HEIDENHEIM AN DER BRENZ. Heidenheim was able to turn the tables against Darmstadt 98. Darmstadt 98 lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Voith-Arena stadium in Heidenheim an der Brenz on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 15,000 spectators.​ The referee was Daniel Schlager assisted by Sven Waschitzki and Arno Blos. The 4th official was Robert Kampka. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 2.67 degrees Celsius or 36.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Timeline

Jan Schöppner(goal)Jan-Niklas Beste
42'
52'
Tim Skarke(goal)Fabian Holland
Tim Kleindienst- Yellow
55'
Norman Theuerkauf- sub ->Haktab Omar Traore
57'
Lennard Maloney (own-goal)
60'
62'
Jannik Müller- Yellow
Eren Dinkçi- Yellow
63'
Patrick Mainka (goal)Jan-Niklas Beste
69'
Adrian Beck- sub ->Lennard Maloney
67'
Kevin Sessa- sub ->Eren Dinkçi
67'
Patrick Mainka (goal)Jan-Niklas Beste
71'
74'
Christoph Klarer- sub ->Jannik Müller
74'
Matej Maglica- sub ->Thomas Isherwood
74'
Andreas Müller- sub ->Tobias Kempe
81'
Emir Karic- Yellow
88'
Mathias Honsak- sub ->Emir Karić
88'
F. Torsiello- sub ->Tim Skarke
Denis Thomalla- sub ->Jan-Niklas Beste
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
87
33
FC Bayern München
72
33
VfB Stuttgart
70
33
RB Leipzig
64
33
Borussia Dortmund
60
33
Eintracht Frankfurt
46
33
TSG Hoffenheim
43
33
SC Freiburg
42
33
Heidenheim
39
33
FC Augsburg
39
33
Werder Bremen
39
33
VfL Wolfsburg
37
33
Borussia Mönchengladbach
34
33
VfL Bochum 1848
33
33
FSV Mainz 05
32
33
FC Union Berlin
30
33
FC Köln
27
33
Darmstadt 98
17
33

After playing this encounter, Heidenheim has 14 points like Werder Bremen to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Darmstadt 98 will stays with 9 points like FC Köln to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Heidenheim will play away against FSV Mainz 05 on the 16th of December with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Darmstadt 98 will host VfL Wolfsburg on the 16th of December with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (2 draws).

Heidenheim – Formation

Heidenheim
G
Kevin Müller 1.Germany
7.9
D
Benedikt Gimber 5.Germany
6.4
D
Patrick Mainka 6.Germany
8.9
69', 71'
D
Jonas Föhrenbach 19.Germany
6.4
D
Omar Traoré 23.Germany
6.6
57'
M
Jan Schöppner 3.Germany
7.5
42'
M
Eren Dinkçi 8.Germany
7.0
67' 63'
M
Jan-Niklas Beste 37.Germany
8.9
90'
M
Lennard Maloney 33.Germany
6.3
67'
F
Tim Kleindienst 10.Germany
6.4
55'
F
Marvin Pieringer 18.Germany
7.7
Substitutes
G
Vitus Eicher 22.Germany
D
Norman Theuerkauf 30.Germany
6.7
57'
D
Tim Siersleben 4.Germany
M
Kevin Sessa 16.Germany
6.8
67'
M
Florian Pick 17.Germany
M
Adrian Beck 21.Germany
6.7
67'
F
Stefan Schimmer 9.Germany
F
Denis Thomalla 11.Germany
90'
F
Nikola Dovedan 20.Austria

Heidenheim adopted the 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

The manager Frank Schmidt decided to play with the following team: Kevin Müller (7.9), Haktab Omar Traore (6.6), Patrick Mainka (8.9), Benedikt Gimber (6.4), Jonas Föhrenbach (6.4), Jan Schöppner (7.5), Lennard Maloney (6.3), Eren Dinkçi (7.0), Jan-Niklas Beste (8.9), Tim Kleindienst (6.4) and Marvin Pieringer (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Norman Theuerkauf (6.7), Tim Siersleben, Stefan Schimmer, Denis Thomalla, Kevin Sessa (6.8), Florian Pick, Nikola Dovedan, Adrian Beck (6.7) and Vitus Eicher.

Heidenheim could not rely on the presence of Norman Theuerkauf (injured).

Substitutions

Heidenheim made 4 changes: Haktab Omar Traore for Norman Theuerkauf (57′), Jan-Niklas Beste for Denis Thomalla (90′), Lennard Maloney for Adrian Beck (67′) and Eren Dinkçi for Kevin Sessa (67′).

Player of the match: Patrick Mainka​

The player that probably impressed the most for Heidenheim was Patrick Mainka.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 22 passes (67% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 16.

Darmstadt 98 – Formation

Darmstadt 98
G
Marcel Schuhen 1.Germany
7.5
D
Jannik Müller 20.Germany
6.4
74' 62'
D
Klaus Gjasula 23.Germany
7.0
D
Thomas Isherwood 3.Sweden
6.4
74'
M
Tobias Kempe 11.Germany
6.8
74'
M
Luca Pfeiffer 24.Germany
7.7
M
Tim Skarke 27.Germany
8.2
88' 52'
M
Fabian Holland 32.Germany
7.3
M
Emir Karic 19.Austria
7.5
88' 81'
M
Oscar Vilhelmsson 29.Sweden
7.3
F
Aaron Seydel 22.Germany
6.4
Substitutes
G
Alexander Brunst 30.Germany
D
Matej Maglica 5.Croatia
6.8
74'
D
Christoph Klarer 14.Austria
6.7
74'
D
Frank Ronstadt 17.Germany
D
Clemens Riedel 38.Germany
M
Andreas Müller 16.Germany
7.1
74'
M
Mathias Honsak 18.Austria
6.7
88'
M
Fabian Schnellhardt 8.Germany
F
F. Torsiello 42.Germany
6.6
88'

Also Darmstadt 98 adopted the 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

Torsten Lieberknecht played with: Marcel Schuhen (7.5), Jannik Müller (6.4), Klaus Gjasula (7.0), Thomas Isherwood (6.4), Tim Skarke (8.2), Fabian Holland (7.3), Tobias Kempe (6.8), Emir Karić (7.5), Luca Pfeiffer (7.7), Aaron Seydel (6.4) and Oscar Vilhelmsson (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Matej Maglica (6.8), Christoph Klarer (6.7), Andreas Müller (7.1), Mathias Honsak (6.7), Fabian Schnellhardt, Frank Ronstadt, Alexander Brunst, Clemens Riedel and Fabio Torsiello (6.6).

Substitutions

Darmstadt 98 made 5 changes: Emir Karić for Mathias Honsak (88′), Jannik Müller for Christoph Klarer (74′), Tobias Kempe for Andreas Müller (74′), Thomas Isherwood for Matej Maglica (74′) and Tim Skarke for Fabio Torsiello (88′).

Player of the match: Tim Skarke​

The most impressive player for Darmstadt 98 was Tim Skarke.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 24 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​