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BVB head to the Voith-Arena for some Friday Night Football Since returning from the winter break, Borussia Dortmund are on a three-match winning run and will look to extend that run on Friday when they head to newly-promoted Heidenheim. A fourth win in as many games in the Rückrunde would lift BVB to third in the Bundesliga, at least temporarily, and would put pressure on Stuttgart and RB Leipzig to keep up with the pace Dortmund are setting.
Heidenheim?s first season in the Bundesliga has so far been a huge success. The Baden-Württemberg club currently sit 10th in the league table, 11 points clear of the relegation zone. The Heideinheim fans have made the most of their success, selling out the 15,000-seater Voith-Arena in every home game so far this season, and they have been rewarded with some very respectable home form (W5-D2-L2).
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Heidenheim?s underlying numbers do suggest they are probably overperforming quite a bit, with their expected goal difference placing 16th in the Bundesliga, but their goal difference ranks 12th in the league, suggesting they?re at least better than relegation quality. Heidenheim?s goal difference plus the 11-point advantage they have on the teams propping up the rest of the league gives me confidence that they will get to enjoy at least one more season in Germany?s top flight. They should rest on th...