Four games left: Which Bundesliga club has the highest risk of relegation?

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Four games left: Which Bundesliga club has the highest risk of relegation?

Starting from 18th place upwards, Bulinews will look at who is the biggest relegation candidate.18. Heidenheim  - 19 ptsBottom of the league, Heidenheim have not managed to capitalise on the form tha...

Four games left: Which Bundesliga club has the highest risk of relegation?

Starting from 18th place upwards, Bulinews will look at who is the biggest relegation candidate.18. Heidenheim  - 19 ptsBottom of the league, Heidenheim have not managed to capitalise on the form tha...

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Starting from 18th place upwards, Bulinews will look at who is the biggest relegation candidate.

Bottom of the league, Heidenheim have not managed to capitalise on the form that saw them get Union Berlin manager Steffen Baumgart sacked by beating him 3-1 two weeks ago at home.

Last weekend, it was a disappointing point dropped away at Freiburg that might have been one of the last straws for Frank Schmidt's men.

However, this weekend against St. Pauli it is an all or nothing game as it could see them either save their season or go down into the 2. Bundesliga.

A loss against St. Pauli sees Heidenheim confirmed down as the first Bundesliga relegated side this season. A draw, however, puts their chances of relegation extremely slim seeing as they play Bayern Munich on matchday 32.

For Wolfsburg, they are setting all cards on trying to get the 16th place in the Bundesliga this campaign.

Two points off St. Pauli in 16th, the Wolves (Die Wölfe) are hoping to do what they did two years in a row in 2017 and 2018 in winning a Bundesliga relegation play off tie against a 2. Bundesliga side.

Their form has been improving slightly, with a narrow defeat to Frankfurt two weeks ago and some luck in grabbing a 2-1 win against Union Berlin last weekend despite their lack of chances created.

Due to personnel, they may feel like they have the upper hand in the relegation battle but they still play some tough fixtures like against Bayern Munich, Freiburg and at home to fellow relegation-battler Borussia Mönchengladbach.

With a view to the final matchday, a lot may rest on their away tie against 16th St. Pauli with this match at the moment promising to be a real scrap for Bundesliga survival.

St. Pauli will feel disheartened that they weren't able to hold onto all three points at home.

With a 1-1 draw against Köln, it is clear to see that this result favoured the away side in their bid for survival in the Bundesliga.

Elswhere, Wolfsburg's win against Union Berlin has piled more pressure on the Hamburg city side with a lack of goals still being a large problem.

With 26 goals this season, St. Pauli are the Bundesliga's lowest scoring side and this showed against Köln as they left plenty of chances missing to win the game against score more.

However, their remaining fixtures include a neat trip to bottom side Heidenheim this weekend and a home match against Mainz next week.

Alongside this, a game against another relegation rival VfL Wolfsburg on the last matchday may play into their hands.

Overall, their fixtures look pretty favourable but they will continue to struggle so long as they fail to take chances in front of goal with 16th place looking more likely than direct safety.

With five points still separating them from direct safety and avoidance of the playoffs, St. Pauli look like they will be up against it to try and cluster enough points to avoid the post-season relegation playoff.

Four teams sit on 31 points with each being five points off 16th: 1. FC Köln in 12th, Borussia Mönchengladbach in 13th, Hamburg in 14th and Werder Bremen in 16th.

In terms of goal difference, Köln is clearly the safest should it come to this point as the Rhine side has scored plenty of goals this season.

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