1. FC Heidenheim vs VfL Bochum

Since a 3-2 loss away from home in the second division in September 2018, VfL Bochum are unbeaten in their last eight competitive games against 1. FC Heidenheim (W6, D2). VfL won the reverse fixture 2-0 at home. This is Bochum’s longest ongoing unbeaten run in all competitions against any current top-flight side.

21 points from 31 matchdays represents VfL Bochum’s worst-ever Bundesliga season. All 22 teams to have a maximum of 21 points at this stage of a top-flight campaign went on to be relegated. Defeat in Heidenheim on Friday night would confirm Bochum’s seventh relegation from the Bundesliga.

1. FC Heidenheim have won three of their last six Bundesliga games (L3), as many victories as they managed across their previous 24 league matches combined (D3, L17). VfL Bochum are winless in their last six matches, though last weekend’s 1-1 draw against Union Berlin saw them end a run of five consecutive Bundesliga defeats – only VfL Wolfsburg are currently on a longer wait for three points (7 games).

1. FC Heidenheim have collected a league-low 10 points at home this season. They have lost 11 of their first 15 home games – only Hannover 96 in 2015/16 have ever suffered more defeats across their first 15 home matches of a Bundesliga campaign (12). FCH now host VfL Bochum, the league’s worst away team (8 points).

VfL Bochum have suffered eight defeats in the second half of the season and sit in last place in a table representing this period with just 10 points. 1. FC Heidenheim are 17th in those standings, scoring a league-low 10 goals in the second half of the season and losing nine games, more than any other team.