Will the rebellious promoted team surprise again?

Eintracht Frankfurt are still in sixth place and are therefore basically on course after 23 matchdays. However, the Eagles have recently been winless in six consecutive competitive matches (four draws, two defeats). The SGE will be coming to the Brenz with a correspondingly low number of points, where the Bundesliga debutants from the Ostalb have scored in eight of eleven Bundesliga home games (five wins, three draws). Nevertheless, the betting tip for a home win for Heidenheim against Frankfurt is not under the best star:

At the moment, 1. FC Heidenheim have only lost one of their last ten Bundesliga games (four wins, five draws). On closer inspection, however, it is also noticeable that the team from Brenzstadt have only actually won one of their seven league matches in 2024, as five games ended in a draw. It is therefore difficult to predict the outcome of the game between Heidenheim and Frankfurt, which has a conspicuously high tendency to draw

Eintracht Frankfurt have struggled away from home of late. The Hessians have won just one of their last ten away games in all competitions (four draws, five defeats) and, with the exception of the 1-0 win at RB Leipzig, have conceded at least two goals in all of their other nine games. Conversely, FCH are also susceptible to conceding goals. The promoted side have already conceded 40 goals in 23 Bundesliga games.

Accordingly, betting on a high-scoring Bundesliga match between the two clubs makes sense, whereby we prefer the bet that both teams will score. However, if you want to stick with the three-way system, you should consider backing your bet by using a free bet.

Heidenheim – Statistics & current form

1. FC Heidenheim were seen by many experts as the number one relegation candidate before the season. In reality, however, the team under long-serving coach Frank Schmidt is increasingly looking to cement its place in the upper echelons of German soccer.

The team from the Ostalb has lost just nine of its first 23 Bundesliga matches to date. Only two other debutants in the current millennium – RB Leipzig in 2016/17 (four) and TSG Hoffenheim in 2008/09 (five) – have lost fewer of their first 23 league games. Accordingly, the team from Brenz has little to do with the relegation battle

Heidenheim were particularly difficult to beat at home

Heidenheim have actually only won one of their seven league games in the 2024 calendar year (five draws, one defeat). Nevertheless, the Swabians have only lost one of their last ten Bundesliga games (four wins, five draws), which came in their last home game to date against leaders Bayer Leverkusen (1:2).

It therefore comes as a surprise that the odds for Heidenheim v Frankfurt are in the visitors’ favor and that FCH will have to make do with the underdog role in front of a home crowd. After all, the Blue-Red-Whites have scored in eight of their previous eleven Bundesliga home matches (five wins, three draws)

No team makes as few changes as Heidenheim

It should be noted, however, that Frank Schmidt’s team is very easy to predict. Just 21 different players have featured for the Brenzstädter in the Bundesliga so far. That is the lowest figure in the league.

Several teams have been able to punish this through set-pieces alone. Only FC Augsburg have conceded more goals from set-pieces (17) than 1. FC Heidenheim (15), who have already conceded a total of 40 goals from 23 league games and therefore clearly have a problem area in their defense.

Heidenheim’s expected line-up:

Frankfurt – Statistics & current form

Eintracht Frankfurt are having a very mixed season overall. On the one hand, the moody diva from the Main has already shown itself here and there, recently missing out on three points against cellar children such as Darmstadt (2:2), Cologne (0:2) or Bochum (1:1) and also being eliminated in the intermediate round of the Conference League against Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.

On the other hand, SGE are still in sixth place in the table after 23 league games and, if Leverkusen were to win the cup, would compete in the Europa League next season, which they surprisingly won in the summer of 2022.

Despite a dry spell, Frankfurt are hard to beat

However, the mood in the Main metropolis is currently somewhat gloomy, which is due to the fact that for the first time under Dino Toppmöller, no victory has been achieved in six consecutive competitive matches (four draws, two defeats).

However, it should be noted that Eintracht are extremely difficult to beat. Only Levekusen (zero), Bayern and Dortmund (four each) have lost fewer league games in 2023/24 than SGE (five), who have already shared ten points from 23 Bundesliga matches. Together with Bochum, this is the highest figure in the league

Frankfurt have been very pale away from home recently

The Eagles are also leading the way in terms of players used so far this season. In the 23 Bundesliga games this season, 32 different players have already played in the Hessen kit, which underlines just how flexible Toppmöller’s team is.

Nevertheless, the betting tip for an away win for SGE at Heidenheim against Frankfurt involves a lot of risk. After all, the team from the banking city have only won one of their last ten competitive matches away from home (four draws, five defeats) and have conceded at least two goals in nine out of ten games.

Predicted Frankfurt line-up:

Heidenheim – Frankfurt head-to-head comparison / H2H result

Head to head: 0 – 0 – 2

Only two competitive matches have been played between the two teams and Eintracht Frankfurt came out on top on both occasions. The Hessians not only won 2:1 after extra time at 1. FC Heidenheim in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup in the 2017/18 season, but also defeated the promoted team 2:0 in the first leg of the 2023/24 season.

Heidenheim – Frankfurt betting tip

The betting odds for Heidenheim v Frankfurt are currently in favor of the visitors, who have won both of their previous competitive matches against the promoted team from the Ostalb. However, FCH have been very difficult to beat of late, while SGE have once again experienced a small period of weakness. The Eagles have also won just one of their last ten competitive matches away from home (four draws, five defeats) and have conceded at least two goals in nine of their last ten away games

However, FCH are also vulnerable defensively, having kept a clean sheet just twice in their last eleven league games and have already conceded a total of 40 goals in 23 Bundesliga matches. Our prediction for Heidenheim v Frankfurt is therefore for a match that will tend to be high-scoring