FC Heidenheim vs Union Berlin Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th September 2023

by Bob Maplewood at 11:04am on Fri 2nd February 2024

Union Berlin go up against FC Heidenheim this coming Saturday for an exciting Bundesliga meeting at Voith-Arena.

FC Heidenheim rank 13th with four points to their name from five matches, while visitors Union Berlin rank tenth in the table on six points.

The opening rounds of the Bundesliga have been disparaging for Union Berlin, but three hard-fought points from the clash with FC Heidenheim could get their season going.

FC Heidenheim step into their next home match on Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.8 goals in five matches. They managed a total of nine goals, while also allowing 13 goals against. That is an average of 2.6 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet zero times in those matches.

Union Berlin travel to their next away match this coming Saturday having performed a tolerable average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 16 goals, whilst shipping 16 goals against. An average of 1.6 goals against a game. They hung on to two clean sheets in this streak.

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

FC Heidenheim vs Union Berlin Prediction

FC Heidenheim Form

Consistency has not been a trademark for FC Heidenheim recently, and their last three matches first saw them sharing the points in a 2-2 draw with B. Dortmund. This was followed by a 4-2 win against Werder Bremen, before they lost 4-1 against Bayer Leverkusen. FC Heidenheim just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Bundesliga matches at the Voith-Arena. They also drew zero and lost one of these six encounters, in which they scored six and conceded five goals.

A title race would require all stars to align, but sneaking inside the top four and hopefully also collect a medal certainly isn't beyond Union Berlin, should they manage to catch a strong momentum.

Union Berlin Form

Union Berlin lost their previous three matches by 2-1 against Wolfsburg, 1-0 against Real Madrid and 0-2 against Hoffenheim. Union Berlin, meanwhile, won twice, while they've drawn zero and lost four in their last six away in the Bundesliga.

A battle for survival appears to be on the cards for FC Heidenheim as they seek to keep their Bundesliga status for another term.

One could argue the pros and cons for a while in this encounter, but we find the value list with visitors Union Berlin. Having considered form, strength in squad and history of the two teams, they get the call here.

FC Heidenheim enjoy a record of one win, one draw and three defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Union Berlin are yet to play a draw this season, in stead recording two wins and three defeats in the Bundesliga.

FC Heidenheim vs Union Berlin Stats

FC Heidenheim have not lost 22 of the last 24 home matches
FC Heidenheim have scored in 23 of the last 25 home matches
In 9 of the last 11 matches FC Heidenheim played, both teams scored
FC Heidenheim have scored in 17 of the last 19 matches
In 7 of the last 8 FC Heidenheim matches the sum of goals was over 3.5

Union Berlin have lost the last 4 matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
Union Berlin have lost 3 of the last 4 matches without scoring a goal
Union Berlin have lost the last 4 matches in a row
Union Berlin have lost the last 4 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 3.5
Union Berlin have lost 3 of the last 4 matches while scoring less than 0.5 goals

FC Heidenheim vs Union Berlin Squads

FC Heidenheim Squad

The 49-year-old coach of the home team, Frank Schmidt, will select the lineup against Union Berlin 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 (0/5), Paul Tschernuth (0/0), Vitus Eicher (0/0), Benedikt Gimber (0/0), Jonas Foehrenbach (0/4), Lennard Maloney (0/5), Marnon-Thomas Busch (0/1), Seedy Jarju (0/0), Tim Siersleben (0/5), Adrian Beck (0/4), Florian Pick (0/4), Jan Schoeppner (0/1), Kevin Sessa (0/5), Luka Janes (0/0), Nikola Dovedan (0/4), Norman Theuerkauf (0/3), Omar Traore (0/5), Patrick Mainka (0/5), Robert Leipertz (0/0), Thomas Leon Keller (0/1), Christian Kuehlwetter (0/0), Denis Thomalla (0/5), Elidon Qenaj (0/0), Eren Dinkci (4/5), Marvin Pieringer (1/5), Stefan Schimmer (0/2), Tim Kleindienst (2/5).

Union Berlin Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Union Berlin players that the manager Urs Fischer will choose from for the upcoming game:

Alexander Schwolow (0/0), Frederik Roennow (0/5), Jakob Busk (0/0), Yannic Stein (0/0), Christopher Trimmel (0/3), Danilho Doekhi (1/5), Diogo Leite (0/5), Jerome Roussillon (0/4), Leonardo Bonucci (0/1), Paul Jaeckel (0/0), Robin Gosens (3/5), Robin Knoche (0/4), Aissa Laidouni (0/5), Alex Kral (0/4), Aljoscha Kemlein (0/2), Andras Schafer (0/0), Brenden Aaronson (0/4), Janik Haberer (0/3), Josip Juranovic (0/4), Lucas Tousart (0/2), Rani Khedira (0/0), Benedict Hollerbach (0/2), David Datro Fofana (0/5), Kevin Behrens (4/5), Kevin Volland (0/3), Laurenz Dehl (0/0), Malick Sanogo (0/0), Mikkel Kaufmann (0/3), Sheraldo Becker (0/4).

FC Heidenheim vs Union Berlin Team News

FC Heidenheim seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Saturday.

Marnon-Thomas Busch and Elidon Qenaj are missing from the squad, FC Heidenheim will field against Union Berlinthis coming Saturday.

Union Berlin have five on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against FC Heidenheim on Saturday. Kevin Volland is suspended from the Union Berlin squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Robin Knoche, Laurenz Dehl, Andras Schafer and Rani Khedira all face a spell on the sidelines for Union Berlin due to various injuries.

FC Heidenheim vs Union Berlin Lineups

FC Heidenheim vs Union Berlin H2H

This is the first time FC Heidenheim squares up against Union Berlin 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 Union Berlin, while the latter claimed three wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 13/5.

FC Heidenheim vs Union Berlin Results

FC Heidenheim vs Union Berlin Betting Tips

Kevin Behrens look like great value to find the back of the net on Saturday, having hit the target four times in recent Bundesliga matches for Union Berlin. His total for the season says four goals scored in this Bundesliga campaign. With four goals lately for FC Heidenheim in the Bundesliga, Eren Dinkci is also a player worth mentioning.

FC Heidenheim claimed six wins, drew two and lost two of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Union Berlin won four, drew zero and lost six of their last 10 games away. Apparently, it is hit or miss for FC Heidenheim at Voith-Arena having gone 10 Bundesliga matches here without a draw. Union Berlin drew one of their previous 10 away matches.

Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of FC Heidenheim’s last ten home matches across the tournaments. They scored an average of 2.4 goals in the process. Betting on over 2.5 goals in the last ten Union Berlin-matches would have returned some winnings in seven of them. Union Berlin managed to score an average of 1.9 times goals per game.

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Tips

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Union Berlin and FC Heidenheim seem to find it tough getting their defensively lines in order, as they both concede too many goals. We hope the trend continues on Saturday, as we aim for both teams to score.

Union Berlin to win

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Union Berlin get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in FC Heidenheim.