Eerste Divisie preview: Can Heracles Almelo edge out victory against FC Eindhoven?

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 21.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Erve Asito (13500 seats)

A crucial game as both sides are battling for the top positions. With Heracles Almelo in 1st place and FC Eindhoven at 3rd, this has all the looks of an exciting duel. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (29) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Eerste Divisie

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Heracles Almelo form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Heracles Almelo have to build on here at Erve Asito in the Eerste Divisie. It’s been three wins in a row for Heracles Almelo here at Erve Asito, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

The Heracles Almelo coach Lammers and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Roda JC Kerkrade in the KNVB Beker. The first defeat after collecting points in five league matches. Sierra (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.05/10. Sierra scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A Eerste Divisie defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at PEC Zwolle.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Heracles Almelo's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Goal fest? Who knows the future, but we do know that 10 of the 11 most recent league games with this team has had at least three goals.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Heracles is on fire here. A stunning 16 from 5 league matches. Heracles Almelo have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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FC Eindhoven form and stats

2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of FC Eindhoven, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Eerste Divisie, playing as the away team in the Eerste Divisie this season.

The supporters enjoyed FC Eindhoven's previous game versus Willem II, a KNVB Beker win (1-0) played at home. Those three points felt nice as this club had gone four league rounds without victory. Kokcu, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.62. Kokcu scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 29 successful passes (of 32 total).

Before that, Eindhoven secured a home win against TOP Oss with the score 2-1.

FC Eindhoven find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. FC Eindhoven are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Heracles AlmeloE. Hansson
E. Hansson
6 goals
Heracles AlmeloN. Laursen
N. Laursen
5 goals
HeraclesK. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson
K. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson
5 goals

Heracles Almelo missing players

FC Eindhoven missing players

Heracles Almelo FC Eindhoven
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 0 5 11
8 4 0 Won W 0 2 6
1 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
29 16 2 Scored S 0 6 20
15 7 2 Conceded C 0 4 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 73%
91% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 45%
55% 80% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 27%
27% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 18%
45% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 64%
45% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 27%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
6.1 8.4 17 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.5
3.8 2.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 5.2
1 1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.2 2.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.9 13.8 27 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7.8 7.4
4.5 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.6 3.5
59% 57% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 51%
 
9.4 9.8 13 Shots against (avg) S A 0 10.4 9.3
3.6 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2.8 2.7
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Heracles Almelo's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Eerste Divisie
  • FC Eindhoven 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 at home.
  • Heracles Almelo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as FC Eindhoven have scored away.
  • Heracles Almelo have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Heracles Almelo have the most clean sheets (5) in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (16) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (29) in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals in the second half (16) in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+14) 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.
  • Heracles Almelo is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 Heracles Almelo 11 8 1 2 29 15 5 4 1 0 16 7 6 4 0 2 13 8 14 25
2 PEC Zwolle 11 7 2 2 27 16 6 3 2 1 13 10 5 4 0 1 14 6 11 23
3 FC Eindhoven 11 6 4 1 20 10 6 4 2 0 14 6 5 2 2 1 6 4 10 22
4 MVV Maastricht 11 6 3 2 21 18 6 4 2 0 15 7 5 2 1 2 6 11 3 21
5 Roda JC Kerkrade 11 5 3 3 21 15 5 3 1 1 10 7 6 2 2 2 11 8 6 18
6 Willem II 11 5 3 3 17 13 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 2 2 2 11 9 4 18
7 VVV-Venlo 11 5 2 4 17 20 6 2 2 2 7 8 5 3 0 2 10 12 -3 17
8 Jong AZ 11 5 1 5 20 17 5 4 0 1 15 7 6 1 1 4 5 10 3 16
9 Almere City 11 5 1 5 16 16 6 3 1 2 10 6 5 2 0 3 6 10 0 16
10 Jong Ajax 11 4 3 4 19 17 5 3 1 1 13 4 6 1 2 3 6 13 2 15
11 Telstar 11 4 3 4 12 17 6 2 1 3 6 13 5 2 2 1 6 4 -5 15
12 FC Dordrecht 11 4 2 5 13 14 5 3 0 2 8 6 6 1 2 3 5 8 -1 14
13 ADO Den Haag 11 4 2 5 14 18 5 2 1 2 8 7 6 2 1 3 6 11 -4 14
14 NAC Breda 11 4 2 5 14 18 6 3 1 2 8 6 5 1 1 3 6 12 -4 14
15 Jong PSV 11 3 4 4 13 18 5 2 0 3 4 9 6 1 4 1 9 9 -5 13
16 FC Den Bosch 11 4 0 7 16 19 6 2 0 4 10 11 5 2 0 3 6 8 -3 12
17 De Graafschap 11 3 2 6 15 19 6 2 2 2 8 6 5 1 0 4 7 13 -4 11
18 TOP Oss 11 3 1 7 13 18 5 1 1 3 6 7 6 2 0 4 7 11 -5 10
19 Helmond Sport 11 3 0 8 10 17 6 2 0 4 8 10 5 1 0 4 2 7 -7 9
20 Jong Utrecht 11 1 3 7 8 20 5 1 2 2 3 6 6 0 1 5 5 14 -12 6

Read more about Eerste Divisie

The Eerste Divisie, meaning “First Division”, is the second highest level of football in the Netherlands. 20 teams play two fixtures against each other to form a final league table after 380 games. The winning team is promoted with a creative playoff system deciding whether more teams promote.