Key Highlights
- The “Ostalbenschwaben” (frequently the all-too-easy target of more humor-slanted analysis) find themselves in the perhaps not-so-humorous position of being second-to-last in the Bundesliga table.
- Despite that, one actually thinks this “Zwerg-Klub” might be preparing to defy all the odds again. As it stands now, Frank Schmidt’s FCH are only three points from safety.
- New club talisman Stefan Schimmer has led the team to crucial league victories over legitimately tough opponents like Freiburg and Union Berlin in recent weeks.
- Slumping Köln and last-placed Mainz await after the turn of the calendar year before the Hin-Runde concludes.
- Heidenheim could be out of the relegation zone by the time the campaign reaches its halfway mark.1.
