Heidenheim vs Freiburg prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-12-05 14:30.
[p]Heidenheim are targeting back-to-back Bundesliga wins for the first time since March when they host Freiburg on Saturday.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Two goals on or beyond the 90th minute saw Heidenheim end their six-game winless streak with a 2-1 victory away at Union Berlin on Saturday. Not only did those goals deliver Frank Schmidt’s side a much-needed three points, lifting them off the bottom of the table to 16th at the end of the round, but it also brought an end to 327 goalless minutes since their 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt at the start of November. FCH will now be looking for their first competitive home win since September (D2, L2) and their problems at Voith-Arena are hardly short-term with 17 defeats from their last 26 home games across all competitions (W3, D6) highlighting their enduring struggles.[/p]
[p]After winning only two of their five previous competitive matches (D2, L1), Freiburg thrashed Mainz 4-0 at home last Sunday and in doing so registered a 20th victory from their last 28 top-flight games (D6, L2) against sides beginning the match in a bottom-three position. The Breisgau Brazilians will now be looking to make it 21 wins from 29 this weekend, although they will need to end a run of four successive Bundesliga away games without a victory (D2, L2) to do so. Julian Schuster’s side have scored in only one of those four matches and will make the relatively short trip north-east with only five points from their six league games on the road so far this season.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Across their six competitive H2Hs, Heidenheim have won only one (D1, L4) and were beaten in both Bundesliga meetings last season without scoring.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Heidenheim last scored in both halves of a competitive home game back in mid-March, 13 fixtures ago.[/p]
[p]Heidenheim failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 13 Bundesliga fixtures.[/p]
[p]Freiburg have gone 2-0 up in each of their last three Bundesliga matches (W2, L1).[/p]
[p]Freiburg have scored a second-half goal in only one of their last seven competitive away matches.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Stefan Schimmer got an assist in this fixture in 2023/24 and was the man to end Heidenheim’s goal drought last weekend. Vincenzo Grifo scored twice in this fixture last season and again in Freiburg’s home H2H. He’s a contender to strike early with five of his last six competitive goals coming before half-time.[/p]
[p]Both sides have no new injury worries.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Taking into account Freiburg’s dearth of second-half goals on the road, we recommend backing the first half to be the highest scoring half.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Tom Penn[/i][/p]