Heidenheim vs Augsburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-08-31 13:30.
[p]Last season’s surprise package in the Bundesliga Heidenheim picked up where they left off on the opening weekend, winning 2-0 at St. Pauli. Frank Schmidt’s men are now unbeaten in the league since mid-April (W3, D2), while another victory here would see them win their two opening rounds for just the second time in the past ten seasons! [/p]
[p]Heidenheim had a stellar record against the sides who finished below them last term, with only one side from the ten beneath them managing to do the double over them. That was visitors Augsburg, securing a shock combined 6-2 win over both H2H meetings. Revenge will be the target for FCH, although it should be noted the hosts have had less preparation time following Thursday’s UEFA conference league qualifier against Häcken (W3-2). [/p]
[p]That aforementioned win was one of only two occasions (also against Wolfsburg) that Augsburg managed to do a double over a Bundesliga side last season. Unlike their hosts, the visitors couldn’t pick up a win in their opener last week, surrendering a 2-1 lead to draw 2-2 with Werder Bremen – extending their winless league run to six matches (D1, L5). [/p]
[p]Manager Jess Thorup – who arrived in October – will hope a full summer with the squad could be key to laying the foundations for a much better season than the last. But away form does really need to be better this season to achieve that, as they collected just 15 points on the road last campaign and are without an away league win since March (L4 since). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: New recruit Paul Wanner has hit the ground running at Heidenheim, netting three goals in his first three competitive appearances, having also scored three times in his final two pre-season friendlies. Elvis Rexhbecaj has also come into the campaign on fire, opening the scoring for Augsburg in each of their two competitive games so far – remarkably that’s as many goals as he managed in the whole of last season. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Heidenheim have managed just one clean sheet in their past 11 home league matches (W4, D4, L3). [/p]
[p][i]Written by David H[/i][/p]