Bundesliga: Heidenheim Comeback Stuns Leverkusen in Six-Goal Thriller

Heidenheim earns Point in thrilling draw with Leverkusen

Bundesliga: Heidenheim earn point, relegation worries remain. Heidenheim twice came from behind to draw 3-3 with Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen squander lead as Heidenheim fight back for point.

Heidenheim's relegation fears continue despite thrilling comeback draw...

Heidenheim staged a remarkable comeback, drawing 3-3 with Bayer Leverkusen despite being 3-0 down. The rock-bottom team had lost three straight Bundesliga games and were winless in 14 league matches (D4, L10), but fought back twice to earn a point.

 

Leverkusen had dominated the head-to-head record, winning five in a row, including a 6-0 thrashing in the reverse fixture. They took the lead after 22 minutes, with the first shot on target of the game. 

Aleix Garcia's whipped ball proved crucial, allowing Malik Tillman to score with a controlled side-foot volley at the back post. The Heidenheim defence was caught off guard, and Tillman capitalized on the opportunity.

Their dominance didn't yield much until Garcia's pass, but Kasper Hjulmand's side capitalized on their chances. Patrik Schick doubled their lead with a powerful header from Alejandro Grimaldo's cross, 10 minutes before halftime. 

An uphill battle awaited FCH after the restart, yet they came agonisingly close to halving the deficit when the ball broke to half-time substitute Julian Niehues, who sliced an effort onto the outside of the post.

And soon after, a touch of fortune handed Heidenheim a lifeline, as Hennes Behrens’s inswinging ball from deep appeared to evade everyone in the box, bouncing all the way into the back of the net, and surviving a VAR check, with Patrick Mainka seemingly claiming the goal. 

Heidenheim's momentum shifted, and they levelled the game 18 minutes from time. Robert Andrich gave away a penalty, tangling with Marvin Pieringer in the box. Pieringer converted the spot-kick, setting up a thrilling finale.

Leverkusen restored their two-goal lead just seven minutes later, with Schick scoring again from a Grimaldo corner. But Heidenheim refused to give up, and Pieringer's header from a corner in the 85th minute made it 3-3.

Full Time.

90+7' | 3-3 | #FCHB04 pic.twitter.com/K64DdlG6AG

— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) March 21, 2026

The final whistle blew, and Heidenheim's fears of relegation remain. Despite a strong second-half comeback, a point won't ease their worries, sitting nine points off the play-off spot.

Leverkusen's struggles continue, with just one win in their last nine games (D6, L2). They're four points off the teams above them in the hunt for a Champions League spot, making this draw a missed opportunity.