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Competition: Netherlands Eredivisie
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kras Stadion (7384 seats)

FC Volendam greet Heracles Almelo for another interesting Eredivisie match here at Kras Stadion.

Insights:
  • Heracles Almelo have the most points from losing position (6) in Eredivisie

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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FC Volendam form and stats

0-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Eredivisie numbers at home for FC Volendam so far this season.

In their previous game, the manager Kohler led his FC Volendam to a defeat away at Fortuna Sittard. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Kras Stadion. Backhaus had a busy but productive day in the Fortuna Sittard match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

Before that game, the home loss against FC Twente with the scoreline 0-2.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Volendam have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 5 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for FC Volendam as they are travelling to their away game against Ajax in the Eredivisie. That match is four days after this one.

FC Volendam has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {4 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Heracles Almelo form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Eredivisie ended in defeat. Last season Heracles Almelo had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 12, drew 1 and lost 6.

Heracles Almelo might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. FC Utrecht proved too strong as Heracles Almelo slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Polman Stadion. The attacker Hansson got a match rating of 7.6 in that game. Hansson hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Excelsior.

Heracles Almelo have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the preceeding six meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Volendam, one draw and one win for Heracles Almelo. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

FC VolendamR. Mühren
R. Mühren
1 goals
FC VolendamG. Kuol
G. Kuol
1 goals
Heracles AlmeloE. Hansson
E. Hansson
1 goals

FC Volendam missing players

Heracles Almelo missing players

FC Volendam Heracles Almelo
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 1 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 2 0 Lost L 0 1 2
3 1 0 Scored S 0 1 7
11 4 0 Conceded C 0 4 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 25%
75% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.8 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 5.2
7.8 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 13 6.8
2 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 5.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 12.2
3.2 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.8
23% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 47%
 
15.2 12.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 31 17
7.5 6.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 13 6.8
Key stats in Eredivisie this season:
  • Heracles Almelo have the most points from losing position (6) in Eredivisie
FC Volendam Last season Heracles Almelo
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
1 1   Played P   19 38
0 0   Won W   12 27
1 1   Drew D   1 4
0 0   Lost L   6 7
1 1   Scored S   42 103
1 1   Conceded C   25 42
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
100% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 92%
0% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   79% 74%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 45%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 29%
100% 100%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
0% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 42%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   11% 8%
 
6 6   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.2
2 2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 3.9
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
9 9   Shots (avg) S (   12.3 13.2
4 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 5.8
25% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 47%
 
4 4   Shots against (avg) S A   8.7 8.7
1 1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSV 4 4 0 0 13 1 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 7 1 12 12
2 Feyenoord 5 3 2 0 19 5 3 2 1 0 12 2 2 1 1 0 7 3 14 11
3 AZ 3 3 0 0 10 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 8 9
4 FC Twente 3 3 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 9
5 Fortuna Sittard 5 2 3 0 7 4 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 9
6 Sparta Rotterdam 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 8
7 Go Ahead Eagles 3 2 0 1 8 8 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 6
8 PEC Zwolle 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 6
9 Heracles Almelo 4 2 0 2 7 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 6
10 SC Heerenveen 5 2 0 3 9 13 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 5 9 -4 6
11 Ajax 3 1 2 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 5
12 Excelsior 4 1 2 1 9 10 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 1 0 1 5 6 -1 5
13 NEC 5 1 1 3 8 11 2 1 0 1 6 4 3 0 1 2 2 7 -3 4
14 Vitesse 4 1 0 3 3 8 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 1 0 0 2 1 -5 3
15 FC Utrecht 5 1 0 4 4 11 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 -7 3
16 RKC Waalwijk 5 1 0 4 4 13 2 0 0 2 1 7 3 1 0 2 3 6 -9 3
17 FC Volendam 4 0 0 4 3 11 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 2 7 -8 0
18 Almere City 4 0 0 4 4 14 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 8 -10 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heracles Almelo 38 27 4 7 103 42 19 15 3 1 61 17 19 12 1 6 42 25 61 85
2 PEC Zwolle 38 27 4 7 99 43 19 15 2 2 58 18 19 12 2 5 41 25 56 85
3 Almere City 38 21 7 10 58 41 19 10 4 5 29 21 19 11 3 5 29 20 17 70
4 Willem II 38 19 11 8 68 40 19 13 2 4 37 17 19 6 9 4 31 23 28 68
5 MVV Maastricht 38 18 5 15 65 65 19 13 3 3 42 23 19 5 2 12 23 42 0 59
6 NAC Breda 38 18 5 15 64 64 19 10 3 6 34 27 19 8 2 9 30 37 0 59
7 VVV-Venlo 38 16 10 12 56 51 19 6 7 6 24 22 19 10 3 6 32 29 5 58
8 FC Eindhoven 38 16 10 12 58 54 19 10 4 5 37 23 19 6 6 7 21 31 4 58
9 Telstar 38 14 11 13 39 52 19 8 5 6 22 25 19 6 6 7 17 27 -13 53
10 Graafschap 38 15 7 16 64 54 19 10 2 7 31 20 19 5 5 9 33 34 10 52
11 Jong AZ 38 14 9 15 60 58 19 8 7 4 37 24 19 6 2 11 23 34 2 51
12 ADO Den Haag 38 13 12 13 51 57 19 6 6 7 30 31 19 7 6 6 21 26 -6 51
13 Jong Ajax 38 12 10 16 69 72 19 7 5 7 41 31 19 5 5 9 28 41 -3 46
14 Jong PSV 38 12 9 17 59 63 19 8 3 8 34 29 19 4 6 9 25 34 -4 45
15 Roda JC Kerkrade 38 12 7 19 49 59 19 7 4 8 27 26 19 5 3 11 22 33 -10 43
16 Helmond Sport 38 11 10 17 39 57 19 7 4 8 26 25 19 4 6 9 13 32 -18 43
17 FC Oss 38 10 7 21 45 76 19 6 3 10 27 37 19 4 4 11 18 39 -31 37
18 FC Dordrecht 38 9 8 21 41 68 19 6 4 9 23 28 19 3 4 12 18 40 -27 35
19 FC Den Bosch 38 10 5 23 46 85 19 7 3 9 30 33 19 3 2 14 16 52 -39 35
20 Jong Utrecht 38 7 7 24 33 65 19 5 5 9 18 21 19 2 2 15 15 44 -32 28

Read more about Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. 18 teams play two fixtures against each other to form the final league table and decide which team wins the Dutch national championship. The phrase Eredivisie translates to “Honour Division”. The “big three” in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.