Heidenheim vs Mainz prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2024-05-04 17:30.
[p]While Heidenheim need one more point to guarantee their Bundesliga status, they also have an eye on finishing in the top-half in their first ever top-flight campaign. They’re closing the season strongly having lost just one of their last six league games (W2, D3) and could still emulate Stuttgart in 2020/21 – the last promoted side to finish in the Bundesliga’s top-nine.[/p]
[p]Their home form might prove a stumbling block to those ambitions however, as their brilliant 3-2 win over Bayern Munich remains their only Bundesliga success here since before the winter break (D3, L3). With all but one of those six games seeing both sides on the scoresheet, entertainment at the Voith-Arena has been a theme all season with an average of 3.27 goals per league game here![/p]
[p]Mainz currently occupy the relegation play-off place, but a win here would boost their chances of avoiding automatic relegation as well as potentially lifting them clear of the bottom-three. Starting the matchday two points behind Union Berlin and Bochum, their form is superior to both as they’re unbeaten in six Bundesliga games (W3, D3) and were minutes away from beating Cologne last weekend (D 1-1).[/p]
[p]As all three of those wins came at home, travelling might not be ideal for the 05ers, especially as they are the only club yet to register a Bundesliga victory on the road this term (D8, L7)! Drawing their last two against sides in the top-half is encouraging, but they’re breaking unwanted records on the road having gone a club-high 19 league away games without a win (D10, L9), and have led for just 31 minutes in Bundesliga away games this term![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Each of Tim Kleindienst’s last eight goals for Heidenheim came after the break, with five of them after the 80th minute. If Mainz need a late goal to respond, then perhaps Leandro Barreiro is the man to turn to as four of his last five strikes arrived after the 50th minute.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Mainz have collected four or more yellow cards in four of their last six games.[/p]