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  May 22, 2025 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 vs. SV 07 Elversberg   Voith-Arena, Heidenheim On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the relegation playoff for the German Bundesliga begins, with 1. FC Heidenheim facing SV 07 Elversberg in the first leg. The clash between the Bundesliga newcomer and the second-place team from the second division promises a dramatic encounter with many interesting statistical insights. FC Heidenheim and SV 07 Elversberg have met in competitive matches only twice before – in the 2013/14 third division season, FCH won 1-0 at home, while the away match in Elversberg ended in a 1-1 draw. The teams will now face each other after almost 12 years. In the last 12 seasons, a second-division team has prevailed in the Bundesliga relegation playoff only once: Union Berlin in the 2018/19 season against VfB Stuttgart. In the last five cases, the Bundesliga team has always succeeded – last season it was VfL Bochum, who after a 0-3 home defeat in the first leg won 6-5 in a pe...

  FK Jablonec – FK Pardubice April 13th, 2025 Sunday's Chance Liga program will offer a clash of teams with opposing forms. The home team Jablonec is experiencing one of its best seasons in recent years, while Pardubice is fighting for mere survival in the top competition. The North Bohemians are playing their best season since the 2020-21 season, when they had 17 wins (now 13) and 56 points (currently 45) after the same number of played matches. Jablonec also has a positive goal difference of +20, a value last exceeded in the 2018-19 season (+24). Just like then, they have conceded only 25 goals. The key to Jablonec's success is a solid defense. The North Bohemians have already recorded 13 clean sheets in this Chance Liga season – only Slavia Praha has more (18). For Jablonec, this is the most since the 2014-15 season (also 13), and overall, they have had more clean sheets at this stage of the season only once – 15 in the 1996-97 season. For goalkeeper Jan Hanuš, this is ...