Union Berlin vs Heidenheim Predictions

Hosts to emerge victorious

Union Berlin should be backed to beat Heidenheim at home in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The visitors have lost all five of their away games this season.

Union Berlin are eighth in the league, with four wins, three draws and four defeats, while Heidenheim are rock bottom having won just once so far.

Union Berlin have lost just one of their last six home games in the Bundesliga.

Heidenheim’s recent results do not inspire confidence. They have sustained two successive Bundesliga reverses and have gone six games without recording a victory, winning just one of their last ten matches.

Heidenheim have been disappointing in front of goal away from home this season, scoring just twice in five games – an average of 0.40 goals a game on the road. They lack killer instinct in front of goal and have sustained two straight reverses without scoring.

The visitors have struggled defensively of late. No team has shipped more goals in the Bundesliga this season than the 26 goals Heidenheim have conceded, and they have been disappointing away from home, conceding 14 goals in five road games – an average of 2.80 goals per game. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in all 11 of their league games this season.

Union Berlin may be able to edge out Heidenheim in a close game, with a 2-1 home win the correct-score pick. The visitors have lost on their last five Bundesliga road trips and three of Union Berlin’s four victories this season have been by one goal.

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Edited by Mark Langdon