Eerste Divisie: Top level against below average, at least based on the league table. Heracles Almelo - FC Dordrecht. Home victory or a surprise?
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (44) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Eerste Divisie
3-2-17 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for FC Dordrecht when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those 22 matches are 21-60 (scored/conceded).
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.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
Heracles Almelo have been outstanding at home so far in the Eerste Divisie with 6 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. After failing to beat MVV Maastricht here at Erve Asito, Heracles Almelo has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
Heracles are returning here after visiting Roda JC Kerkrade and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Laursen, Hansson and Armenteros scored the goal(s). The forward Laursen won the honour of being "man of the match" for Heracles Almelo with the rating of 9.03/10. Laursen scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Before that, Heracles Almelo had a home game versus NAC Breda which ended with a victory 5-1.Scoring bonanza? Who knows the future, but we do know that 16 of the 17 most recent league games with this club has seen three goals or more.
It's goals goals goals for Heracles who have scored 24 goals from 7 league home games. On the other hand, Heracles Almelo have conceded 8 goals.
FC Dordrecht form and stats
There's been little loot from FC Dordrecht's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Eerste Divisie. FC Dordrecht only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
It's the second away game in a row for FC Dordrecht, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus TOP Oss (placed 19th) last time out. That victory felt nice as this club had gone five league fixtures without victory. Suray, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.33. Suray hit two key passes.
A draw for Dordrecht before that, at their own venue hosting Willem II (2-2).Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 13 latest league rounds have ended with at least three goals.
12 goals have been conceded by FC Dordrecht in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: two - one - zero (Heracles Almelo wins - draws - FC Dordrecht wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Hansson 10 goals |  N. Laursen 8 goals |  K. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson 7 goals |
Heracles Almelo missing players
FC Dordrecht missing players
| Heracles Almelo | FC Dordrecht | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 47 | 27 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 82% |
| 94% | 88% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 65% |
| 53% | 62% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 24% |
| 29% | 38% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 50% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 65% |
| 41% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 6.2 | 7.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 14 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.7 |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 52% | 52% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 33% | 37% |
| 8.5 | 7.9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.6 | 9.6 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
- All of Heracles Almelo's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FC Dordrecht have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Eerste Divisie
- FC Dordrecht haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Heracles Almelo have not yet lost a game at home.
- Heracles Almelo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Heracles Almelo have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Heracles Almelo have scored more than double the goals of FC Dordrecht.
- Heracles Almelo have the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most clean sheets (7) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (24) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (44) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+23) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Heracles Almelo have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Heracles Almelo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 37 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | MVV Maastricht | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Almere City | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | FC Eindhoven | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 25 |
| 7 | Willem II | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Telstar | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 19 |
| 10 | NAC Breda | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Jong Ajax | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 21 |
| 13 | FC Den Bosch | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | FC Dordrecht | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | De Graafschap | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 20 |
| 17 | ADO Den Haag | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 18 | Helmond Sport | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -15 | 15 |
| 19 | TOP Oss | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 16 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 9 |
