Heidenheim should be ready and motivated enough to find a way to surprise a bit above all with their great players what they have in their rows. Their potential should be huge and if they are without any injury problems a top place should be feasiblly.
Preview
FC Heidenheim was one of the favoured promotion candidates. They started very well and had a great run, also in Cup where they made the second round and lost unlucky to Gladbach in penalty shoot out. The support from their fans was also excellent and they had an average from 6.732 in their home matches. They end up at 4th place which is good so far but also a bit unlucky because of their weakness away from home where they got not much and played some terrible matches. But one of the biggest key was the injury problems of some of their important players like Schnatterer, Spann, Schittenhelm, Jabiri and Mayer which are not ready for month. Moreover Sailer, Rühle, Thurk and Klarer had also some light injuries and not able to play sometimes. The offense was hurt a lot and gave them not the strength to promotion.
The Squad
All their important players stay at Heidenheim, and they strength their squad only a bit. It looks like that they are more ready and well balanced for the new season to take a great start. These players left: Sandro Kaiser (unknown), Christian Essig (to SV Babelsberg 03), Adam Jabiri (unknown), Tobias Rühle (to Stuttgarter Kickers), Martin Klarer (end of carrer).
On the other side they signed: Marc Endres (SC Freiburg II), Maurizio Scioscia (1. FC Heidenheim II), Marcel Titsch-Rivero (Eintracht Frankfurt II), Nicolai Groß (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim II), Patrick Mayer (FC Augsburg / was on loan last season), Matthias Wittek (FC Ingolstadt 04 / was on loan last season).
Overall a very good mix, all were ready to start together into season preparation. They got some good results out of their friendly matches where they won against Augsburg and made a close match to Stuttgart but both are at the beginning of their preparation. In this case we should not give to much about this results.
Coach
Schmidt is for a long time now in Heidenheim and know the business there very well. He knows his team and maybe give some short view about his first eleven. Lehmann should be keeper number one while Feistle, Krebs, Göhlert and Malura build the defense. In midfield Schnatterer and Wittek should be safe while Weil and Bagceci should have an advantage about Titsch-Rivero and Strauß. For the two places in their offense he can choose from a lot of good and experienced players like Mayer, Thurk, Sailer, Heidenfelder, Groß and Frommer. 4 from them are on bench but options are huge.
Prediction
All players start well into preparation and they are all without any injuries. They worked very well and the mood is also excellent. If they are able to get their potential on the pitch and have not such injuriy problems as last season it's more possible that they are one of the teams which play for promotion. But at least they should be able to be close to the top till the end of the season. All possible and surprises are welcome for sure. Predict 2-6
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