Heidenheim vs Stuttgart Preview: Team News & Prediction
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It has been a remarkable rise for Heidenheim but they will be keen on ensuring they don’t get dragged into a relegation battle this season as they now face Stuttgart this weekend.
Kick-off date/time: Sunday 15th December, 2024: UK – 2:30pm / US ET – 9:30am / US PT – 6:30am
How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – Some matches will be televised on ESPN channels so it is worth checking their schedules
How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – ESPN+
Heidenheim Preview: The story of Heidenheim
In the last few years, Heidenheim have come from the obscurity of the German regional leagues to lift themselves into the Bundesliga and the UEFA Europa Conference League, where they have performed well, but they are struggling domestically this season.
The home team come into this one on the back of a 4-2 defeat to unbeaten runaway league leaders Bayern Munich in their most recent outing last weekend. They sit firmly in the bottom three ahead of this match day and have now suffered five successive Bundesliga losses.
Stuttgart Preview: Stubborn and steady Stuttgart
Sebastian Hoeness had to deal with the sale of key players over the summer after last season propelling the visitors from the relegation playoffs to finishing as runners’ up last season. They, naturally, started slowly this time around but have since improved a lot.
That improvement has seen them rise into the top-half and level on points with the UEFA competition qualification spots ahead of this match day. They come into this one on the back of defeating Union Berlin by three goals to two in Stuttgart last weekend.
Heidenheim Team News: No Pieringer
Marvin Pieringer is a key man in attack for the hosts but he remains unavailable due to a knee injury. As well as Pieringer, fellow attacker Mikkel Kaufmann is a major doubt for this one although Luka Janes was included in Thursday's UEFA Conference League squad.
Predicted XI (5-3-2): Muller; Traore, Mainka, Gimber, Siersleben, Fohrenbach; Kerber, Maloney, Schoppner; Wanner, Hansak
Unavailable: Pieringer (Injured)
Questionable: Kaufmann (Injured)
Stuttgart Team News: A few issues
Belgium international centre-back and summer signing Ameen Al Dakhil recovered from illness to feature in the Champions League on Wednesday but there are some key injury concerns in attacking positions such as Jamie Leweling, El Bilal Toure and Deniz Undav.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Neubel; Stergiou, Rouault, Chase, Mittelstadt; Karazor, Stiller; Vagnoman, Millot, Fuhrich; Demirovic
Unavailable: Zagadou (Injured), Leweling (Injured), Toure (Injured), Undav (Injured)
Questionable: Nartey (Injured), Raimund (Injured)
Heidenheim vs Stuttgart Prediction
Heidenheim, as they have showed against elite sides in the last few weeks in defeats against Bayern Munich and Chelsea, will be on the front foot and entertaining against anyone they face. Stuttgart, though, are a bit steadier and more stubborn in terms of their style than either of these sides. That could well mean this game suits the visitors even more even without the same quality of those two sides so a double chance bet in favour of the away team looks the way to go for this one.
Heidenheim vs Stuttgart Tip: Double chance – Stuttgart to win or draw
