Europa Conference League Playoff knockout stage, first leg, 13/02/2025 at 21:00
In the Bundesliga, 1. FC Heidenheim is having major problems this season and is fighting against relegation. However, before the men of coach Frank Schmidt can collect more points for staying up against Mainz on Sunday, the “European Cup” adventure continues.
In the first leg of the playoff knockout stage of the UEFA Conference League, the Swabians are guests at FC Copenhagen on Thursday. The odds of FC Copenhagen 1. FC Heidenheim forecast do not trust the form-weak guests much.
In terms of market value, FCH is only just behind with 65 million euros to 77 million euros at FCK. When it comes to the FC Copenhagen vs Heidenheim odds, home advantage naturally still plays a role.
The Danes are also doing significantly better in their own league than the men of coach Frank Schmidt. Thus, the hosts go into the game with average victory odds of 1.75 in favor.
On the other side, the betting providers with a German license are paying odds of between 4.10 and 5.00 for a victory by the guests from the Swabian Alb against FC Copenhagen.
Analysis: FC Copenhagen vs Heidenheim
Since September 2022, FC Copenhagen has been coached by Jacob Neestrup. In his first season in charge, the coach led the club to a domestic double of cup and league titles.
In the previous season, however, they finished third behind Midtjylland and Bröndby. This season, however, the Lions are doing quite well again.
The “Byens Hold” is in first place after 17 match days. However, they are only ahead of the defending champions on goal difference.
Overall, the Danish first division is very close. There are just seven points between first and seventh place. At home, FCK is still unbeaten with six wins and three draws and 20:10 goals.
In addition, Copenhagen has the best offense in the league with 32 goals. No player in the 2024/25 Superliga season will get more shots (66) and touches of the ball (118) in the opposing penalty area than Mohamed Elyounoussi (formerly of FC Basel).
The last two seasons, the “Löverne” had still been competing in the premier league, and in 2023/24 they at least reached the round of 16, but were knocked out by Manchester City (twice 1:3).
In this Conference League phase, FCK collected defeats at home to Jagiellonia Bialystok (1:2) and at Rapid Vienna (0:3) as well as victories against Dinamo Minsk (2:1) and Heart of Midlothian (2:0).
There were also draws against Betis Sevilla (1:1) and Basaksehir (2:2). In this international season, coach Neestrup’s team has scored eight goals in six games (19th place) and conceded nine goals (24th place).
Odds analysis
The duel between the two teams naturally provides us with further FC Copenhagen Heidenheim tips. So I don’t expect many goals in this game.
In the six league games of the Conference League, FCK scored a goal ratio of 8:9. And after the first six games of the competition, FCH also only scored 7:7 goals.
Heidenheim have only scored two goals in the last four BL games. So, in my opinion, tips like “under 2.5 goals” or “both teams to score – no” are good alternatives.
Interwetten offers odds of 1.90 for a maximum of two goals. You can place this FC Copenhagen Heidenheim bet with confidence in connection with the current Interwetten Freebet.
If at least one keeper goes off the field with a clean sheet, you can look forward to odds of 1.87 at Bet365. New customers of the provider should of course still secure the Bet365 betting bonus beforehand.
Copenhagen – Heidenheim odds: FCH is not getting off the ground
With the home win against Union Berlin (2-0) and the draw at Werder Bremen (3-3) at the start of 2025, Heidenheim’s belief in their own strength had returned.
But the Swabians were celebrating too soon. The 1-0 loss at Freiburg at the weekend was the fourth defeat in a row. At the Sport-Club, the guests from the Swabian Alb put up a brave fight, but once again were far too harmless.
New signing Budu Zivzivadze has so far been unable to build on his good form in the 2nd Bundesliga. In addition, the team repeatedly makes mistakes at crucial moments.
Overall, coach Frank Schmidt’s men have left the field as losers 15 times. That is the highest number in the Bundesliga. The Brenzstadt team won only one of the last 16 Bundesliga games.
The Swabians can hope for the European Cup
During this period, the team only managed five of a possible 48 points. This is the league’s lowest score since the beginning of October 2024. Heidenheim is also the only club in the Bundesliga to still have no points in the second half of the season.
In the away game, they have set a new club negative record with eight Bundesliga guest appearances in a row without a win (1U, 7N). In the Conference League, on the other hand, things went much better for FCH with three wins, one draw and two defeats.
Heidenheim also faced high-caliber opponents such as Chelsea (0-2). A win against St. Gallen in the last game of the league phase would have meant a direct place in the last sixteen.
But a late goal against made sure of a 1-1 draw, thwarting the Swabians’ plans. Nevertheless, the club from the Swabian Alb is in the play-offs with ten points.
The two clubs will meet for the first time in their history on Thursday. Unsurprisingly, for Heidenheim it is also the first duel against a team from Denmark.
FCK, on the other hand, are still waiting for their first win after 14 duels against teams from Germany. So far, the “Löverne” have only managed five draws and nine defeats in these games.
In 2022 and 2023, however, Copenhagen managed to draw with Bayern and BVB in the Champions League group stage (1-1 at home to Dortmund in 2022/23 and 0-0 in Munich in 2023/24).
My Copenhagen Heidenheim tip:
Heidenheim has a big advantage: for Copenhagen, Thursday’s clash will be their first competitive game since mid-December. The Danish Superliga doesn’t kick off until next weekend in 2025.
In addition, FCH have performed better in European competition than in the domestic league and are facing a team that has not had good experiences with clubs from Germany.
Nevertheless, I don’t think the visitors can get more than a point. Copenhagen are having a good season in the Superliga and have only lost four competitive games overall.
On the other hand, coach Frank Schmidt’s men are in a slump and far too timid in front of the opposing goal. My Copenhagen Heidenheim prediction: Double chance 1/x & Under 3.5 goals!
