In this week 16 match, on Wednesday Nov 9th, Sandhausen will play host to Heidenheim in a clash of the 2. Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Sandhausen recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Hansa Rostock. Christian Kinsombi struck first for Sandhausen in the 45th minute on a feed from David Kinsombi, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Hansa Rostock couldn’t muster any offence and Sandhausen ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Heidenheim is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Paderborn. Jan-Niklas Beste struck first for Heidenheim in the 35th minute on a feed from Kevin Sessa, then Thomalla added another in the 76th minute on a feed from Adrian Beck At the end of 90 a dissapointed Paderborn couldn’t manage to score, and Heidenheim took the shutout win. Heidenheim should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Heidenheim won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Heidenheim is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Thomalla and Jan-Niklas Beste each having 3 goals in their last 5. Aleksandr Zhirov and Stephan Kofi Ambrosius are the top scorers for Sandhausen in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.