Arminia Bielefeld target home lift against high-flying Heidenheim | OneFootball

Arminia Bielefeld host Heidenheim at the SchücoArena on Sunday afternoon, a meeting of sides at opposite ends after five games. Bielefeld seek to halt their winless run, Heidenheim look to sustain a bright return to the 2. Bundesliga.

According to BuLi News, Oliver Kirch’s side have four points from five and sit 14th after finishing 13th last term. They remain unbeaten at home with four points from two.

Heidenheim have 12 points in five to occupy third. After conceding heavily early on, they have tightened up with successive clean sheets. Jonas Föhrenbach’s late finish from a corner beat Holstein Kiel 1-0 last weekend.

Kirch expects an intense, physical opponent, effective from set pieces and in transition. He says Arminia have a plan and want to keep the points in Bielefeld.

Frank Schmidt has played down momentum and highlighted Bielefeld’s strong home form. He says Heidenheim will need a very good, defensively stable display to take something at the Alm.

Team news, Bielefeld report a full group after Friday’s session, with long term knee absentee Daniel Richter still out. Heidenheim are without Sirlord Conteh and Maximilian Breunig, and Marcel Costly is sidelined with a muscular issue.

Predicted line-ups, Arminia Bielefeld 4-3-3, Kersken; Koudossou, Bauer, Großer, Sicker; Russo, Wörl, Jensen; Momuluh, Grodowski, Rochelt. Heidenheim 3-4-2-1, Dähne; Busch, Mainka, Föhrenbach; Mhamdi, Schöppner, Niehues, Heule; Kaufmann, Honsak; Zivzivadze.

Source: BuLi News

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