A highly important match in Eerste Divisie as both sides are challenging for the top positions. With Heracles Almelo in 2nd place and Almere City placed 3rd, this promises to be a thriling meeting. Read on to find out more!
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (86) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Eerste Divisie
Heracles Almelo's stadium, Erve Asito, has a artifical turf surface. Almere City have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Almere City when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses from 20 matches. They have scored {28 goals} in these games and conceded 36.
This should be an interesting game with lots of fun and bustle as both contenders are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Heracles Almelo form and stats
Home games in the Eerste Divisie have been a walk in the park for Heracles Almelo so far, with 38 points won from 15 matches; 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of five straight victories regardless of arena.
Heracles's last game was hosting FC Den Bosch (placed 18th) and winning 3-2. Rente was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.63 out of 10. The defender Rente hit three key passes and won 9 of 12 duels.
In the preceding match a 5-1 victory visiting TOP Oss.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Heracles Almelo matches with similar probabilities have ended with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 7 games).
Lots of goals? We don't know the future, but we do know that 24 of the 30 most recent league games with this side has contained three or more goals.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Heracles Almelo is on fire here. A stunning 54 from 15 league matches. On the other hand, Heracles have conceded 16 goals.
Almere City form and stats
9 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. That’s the product of Almere City playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Almere City's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the PEC Zwolle game.
Two away games in a row for Almere City, whose manager Pastoor could celebrate last time after the win against Jong Ajax. Midfield player Duijvestijn was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Duijvestijn scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).
A 1-3 loss hosting VVV-Venlo before that.A new game in only three days for Almere, the Eerste Divisie home match versus Jong Utrecht. Busy days.
Almere City find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Heracles Almelo and Almere City have duelled before this season: Almere City - Heracles Almelo 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Heracles Almelo two wins, zero draws and Almere City one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Laursen 15 goals |  E. Hansson 15 goals |  K. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson 14 goals |
Heracles Almelo missing players
Almere City missing players
| Heracles Almelo | Almere City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 86 | 54 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 42 |
| 35 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 69% |
| 80% | 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 48% |
| 50% | 60% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 13% | 24% |
| 33% | 47% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 13% | 17% |
| 53% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 27% | 45% |
| 37% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 53% | 41% |
| 10% | 7% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 17% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.9 | 14 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.2 | 11.2 |
| 5.8 | 6.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| 49% | 55% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| 8.6 | 9 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 9.4 | 8.5 |
| 3 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
- All of Heracles Almelo's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Almere City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (15) in Eerste Divisie
- Almere City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Heracles Almelo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Heracles Almelo have scored more than double the goals of Almere City.
- Heracles Almelo have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most matches over the total-line (24) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most points (38) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (54) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (86) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+38) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+51) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Heracles Almelo is in the best form (5-1-0) in Eerste Divisie
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PEC Zwolle | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 81 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 49 | 69 |
| 2 | Heracles Almelo | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 86 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 51 | 66 |
| 3 | Almere City | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 52 |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 52 |
| 5 | Willem II | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 50 |
| 6 | FC Eindhoven | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 47 |
| 7 | MVV Maastricht | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 53 | 54 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 38 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | NAC Breda | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 33 | -5 | 43 |
| 9 | Telstar | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 43 |
| 10 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| 11 | Jong AZ | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 0 | 41 |
| 12 | Graafschap | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 39 |
| 13 | ADO Den Haag | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 39 |
| 14 | Jong PSV | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 38 |
| 15 | Helmond Sport | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 27 | -17 | 34 |
| 16 | Jong Ajax | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 36 | -7 | 31 |
| 17 | TOP Oss | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 34 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -21 | 30 |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 42 | 73 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 47 | -31 | 30 |
| 19 | FC Dordrecht | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -19 | 27 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -23 | 20 |
