Bayer 04 vs Heidenheim: betting odds November 23, 2024

Matchday 11 of the Bundesliga between Bayer and Heidenheim will take place on November 23 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayer vs. Heidenheim: prediction and betting odds, statistics.

Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

Matches – 17 (Bundesliga, 2023/24–2024/25);

Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 63;

Average yellow cards per match – 3.7;

Red cards shown – 4;

Average fouls per match – 23;

Penalties – 12%.

Predicted lineups for Bayer vs. Heidenheim

Bayer (3-4-2-1): Lukáš Hrádecký – Piero Hincapié, Jonathan Tah, Edmond Tapsoba – Alejandro Grimaldo, Granit Xhaka, Robert Andrich, Jeremie Frimpong – Florian Wirtz, Jonas Hofmann – Patrik Schick.

Heidenheim (4-2-3-1): Kevin Müller – Jonas Föhrenbach, Benedikt Gimber, Patrick Mainka, Omar Traoré – Niklas Dorsch, Jan Schöppner – Leo Scienza, Paul Wanner, Mathias Honsak – Marvin Pieringer.

Each team’s starting lineup is based on their last match in this tournament.

Bayer

In the 10th round, Xabi Alonso's team shared the points with Bochum (1-1). In the last six Bundesliga matches, the team has secured only one victory and five draws. Due to dropping points in recent games, the club has slipped to 4th place in the standings. The reigning Bundesliga champions are now nine points behind the top spot. Notably, after 10 rounds last season, Bayer was leading the league table.

• The club has scored at least two goals in 11 of their last 12 home Bundesliga games.
• Both teams scored in 10 of Bayer's last 11 matches in this tournament.
• The Leverkusen side scored in the first half in 12 of their last 13 league encounters.

Heidenheim

A defeat in the previous round against Wolfsburg (1-3) extended the team's winless streak to five matches in the league (1 draw, 4 losses). This poor run has led to Heidenheim's fall in the standings: after the fifth round, the team was in sixth place, but now they are only 14th in the league, just two points clear of the relegation zone.

• The club has scored at least once in 8 of their last 9 away matches in the German championship.
• No more than two goals were scored in 6 of Heidenheim's last 8 away Bundesliga games.
• Away from home, the team has not lost in 11 of their last 15 league matches (5 wins, 6 draws).

Bayer vs. Heidenheim: Match Prediction

This season's Bayer and last season's are two different teams. Xabi Alonso's side in the 2024/25 Bundesliga is dropping points too often – only 4 wins in 10 rounds (5 draws, 1 loss). If the Leverkusen club does win, it is usually by a narrow margin. In the last 11 matches in the German championship, Bayer has won by more than two goals only once – against a struggling Hoffenheim (4-1). In matches against the league's main outsiders, Leverkusen not only failed to win big but also dropped points – 2-2 with Holstein and 1-1 with Bochum.

Frank Schmidt's team, meanwhile, continues to play quite tenaciously. In the last 19 away Bundesliga matches, Heidenheim has never lost by a large margin. Even if the team conceded more than two goals, they responded by scoring at least two. This was the case in matches against Bayern (2-4), Stuttgart (3-3), Borussia Dortmund (2-4), and Borussia Mönchengladbach (2-3). I believe that in the upcoming match, the visitors will be able to maintain a solid positive handicap. My prediction: Heidenheim with a handicap (+2.5)