Home win for Heidenheim
TEAM NEWS
Heidenheim will be without captain Marc Schnatterer, Sebastian Griesbeck and Timo Beermann.
Dresden's Patrick Moschl, Linus Wahlqvist and Niklas Kreuzer have been ruled out while Marco Hartmann is sidelined with a red-card from the last game against Bielefeld.
Heidenheim
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Marc Schnatterer (foot), Sebastian Griesbeck (ankle joint), Timo Beermann (thigh)
Dresden
Suspended: Marco Hartmann
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Niklas Kreuzer (strip), Patrick Moschl (hamstring), Linus Wahlqvist (unspecified)
MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN
After ending 2018 on a promising four-match unbeaten run with three wins and one draw, Heidenheim started the new year with a 2-2 draw at home against fellow promotion candidates Holstein Kiel, who – like them – were on 30 points prior to that league match. Following their midweek result, the side now sit in six, trailing leaders Hamburg by nine points.
Dresden went into the winter break having beaten lowly Duisburg 3-1 away. However, the fact that all of their last three wins in 2018 arrived against teams in the bottom three will be a worry, especially as Dresden were unable to beat better positioned opponents in the other eight of their final 11 league matches in 2018, drawing four and losing four times. The side kicked off the new year at home with a 4-3 loss over another struggling team, Bielefeld.
The visitors simply don't convince me and I believe Heidenheim will have the edge here.
SECOND PREDICTION: HILO – LOW
The teams' last two league meetings at Voith Arena have been low-scoring affairs with two total goals or fewer. Expect this trend to continue.
HEAD TO HEAD
Heidenheim have won just one of their last four league meetings with Dresden, losing the other three.
Heidenheim will be without captain Marc Schnatterer, Sebastian Griesbeck and Timo Beermann.
Dresden's Patrick Moschl, Linus Wahlqvist and Niklas Kreuzer have been ruled out while Marco Hartmann is sidelined with a red-card from the last game against Bielefeld.
Heidenheim
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Marc Schnatterer (foot), Sebastian Griesbeck (ankle joint), Timo Beermann (thigh)
Dresden
Suspended: Marco Hartmann
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Niklas Kreuzer (strip), Patrick Moschl (hamstring), Linus Wahlqvist (unspecified)
MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: HOME WIN
After ending 2018 on a promising four-match unbeaten run with three wins and one draw, Heidenheim started the new year with a 2-2 draw at home against fellow promotion candidates Holstein Kiel, who – like them – were on 30 points prior to that league match. Following their midweek result, the side now sit in six, trailing leaders Hamburg by nine points.
Dresden went into the winter break having beaten lowly Duisburg 3-1 away. However, the fact that all of their last three wins in 2018 arrived against teams in the bottom three will be a worry, especially as Dresden were unable to beat better positioned opponents in the other eight of their final 11 league matches in 2018, drawing four and losing four times. The side kicked off the new year at home with a 4-3 loss over another struggling team, Bielefeld.
The visitors simply don't convince me and I believe Heidenheim will have the edge here.
SECOND PREDICTION: HILO – LOW
The teams' last two league meetings at Voith Arena have been low-scoring affairs with two total goals or fewer. Expect this trend to continue.
HEAD TO HEAD
Heidenheim have won just one of their last four league meetings with Dresden, losing the other three.
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