Heidenheim vs FC Union Berlin betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Bundesliga match on January 11th, 2025

Heidenheim and FC Union Berlin will face each other in a Bundesliga game in Germany on Saturday, January 11th, 2025, at 14:30h (UTC), check the Heidenheim vs FC Union Berlin betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Heidenheim vs FC Union Berlin will occur

The game takes place in the small Voith-Arena stadium, in the city of Heidenheim, with a capacity for 15000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Heidenheim vs FC Union Berlin betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Bundesliga has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 3.3 goals per game, which is very close to the 3.22 goals per game of the last championship.

Heidenheim last match

In the last match they played, Heidenheim collected a defeat. The opposing team was VfL Bochum 1848, and the match - which ended with the result of 2-0 - was valid for Bundesliga. Coach F. Schmidt's disposed his team in a 4-1-3-2 formation.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 2.05, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

If the entire defensive department of the team had considerable difficulties, the one who suffered the most is certainly Haktab Omar Traore. The player made a lot of mistakes throughout the match, and he will have to work hard over the course of the season if he wants to help his team win and climb the standings.

FC Union Berlin last match

FC Union Berlin appears in the same condition as the rival. The team also arrives from a defeat for this match. In a Club Friendlies game, the team faced Holstein Kiel, and the score ended with a 1-2.

With odds of 3.70, it is clear that defeat was not in anyone's plans for this match. The team was the clear favorite for the win, but they could do nothing to avoid defeat.

Heidenheim vs FC Union Berlin h2h

FC Union Berlin was in 13th place when they last went head-to-head in Bundesliga against Heidenheim, who was in 10th place. FC Union Berlin formed a 3-5-2 arrangement while Heidenheim took to the pitch with a 4-5-1 formation.

In the 2023/2024 football season, these teams played against each other on 24-02-2024 in a battle-themed Bundesliga match which ended in a 2-2 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Heidenheim

Bundesliga leaderboard now

The Heidenheim team with 10 points currently occupies the 16th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Relegation Play-off, with a campaign of 3 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses.

This means that in the 16th round, the Holstein Kiel team is closing in at 17th place, with 2 points separating them.

Heidenheim analysis

After 15 rounds, Heidenheim has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 33 goals so far and scored 18 times.

Heidenheim team comes to this game with a sequence of 5 losses in the Bundesliga that has been affecting the team's morale.

The performances of Heidenheim in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

The average ball possession of Heidenheim in this league is 41.27%, which means that the team has a rather wait-and-see attitude and does not often take over the ball of the game. Therefore, for the match against FC Union Berlin they should do something to reverse the trend and try to impose their game on their opponents if they want the win.

Best goalscorer from Heidenheim

At the individual level, in this competition's offensive sector, it is worth mentioning Marvin Pieringer. The Attacker has already scored 4 goals in the competition, being extremely important for Heidenheim, who have benefited from his performances several times to achieve essential triumphs.

It should also be noted that 1 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

FC Union Berlin

Bundesliga leaderboard now

FC Union Berlin arrives in this game with 17 points, and in 12th place in the Bundesliga, having won 4 games in total and lost 6 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Which means that, with an advantage of 1 point, the team is ahead the FC Augsburg team closing in at the 13th place in the 16th round.

FC Union Berlin analysis

We have reached matchday 15 in Bundesliga and at the moment FC Union Berlin has made 14 goals and conceded 19.

FC Union Berlin has been going through a rough patch in their recent matches, losing their last 4 matches and drawing the other. They will need to regroup and find a way to bounce back from this dip in form if they want to salvage their season.

With an average of 3.67 shots on goal per match, FC Union Berlin certainly cannot call itself a fearsome, or particularly prolific, attack, and this is another very good indicator to take into account in evaluations.

The outcome of the match promises to be less than positive for the team, which is awaiting a complicated away game and has some less than comforting attacking numbers: only 0.93 goals on average per game in this tournament.

Best goalscorer from FC Union Berlin

There are always individualities that stand out in a squad and in the team's attack Benedict Hollerbach has held that position so far in the competition. Serving FC Union Berlin with 3 goals this season, the Attacker has been a key player in winning triumphs.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Heidenheim is Marvin Pieringer, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of FC Union Berlin is Benedict Hollerbach, he has scored in 3 opportunities.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Heidenheim 0.86 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team FC Union Berlin 0.75 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.73.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 4.4 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 5.13 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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