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Heidenheim have already celebrated several surprise victories this season. After their promotion from Bundesliga 2 many did not expect that they stay in mid-table. With currently 27 points they are even closer to the international places than to the danger zone. They have won their last game against Bremen and even managed a draw against Dortmund before that game. Now they will play against Leverkusen. Leverkusen are clearly the better team, but they should not underestimate Heidenheim.

This is Heidenheim first season in Bundesliga 1 and before this season started Heidenheim only have realistic target that they want to survive at Bundesliga 1 and Heidenheim has starting the league with poor performance because they only gets 3 wins from 10 matches but recently Heidenheim can able to bounce back and so far Heidenheim was unbeatable in the last 8 matches in Bundesliga and they also can beat strong team Freiburg and gets draw result from Dortmund so these results can makes them to occupy 9th place and if Heidenheim can able to managed their consistency then is not impossible for them to compete for European competitions spots

Heidenheim manager Frank Schmidt as one of the longest position as a manager because he was managing Heidenheim since 2007 and Heidenheim has interesting squad because as a defender Jan-Niklas Beste was very productive this season and this player was scores 6 goals in Bundesliga but this week Heidenheim will gets strong opponent Leverkusen and not necessary to analysis because we all know Leverkusen as the strongest team in Bundesliga and obviously Heidenheim will be lost in this match

As a promoted team and still able to survive and compete well in the top 10, it is clear that it is a good result for Heidenheim in this season in the Bundesliga . So ya, although there is nochance for Heidenheim in match against Bayer Leverkusen later but ya, the fact is that even if Heidenheim loses but Heidenheim will still be in the top 10 of the Bundesliga standings. But indeed, if for example Bayer Leverkusen underestimates Heidenheim, then it is possible that Heidenheim can make a surprise although it may only be a draw result, who knows. Although indeed, the results on paper are clear that Bayer Leverkusen will be certain to win, moreover the morale of the Bayer Leverkusen squad is still very good after defeating Bayern Munich with a score of 3-0.