FC Heidenheim vs Freiburg Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 20th December 2023

FC Heidenheim enjoy home advantage, when visitors Freiburg swing by on Wednesday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Placed 12th in the table FC Heidenheim have amassed 17 points after 15 matches. On 24 points, Freiburg rank sixth with 15 matches played this season.

FC Heidenheim welcome their visitors from Freiburg with the aim of closing the gap in the Bundesliga standings. A successful outcome could be crucial for their future endeavours this season.

FC Heidenheim go into their next Bundesliga match, scoring a humble average of 1.3 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 13 times, while conceding 17. That amounts to an average of 1.7 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring four times.

Freiburg scored 14 goals, conceded 13 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Having never met before in the Bundesliga in the 21st century, this is a first for both FC Heidenheim and Freiburg. Any eventual head-to-head stats come from playing each other in the cup or friendlies.

FC Heidenheim vs Freiburg Prediction

FC Heidenheim Form

In the previous three matches, FC Heidenheim lost 2-1 against RB Leipzig, beat Darmstadt by 3-2 and won 0-1 against Mainz 05. FC Heidenheim claimed four wins in their last six Bundesliga matches at the Voith-Arena. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded nine and scored 12 goals.

Freiburg Form

Six points is Freiburg have to show from their past three matches, as they beat Wolfsburg by 0-1. This was followed by a 2-0 defeat against West Ham, before winning 2-0 against FC Koln. In their last six away matches in the Bundesliga, Freiburg won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying eight goals conceded and four scored.

FC Heidenheim and Freiburg seem a fairly equal pairing right now, with not a lot to separate the two sides. As such, going for a draw in the betting market seem worth a punt.

FC Heidenheim fought their way to one win and four points from their last five games against teams inside the top six. They were on target eight times in these matches, but also let in 12 goals. FC Heidenheim are looking at a record of five wins, two draws and eight defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Freiburg are looking at seven wins, three draws and five defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Heidenheim vs Freiburg Squads

FC Heidenheim Squad

The 49-year-old coach of the home team, Frank Schmidt, will select the lineup against Freiburg from the squad below. The information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Bundesliga this season:

Frank Feller (0/0), Kevin Mueller (0/15), Paul Tschernuth (0/0), Vitus Eicher (0/0), Benedikt Gimber (1/6), Jonas Foehrenbach (0/14), Lennard Maloney (0/15), Marnon-Thomas Busch (0/5), Seedy Jarju (0/0), Tim Siersleben (0/10), Adrian Beck (0/12), Florian Pick (0/11), Jan Schoeppner (2/8), Kevin Sessa (0/11), Luka Janes (0/0), Nikola Dovedan (0/8), Norman Theuerkauf (0/11), Omar Traore (0/14), Patrick Mainka (2/15), Robert Leipertz (0/0), Thomas Leon Keller (0/2), Christian Kuehlwetter (0/0), Denis Thomalla (0/14), Elidon Qenaj (0/0), Eren Dinkci (5/14), Marvin Pieringer (2/13), Stefan Schimmer (0/7), Tim Kleindienst (5/15).

Freiburg Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 58 year-old Freiburg manager Streich will select his starting XI from these players:

Benjamin Uphoff (0/0), Florian Mueller (0/0), Jaaso Jantunen (0/0), Noah Atubolu (0/15), Christian Guenter (0/1), Jordy Makengo (0/5), Kenneth Schmidt (0/5), Kilian Sildillia (0/14), Lukas Kuebler (0/11), Manuel Gulde (1/10), Matthias Ginter (0/14), Max Rosenfelder (0/0), Philipp Lienhart (1/14), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (0/0), Fabian Ruedlin (0/1), Maximilian Eggestein (0/15), Merlin Roehl (1/11), Mika Baur (0/0), Nicolas Hoefler (1/11), Noah Weisshaupt (1/12), Ritsu Doan (1/15), Roland Sallai (2/11), Vincenzo Grifo (3/14), Yannik Keitel (0/3), Chukwubuike Adamu (0/11), Lucas Hoeler (3/15), Maximilian Philipp (1/6), Michael Gregoritsch (3/13), Ryan Johansson (0/0).

FC Heidenheim vs Freiburg Team News

FC Heidenheim might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Freiburg.

Denis Thomalla, Omar Traore, Thomas Leon Keller and Elidon Qenaj nurses various injuries and won't take part for FC Heidenheim against Freiburg at Voith-Arena.

Freiburg could have up to seven players on the injured and absent players for their match this coming Wednesday atVoith-Arena

Names like Philipp Lienhart, Kenneth Schmidt, Maximilian Philipp, Michael Gregoritsch, Max Rosenfelder, Christian Guenter and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play FC Heidenheim.

FC Heidenheim vs Freiburg Lineups

FC Heidenheim vs Freiburg H2H

This will be the inaugural meeting between FC Heidenheim and Freiburg in the Bundesliga in this century, thus providing a completely unprecedented situation for both teams. FC Heidenheim picked up zero wins in their previous three matches against Freiburg, while the latter claimed two 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 Freiburg Results

FC Heidenheim vs Freiburg Betting Tips

Patrick Mainka found the back of the net two times in the previous six Bundesliga games for FC Heidenheim, who won't mind him striking again this coming Wednesday. Punters will also be looking for Michael Gregoritsch to keep his current streak of three goals in his last six Bundesliga games going for Freiburg.

Voith-Arena witnessed FC Heidenheim winning five times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing two and losing three as well. Freiburg claimed five wins, one draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for FC Heidenheim on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened four times for Freiburg in their last 10 league games away from home.

FC Heidenheim performed an average of 1.3 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Freiburg's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of two goals in these matches.