matches played, whereas Bochum rank 14th in the Bundesliga on nine points.

Bochum can actually leapfrog FC Heidenheim in the table with a win on Sunday. However, judging by the prices we get from the bookmakers, this seems rather unlikely to happen.

FC Heidenheim average 1.7 goals per game in their last ten games, scoring 17 times. They conceded 24 goals or an average of 2.4 per game, with two clean sheets along the way.

Bochum scored 11 goals, conceded 20 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Having never shared a season in the Bundesliga in recent past, this is the first time FC Heidenheim comes up against Bochum in this context.

FC Heidenheim vs Bochum Prediction

FC Heidenheim Form

It is all or nothing with FC Heidenheim presently. They first went down 3-1 in an encounter with B. M'gladbach, to which they replied by beating VfB Stuttgart2-0. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side, when they lost 4-2 against Bayern Munich. In their last six Bundesliga home matches, FC Heidenheim have three wins, while they've drawn zero and lost two. They scored 11 and conceded ten goals.

Bochum Form

In their last three matches, Bochum drew 2-2 with Mainz 05, beat Darmstadt 1-2 before a 1-1 draw with FC Koln. Bochum only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by 17 goals to five.

While it might not be a big surprise to see Bochum steal a good result at Voith-Arena, form nevertheless looks better for FC Heidenheim. They get the nod this coming Sunday.

FC Heidenheim won three points from their last one encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won one, scored one and let in zero goals. Bochum earned one wins and five points from their past three matches against teams placed in the bottom six of the Bundesliga table. They scored five and allowed four goals against on their way. FC Heidenheim claimed three wins, one draw as well as seven defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Bochum are looking at one win, six draws and four defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Heidenheim vs Bochum Squads

FC Heidenheim Squad

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

Frank Feller (0/0), Kevin Mueller (0/11), Paul Tschernuth (0/0), Vitus Eicher (0/0), Benedikt Gimber (0/2), Jonas Foehrenbach (0/10), Lennard Maloney (0/11), Marnon-Thomas Busch (0/3), Seedy Jarju (0/0), Tim Siersleben (0/9), Adrian Beck (0/9), Florian Pick (0/9), Jan Schoeppner (1/4), Kevin Sessa (0/8), Luka Janes (0/0), Nikola Dovedan (0/6), Norman Theuerkauf (0/8), Omar Traore (0/11), Patrick Mainka (0/11), Robert Leipertz (0/0), Thomas Leon Keller (0/2), Christian Kuehlwetter (0/0), Denis Thomalla (0/11), Elidon Qenaj (0/0), Eren Dinkci (5/11), Marvin Pieringer (1/9), Stefan Schimmer (0/6), Tim Kleindienst (5/11).

Bochum Squad

Here is the full team squad of Bochum. The 55 year-old Thomas Letsch will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Manuel Riemann (0/11), Michael Esser (0/0), Niclas Thiede (0/0), Bernardo (0/11), Cristian Gamboa (0/8), Danilo Soares (0/4), Erhan Masovic (0/10), Ivan Ordets (0/9), Jordi Osei-Tutu (0/0), Keven Schlotterbeck (1/7), Maximilian Wittek (0/7), Mohammed Tolba (0/0), Moritz Roemling (0/0), Noah Loosli (0/5), Tim Oermann (0/1), Anthony Losilla (1/10), Felix Passlack (0/6), Kevin Stoeger (3/11), Lukas Daschner (1/8), Mats Pannewig (0/0), Matus Bero (0/5), Moritz-Broni Kwarteng (0/3), Patrick Osterhage (0/6), Philipp Foerster (0/5), Christopher Antwi-Adjej (0/9), Goncalo Paciencia (1/7), Lys Mousset (0/0), Moritz Broschinski (0/7), Philipp Hofmann (0/10), Takuma Asano (4/11).

FC Heidenheim vs Bochum Team News

At the time of writing, FC Heidenheim have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Bochum on Sunday.

Marvin Pieringer, Thomas Leon Keller and Elidon Qenaj are all absent from the FC Heidenheim squad that faces Bochum at Voith-Arena.

Bochum could have up to 12 players on the injured and absent players for their match on Sunday atVoith-Arena

Danilo Soares, Anthony Losilla, Moritz Roemling, Ivan Ordets, Jordi Osei-Tutu, Matus Bero, Mats Pannewig, Keven Schlotterbeck, Jordi Osei-Tutu, Michael Esser, Lys Mousset and Mohammed Tolba all face a spell on the sidelines for Bochum due to various injuries.

FC Heidenheim vs Bochum Lineups

FC Heidenheim vs Bochum H2H

This is the first time FC Heidenheim and Bochum meet in the Bundesliga in the 21st century. As there is no prior record of them playing against each other in this competition, as any stats from past encounters are from cup or friendly matches. FC Heidenheim picked up three wins in their previous ten matches against Bochum, while the latter claimed six wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 5/2.

FC Heidenheim vs Bochum Results

FC Heidenheim vs Bochum Betting Tips

Voith-Arena saw FC Heidenheim winning six, drawing one and losing three of their 10 most recent games here across all tournaments. Bochum won one of their 10 most recent away games, drew four and lost five. FC Heidenheim claimed a less than impressive three wins in 10 league matches, with Bochum winning one of theirs.

Over 2.5 goals happened in six of FC Heidenheim’s last ten matches in all tournaments. They banged in an average of 1.4 goals on the way. Betting on over 2.5 goals in the last ten Bochum-matches would have returned some winnings in six of them. Bochum managed to score an average of one time goals per game.