Heidenheim vs Union Berlin prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-09-29 13:30.
Frank Schmidt has overseen a period of continual improvement on the way to becoming the longest-serving manager of any German professional football club after taking Heidenheim from the fifth tier all the way to the Bundesliga. No stranger to the ups and downs of management, he will come into this round on the back of a 4-1 humbling at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen, whose manager, Xabi Alonso, praised Heidenheimâs âheart and passionâ.
The hosts will need plenty of that if theyâre to extend their top-flight stay beyond a single season and theyâve shown glimmers thus far, perhaps most notably when collecting their first Bundesliga win in their last home outing against Werder Bremen. Following that up with another home victory isnât beyond the realms of possibility if the most recent history with Union Berlin is anything to go by, with Heidenheim coming out on top in this H2H at home in five of the last six meetings (L1).
Only two points separated Heidenheim from Union Berlin when the latter was promoted in 2018/19, with the capital club only claiming just one of a possible six points against Heidenheim in that campaign. Theyâve since gone on to post continually stronger top-flight finishes all the way up to fourth place last season and are now mixing it with the European elite in the Champions League, although Union have consequently felt the pace of late with a run of four consecutive competitive defeats heading into round six.
Thatâs actually Urs Fischerâs joint-longest run of defeats as the Union boss after an impressive 214 games at the helm. On the two prior occasions that he watched his side lose four straight games, his men have recovered to draw one and win one in the respective games to follow those runs, each of which curiously came in the Bundesliga and produced exactly two goals.
Players to watch: Eren Dinkçi has been a revelation for Heidenheim, with the young Turkish forward already securing his best ever scoring Bundesliga season with four goals across the last three rounds. Trying to keep a lid on him will be versatile Union man Robin Gosens, who also happens to be the scorer of Unionâs only goal across their last 385 minutes of regulation time!
Hot stat: Union have won 15 of their last 22 league games as pre-match favourites (D4, L3).