FC Heidenheim vs Darmstadt Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 9th December 2023

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

Ranked as number 14 in the Bundesliga standings, FC Heidenheim, have so far collected 11 points this season, while Darmstadt collected nine points. This puts them up as number 16 after 13 rounds.

Times are tough for both FC Heidenheim and Darmstadt in their Bundesliga campaign these days. Both have their eyes fixed on this upcoming match to boost their morale. A win would go a long way to brighten the mood in both camps.

FC Heidenheim go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.4 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 14 times, while conceding 21. That amounts to an average of 2.1 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring three times.

Darmstadt hit the target 13 times in the last ten outings, which creates an average of 1.3 goals a game. They conceded 2.4 goals per match for a total of 24 goals, while claiming one clean sheet as well.

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

FC Heidenheim vs Darmstadt Prediction

FC Heidenheim Form

A draw is the best FC Heidenheim can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 4-2 defeat against Bayern Munich. A0-0 draw with Bochum followed before they were defeated 2-1 by RB Leipzig. FC Heidenheim claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Bundesliga. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored 11 and conceded ten goals.

Darmstadt Form

In their last three matches, Darmstadt drew 0-0 with Mainz 05, drew 1-1 with Freiburg and lost 0-1 against FC Koln. Darmstadt claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. They also drew one and were defeated four times, as they were outscored by 19 goals to five.

You could argue a case on behalf of both teams, but form quite simply looks better, and the prices with the bookmakers for a home win are decent. Therefore, FC Heidenheim get the nod here against Darmstadt.

FC Heidenheim recorded six points following two wins from their last two games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored five goals, but also conceded two. Darmstadt earned four points from their last four games against teams placed in the bottom six of the Bundesliga table. They scored five goals in those matches, but also allowed seven goals against on their way to one wins. FC Heidenheim are looking at a record of three wins, two draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Darmstadt have a record of two wins, three draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Heidenheim vs Darmstadt Squads

FC Heidenheim Squad

The 49-year-old Schmidt will select the starting eleven against Darmstadt from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Frank Feller (0/0), Kevin Mueller (0/13), Paul Tschernuth (0/0), Vitus Eicher (0/0), Benedikt Gimber (1/4), Jonas Foehrenbach (0/12), Lennard Maloney (0/13), Marnon-Thomas Busch (0/4), Seedy Jarju (0/0), Tim Siersleben (0/9), Adrian Beck (0/11), Florian Pick (0/10), Jan Schoeppner (1/6), Kevin Sessa (0/9), Luka Janes (0/0), Nikola Dovedan (0/8), Norman Theuerkauf (0/9), Omar Traore (0/13), Patrick Mainka (0/13), Robert Leipertz (0/0), Thomas Leon Keller (0/2), Christian Kuehlwetter (0/0), Denis Thomalla (0/13), Elidon Qenaj (0/0), Eren Dinkci (5/12), Marvin Pieringer (1/11), Stefan Schimmer (0/7), Tim Kleindienst (5/13).

Darmstadt Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 50 year-old Darmstadt manager Lieberknecht will select his starting XI from these players:

Alexander Brunst-Zoellner (0/1), Marcel Schuhen (0/12), Morten Behrens (0/0), Braydon Manu (0/2), Christoph Klarer (0/12), Christoph Zimmermann (0/6), Clemens Riedel (0/5), Fabian Holland (0/11), Jannik Mueller (0/6), Matej Maglica (1/10), Matthias Bader (1/10), Thomas Isherwood (0/4), Andreas Mueller (0/0), Bartol Franjic (0/8), Emir Karic (0/7), Fabian Nuernberger (1/12), Fabian Schnellhardt (0/5), Frank Ronstadt (0/0), Fraser Hornby (0/7), Klaus Gjasula (0/7), Marvin Mehlem (3/13), Tim Skarke (3/11), Tobias Kempe (3/10), Aaron Seydel (0/5), Fabio Torsiello (0/0), Filip Stojilkovic (0/6), Luca Pfeiffer (0/13), Mathias Honsak (1/10), Oscar Vilhelmsson (1/8).

FC Heidenheim vs Darmstadt Team News

FC Heidenheim could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Darmstadt.

Lennard Maloney, Thomas Leon Keller and Elidon Qenaj are missing from the squad, FC Heidenheim will field against Darmstadtthis coming Saturday.

Darmstadt are looking at six players missing out on their match this coming Saturday at Voith-Arena.

Marvin Mehlem, Matthias Bader, Christoph Zimmermann, Fraser Hornby, Braydon Manu and Fabio Torsiello all face a spell on the sidelines for Darmstadt due to various injuries.

FC Heidenheim vs Darmstadt Lineups

FC Heidenheim vs Darmstadt H2H

This is the first time FC Heidenheim squares up against Darmstadt in the Bundesliga in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent. FC Heidenheim picked up five wins in their previous ten matches against Darmstadt, while the latter claimed four 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 Darmstadt Results

FC Heidenheim vs Darmstadt Betting Tips

Tim Kleindienst found the target three times in his previous six matches, whereas Tobias Kempe just scored once in a similar number of matches.

FC Heidenheim won five of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing three as well. Darmstadt won one from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost six in this run. Goals should be on the menu at Voith-Arena, with both teams scoring in six of the last 10 matches at home for FC Heidenheim. The same outcome paid dividends in five of the last 10 away games for Darmstadt.

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for FC Heidenheim, who scored an average of one goal along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in seven of Darmstadt's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.