FC Heidenheim 1846 vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction: A potential low scoring game

Before their Saturday encounter at Voith-Arena against Heidenheim, who now lie in mid-table, Eintracht Frankfurt's hopes of securing a berth in the Conference League Qualifiers for the next season will be put to the test once more. With 11 games remaining in the Champions League, Eintracht Frankfurt is currently in sixth position with 34 points, seven points behind fourth-place Borussia Dortmund. Die Adler is four points ahead of Hoffenheim in seventh position, the first team outside of the Conference League Qualifiers. With 28 points, Heidenheim is in 10th place and six points behind Frankfurt in the race for a Conference League qualifying slot.

Frankfurt won 2-0 at Deutsche Bank Park in October, the team's most recent Bundesliga matchup. In the 39th minute, Hugo Larsson opened the scoring for Die Adler. And Ansgar Knauff discovered the net. In 11 Bundesliga games played at Voith-Arena this season, host Heidenheim has five victories, three draws, and three defeats. Against Wolfsburg on January 20, FC Heidenheim 1846 is hoping to snap a three-game home winless run (Wins 0 Draws 2 Losses 1). Frankfurt had three victories, five draws, and four loses in its league travels outside of Deutsche Bank Park this year. Die Adler have not won on the road in three games (Wins 0 Draws 2 Losses 1). They lost their last road game, against RB Leipzig, on January 13.

Heidenheim's record in their previous six league games is one win, four draws, and one loss. In contrast, Frankfurt has had one win, four draws, and one loss in their previous six games.

Heidenheim will participate in this match after a draw with Union Berlin in Bundesliga week 23. Heidenheim has been giving up goals lately, but they have also managed to score some of their own. In their previous six games, Heidenheim has let up goals in five of them and registered points in five of them. But whether that tendency holds in this forthcoming encounter is still to be seen. Heidenheim had lost their last three league home games coming into this matchup.

Frank Schmidt, manager of Heidenheim, has announced that Elidon Qenaj (fitness) and Thomas Keller (torn ligament in the knee) would not be able to participate.

Possible lineup for this game is: Kevin Müller, Omar Traoré, Patrick Mainka, Benedikt Gimber, Jonas Föhrenbach, Denis Thomalla, Jan Schöppner, Eren Dinkci, Adrian Beck, Marvin Pieringer, and Tim Kleindienst in a 4-2-3-1 formation for this encounter.

The match before this ended in a 2-2 Bundesliga 1 draw between VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. We've got goals 21 times in the previous six Eintracht Frankfurt games, which means that each fixture has an average of 3.5 goals, demonstrating their thirst for fruitful confrontations. Twelve of these totals have been hit by opposing teams. Eintracht Frankfurt had lost their last three away league games coming into this match.

Numerous players are sidelined for Eintracht Frankfurt. Hugo Larsson (hamstring injury), Sebastian Rode (knee issues), Ellyes Skhiri (back issues), Mehdi Loune (cruciate ligament tear), and Sasa Kalajdzic (cruciate ligament tear) won't be playing.

Possible lineup for this game is: Eintracht might choose to start with Kevin Trapp, Tuta, Makoto Hasebe, Willian Pacho, Aurélio Buta, Mario Götze, Donny van de Beek, Niels Nkounkou, Omar Marmoush, Farès Chaïbi, and Hugo Ekitike in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

Given that both Eintracht Frankfurt and Heidenheim are capable of scoring goals, we believe that they will ultimately find themselves on an equal footing. However, both teams are deprived of quality players due to injury and may not perform to full capacity. An attacking and entertaining game is expected with many corners and cards. We go for BTTS and over 8.5 corners.