Heidenheim vs Mainz prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-02-15 18:30.
[p]Heidenheim continue to endure an immensely frustrating Bundesliga season that has seen them notch up 15 losses by round 21 (W4, D2). That includes a four-game losing streak following a couple of positive results in January, which suggested that long-time boss Frank Schmidt was turning things around. Single-goal margins in each of their last three losses is at least one sign that better days might not be far away. [/p]
[p]Following last round’s 1-0 loss at Freiburg, they could also draw some inspiration from knowing that their defeat to Freiburg earlier this season – 3-0 at home – was quickly put behind them with a 2-0 win away to Mainz to maintain their unbeaten all-time H2H record (W2, D1). Seven defeats from their last nine home league games (W1, D1) would hint that they have their work cut out to prolong that record here though. [/p]
[p]Mainz were in the midst of a three-game home losing streak in this competition when these sides last met, and now they do so this time having lost each of their last three on the road, and also all by a one-goal margin. The visitors occupied a top-five position at the midway point of January but have since slipped away from the European placings with their worst five-game run of the Bundesliga season. [/p]
[p]They continue to boast one of the league’s best defences, conceding 2+ goals in only three of 16 Bundesliga matches since the last H2H. As far as their recent travelling woes are concerned, the trouble has stemmed from failing to score a single goal from open play in those three successive away defeats, whilst mustering a total of just seven shots on goal across that trilogy of fixtures. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Midfielder Jan Schöppner is yet to score in front of his own fans this season after recording four away goals across all competitions, including one in the reverse H2H. Mainz need one of their own midfielders to rediscover how to find the net, after Paul Nebel recorded braces in two away games back in December. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: The pre-match favourite failed to win a league-high 67% of matches involving Mainz in this Bundesliga season (W7, D5, L9). [/p]
[p][i]Written by Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]