In this week 32 match, on Friday Apr 29th, Heidenheim will host Fortuna Düsseldorf at Voith-arena in a clash of the 2. Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. 8th placed Heidenheim is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Holstein Kiel. Simon Lorenz struck first for Holstein Kiel in the 56th minute on a feed from Lewis Holtby, then Tim Kleindienst tied it up for Heidenheim in the 71st minute on a feed from Leipertz squeezing out at least the one point for Heidenheim. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 13th placed Fortuna Düsseldorf is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Dynamo Dresden. Appelkamp struck first for Fortuna Düsseldorf in the 26th minute on a feed from Khaled Narey, then Jordy de Wijs added another in the 31st minute. Fortuna Düsseldorf should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
Heidenheim and Fortuna Düsseldorf last played eachother at the Merkur Spiel-arena on Nov 26th. Heidenheim was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Robert Leipertz struck first for Heidenheim in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Marnon Busch, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Fortuna Düsseldorf was frustrated by Heidenheim’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Heidenheim ended the match with the shutout victory.
Appelkamp has been the most effective weapon for Fortuna Düsseldorf lately. The Japaneese midfielder has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Heidenheim’s most prolific scorer has been Tim Kleindienst. The German attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.