Heidenheim vs RB Leipzig prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-04-19 13:30.
[p]Heidenheim thought they had followed up their standout win over Bayern Munich last time out at home by securing three points on the road at Bochum. However, their 81st minute goal was cancelled out in stoppage time, forcing them to settle for a 1-1 draw, although that still extended their unbeaten run to four matches (W1, D3) – Heidenheim’s second-longest undefeated streak this season. [/p]
[p]Now comfortably in mid-table, Heidenheim can start building towards next season. With that in mind, manager Frank Schmidt would have been pleased to see his side buck what had been a frustrating trend of allowing the opposition to draw first blood, with his team failing to score first in each of their five matches prior. They will hope they can strike first again against high-flying RB Leipzig and continue what is an impressive home record against the teams starting this round in the top-five (W2, D1, L1). [/p]
[p]Level on points with Borussia Dortmund in fifth, Leipzig are in a fight to maintain their top-four place coming into the round, but their form shows no signs of slowing down. The Red Bulls are unbeaten in six league games (W5, D1), with each of the five wins in that sequence seeing them net 2+ goals. That contributed to Leipzig’s tally of 67 league goals for the season, 14 more than at this stage a year ago, helping them sit five points better off too.[/p]
[p]Despite those improvements, Leipzig need to make up a gap of seven points on Stuttgart across these final five rounds to replicate last season’s top-three finish. That seems unlikely, but they should be confident of keeping those aspirations alive for another week at least given they travel having won each of their past three Bundesliga away matches, all by a 3+ goal margin. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Tim Kleindienst will be full of confidence after two braces in his last three Heidenheim appearances, but he’s not scored in three personal H2Hs. For the opposition, red-hot LoĂŻs Openda has five direct goal contributions (G3, A2) in his last two Leipzig games. Â [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Benjamin Ĺ eško’s goal last time out against Wolfsburg was RB Leipzig’s 16th between minutes 61-75 in the Bundesliga this season – only Bayern have netted more in this period.  [/p]