Best debut against old friends

The air is getting thinner and thinner for FCH in the Bundesliga relegation battle. Schmidt’s team were also unable to capitalize on BVB’s away weakness last weekend, losing on the Schlossberg. If they suffer another defeat in Freiburg, the Swabians could even slip into a direct relegation place for the first time this season. And the bookmakers’ odds for a Freiburg v Heidenheim betting tip show that the betting providers consider another defeat for the Swabians to be likely.

Freiburg, who are next up for the Swabians, are not in the best of forms either, but at least they managed to get a much-needed win against bottom-of-the-league Bochum last time out. With another win against the next relegation candidate, Julian Schuster and his team would like to climb even further up the table. However, given the last few weeks of both teams, we remain skeptical about our Freiburg vs Heidenheim prediction regarding a win for the Breisgauers.

But back to football. Here we expect a close game in the Europa-Park Stadium between Freiburg and Heidenheim. The high odds for both teams to score in this game also offer value from our point of view, since both teams have been more convincing in offense than in their own defense in the season so far.

Freiburg vs. Heidenheim AI prediction

The assessment of the AI lady BETSiE in her Freiburg vs. Heidenheim AI prediction for the three-way market is in line with the odds offered by the betting providers. Therefore, value cannot be derived from either side.

In contrast to our betting tip, BETSiE does not quite trust the guests from Swabia to score a goal in the Freiburg vs. Heidenheim AI prediction. While the AI believes that the Breisgau team will score almost two goals in the upcoming game (xG value 1.75), FCH only achieves an xG value of 0.9. Overall, the expected value for the upcoming game remains under three goals (xG value 2.65). Who will be right here, human or machine?

Freiburg – Statistics & current form

Was that already the turning point at SC Freiburg? If you believe the Freiburg against Heidenheim odds of the betting providers with Apple Pay, the Schuster team is in for their second win in a row in the 1st Bundesliga. However, the upcoming game wants to be played first and a win at bottom-of-the-table Bochum is certainly no reason to fall into euphoria.

Can Freiburg still play to zero at home?

In any case, we remain skeptical about our Freiburg vs. Heidenheim betting tip regarding the full point yield for Schuster’s team. This is particularly due to the defensive problems of the former “Breisgau Brazilians”. SC Freiburg have only kept a clean sheet in a single league home game this season.

That is why our Freiburg v Heidenheim prediction is that Freiburg keeper Noah Atubolu will fail to keep a clean sheet against Heidenheim once again. Although the team from Brenzstadt have not scored many points away from home, Frank Schmidt’s team is always good for a goal.

In the first leg, however, the Swabians did not score against SCF. Freiburg won 3-0 at the Schlossberg at the time. Based on previous impressions in 2025, we are not betting on the team from the Black Forest celebrating another commanding victory in the Baden-Württemberg duel between Freiburg and Heidenheim.

Predicted Freiburg line-up:

Heidenheim – statistics & current form

After a brief high at the beginning of the year, the reality of the German top flight has long since caught up with 1. FC Heidenheim. The last few match days have once again shown how difficult it is to score in the Bundesliga for a squad that has been significantly downsized in terms of quality this season. What’s more, the odds for Freiburg against Heidenheim on the Bwin app do not bode well for the Swabians.

Will Heidenheim score again in Freiburg?

However, we believe that it would be a mistake to write off Schmidt’s team too quickly in our Freiburg v Heidenheim betting tip. That’s because the two away appearances made by the team from Brenzstadt so far this calendar year have been quite respectable. FCH picked up a point in Bremen and in Augsburg Frank Schmidt’s team only lost 1:2 in the last minute.

Heidenheim’s wily manager Frank Schmidt also knows how to get points in Freiburg. Last season, he got a 1-1 draw with his team in the Europa-Park Stadium. Incidentally, he was still in the starting eleven with Jan-Niklas Beste at the time, who, after his brief Benfica liaison, is now likely to make his Freiburg debut against his old employers on Saturday. We do not expect his old team to win again in our Freiburg v Heidenheim prediction, but a surprise point win for the Swabians should not be ruled out after the impressions of the Swabians’ last away games.

Predicted lineup for Heidenheim:

Freiburg – Heidenheim direct comparison / H2H record

The two clubs have met five times so far, with 1. FC Heidenheim only managing to win once. However, two of his three victories against the Swabians were celebrated by the Breisgauer in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2015/16 season. In the Bundesliga, Julian Schuster’s team have only managed to win once (1-1-1), namely in the first half of the season at the Schlossberg.

The victory was clear at the time with 3:0. If an equally clear success should emerge in the second leg, high betting odds can be found at Freiburg against Heidenheim for the tip on a handicap victory of the home team.

Freiburg – Heidenheim Tip

We expect a close game in our Freiburg v Heidenheim betting tip for next weekend. At the start of the year, the Breisgauer had difficult opponents in Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Bayern Munich and did not get a single point in these games. However, last matchday finally saw the first win of the new year.

However, we have some doubts about our Freiburg v Heidenheim prediction that the second win in a row will follow directly. Despite the low number of points scored in 2025, the Swabians have shown a slight upward trend and could well come away with an unexpected point against a Freiburg team that has shown many weaknesses in recent months.

At least we expect a goal against for SCF in our Freiburg vs. Heidenheim betting tip. Because Schuster’s team has only kept a clean sheet once in a league home game so far. And although Heidenheim hardly scored any points away from home, they only went the whole two away games without scoring a goal. However, the Swabians kept a clean sheet just as often (2) in away games in the league.

Freiburg, on the other hand, only failed to score at home in the German top flight this season in two games. We therefore consider a bet on both teams scoring again next Saturday to be more promising than a prediction on the three-way market for Freiburg against Heidenheim. It is quite possible that the game, just like the previous encounters, will only really pick up speed after the break, which is why the high odds for more than one goal in the second half are particularly interesting for Freiburg against Heidenheim.