In this week 17 match on Nov 12th, Jahn Regensburg and Heidenheim will play a match in Heidenheim an der Brenz in a clash of the 2. Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 3rd placed Heidenheim is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Paderborn. Jan-Niklas Beste struck first for Heidenheim in the 35th minute, then Denis Thomalla added another in the 76th minute In the end, Paderborn was frustrated by Heidenheim’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Heidenheim ended the match with the shutout victory. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Heidenheim should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, 9th placed Jahn Regensburg, recorded a 1-3 loss against Hamburger SV. Caliskaner struck first for Jahn Regensburg in the 7th minute on a feed from Joshua Mees, then Mario Vušković got the equalizer for Hamburger SV in the 12th minute on a feed from Sonny Kittel Finally they completed the comback victory in the 79th minute on a goal by Ransford Konigsdorffer to cap off a wild match. Jahn Regensburg is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses 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 2 wins.
Andreas Albers Nielsen has been the most prolific scorer on Jahn Regensburg in his last 5 matches with three goals. Both Thomalla and Jan-Niklas Beste have been the hottest scorers for Heidenheim in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each.