Darmstadt vs FC Heidenheim Preview

Darmstadt vs FC Heidenheim Intro

With the finals of the Bundesliga season around the corner, Darmstadt face FC Heidenheim at Merck-Stadion am Boellenfalltor. The home side have been in poor form throughout the campaign and will be in desperate need of all three points. FC Heidenheim haven’t fared much better, but a win here would lengthen the gap between themselves and their opponents. This one kicks off on Sunday April 28, 2024 at 5:30 PM. Torsten Lieberknecht will tread carefuly into matchweek 31, as the home side have only picked up 17 points and got to the 18th place in the table. The visiting team’s coach Frank Schmidt has fared a lot better, his crew sitting in the 10th place with 34 points. There’s a decent gap between Darmstadt and FC Heidenheim in the Bundesliga table. The sides are separated by 17 points and 8 places.

Darmstadt vs FC Heidenheim Form

Following their win in their last round versus FC Koln, Darmstadt have put together a form run of W,L,L,D,L winning 4 points from their last five games. Meanwhile, FC Heidenheim have not been in that good form in the last five games. They have only picked up 6 points and lost to RB Leipzig. Darmstadt have been awful at home recently, earning no points in their last five matches at their Merck-Stadion am Boellenfalltor. And looking at the last 5 games played away from home for FC Heidenheim, Sunday’s guests have won just six points.

Darmstadt vs FC Heidenheim H2H

Darmstadt will not be looking to the record books for inspiration here. In 23 meetings with FC Heidenheim it has only won on 6 occasions, with another 7 games ending up in a draw. FC Heidenheim is playing away from home here but has won one more than Darmstadt in the last six meetings between the two.

Darmstadt vs FC Heidenheim Analysis

Darmstadt won their last game. Torsten Lieberknecht’s squad faced FC Koln. Th match ended with a score of 2-0. Now Torsten Lieberknecht’s men focus on their next opponents, FC Heidenheim. In their match against FC Koln, Darmstadt had the following ball possession : 42%. In terms of shots on goal, Darmstadt struck a total of 12 shots in attack while in defence conceding 21 shots to FC Koln. Meanwhile, FC Heidenheim lost its previous game. Frank Schmidt’s team played RB Leipzig. The fulltime scoreline for that match was 1-2. In their match against RB Leipzig, FC Heidenheim had the following ball possession : 39%. If we look at shots on goal, FC Heidenheim had a total of 10 shots while they conceded 11 shots.

Darmstadt vs FC Heidenheim Odds

As far as the betting odds go, the bookmakers’ favourite is FC Heidenheim.