Heidenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-04-04 13:30.
[p]After finishing eighth and qualifying for Europe during their first-ever Bundesliga campaign in 2023/24, the going has been considerably tougher for Heidenheim so far in 2024/25. Entering the latter stages of this current season, the hosts find themselves three points adrift of definite safety in the relegation play-off spot, though a huge 1-0 win at Wolfsburg last Saturday, following a 3-1 victory over fellow strugglers Holstein Kiel, will have the teams directly above them in the table concerned that they have finally turned a corner. [/p]
[p]That most recent success at Wolfsburg made it consecutive league wins for the first time since the opening two matchdays of the season for Heidenheim, who have certainly struggled to cope with the hardships of playing in the UEFA Conference League on top of their domestic schedule. That balancing act has contributed massively to their lowly position, as too has their inability to steal points from the better teams on home soil this term, having lost each of their five such games at the Voith-Arena against the current top seven without scoring![/p]
[p]Having also lost their last three meetings with Bayer Leverkusen, Heidenheim will find it difficult to end that run, but the reigning league champions travel south after suffering an almighty embarrassment in midweek. That came in the form of an astonishing 2-1 defeat to Arminia Bielefeld in the DFB-Pokal semi-final, becoming just the fourth team in the competition’s history in the Bundesliga era to be knocked out by a side from the third tier. [/p]
[p]Xabi Alonso will hope that his men can bounce back quickly then, especially as they look to capitalise on any potential Bayern Munich slip-ups. They begin this round of fixtures six points off the league leaders, with Leverkusen’s tally of 59 points after 27 games their second-best ever tally at this stage of a Bundesliga campaign after last season’s title-winning achievement. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Heidenheim’s Marvin Pieringer took his tally to seven league goals this term after netting in back-to-back Bundesliga matches for the first time in his career. For Leverkusen, Aleix GarcĂa has hit form of late, recording four goal contributions across his last seven German top-flight appearances (G3, A1). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Leverkusen are averaging 6.90 corners per Bundesliga game this season – the fourth-highest tally across Europe’s top five leagues going into this weekend. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Nathan Evans [/i][/p]