On Saturday afternoon, Heidenheim and Koln clash at the Voith-Arena in a potentially massive gameweek 34 in the visitor’s Bundesliga survival hopes.
Heidenheim’s inconsistent recent form ended European hopesThe home team sit in ninth place in the Bundesliga table heading into gameweek 34. Unfortunately for Frank Schmidt’s team, they can now not qualify for continental football for next season.
One reason for Heidenheim’s inability to finish in the league’s top seven has been a recent run of just one win in their last five matches in the Bundesliga.
Their recent games in the German top flight have been low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in four of their last five games.
Heidenheim have found home wins hard to come by in the Bundesliga, winning just one of their last eight games on home soil. Although their recent home matches in the German top flight have been low-scoring, both teams have scored in nine of their previous ten outings.
Koln’s destiny is now out of their hands on the Bundesliga final dayThe Billy Goats head into this encounter knowing that their Bundesliga status is now out of their hands. They are currently in 17th place in the table, three points adrift of 16th place Union Berlin, with an inferior goal difference of three.
That means that Koln has to win and hope that Union suffers defeat in their last game against Freiburg.
Timo Schultz’s team is unbeaten in their last three Bundesliga matches. However, a 3-2 win over relegation rivals Union ended a four-game unbeaten run in the German top flight.
Koln’s recent games in the Bundesliga have been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in four of their last five outings.
What am I backing?Neither team has been in fantastic form lately in the Bundesliga. I can see this game being a close encounter, lacking in goals. With that in mind, the bet I am backing is under 2.5 goals scored.
