Heracles Almelo vs Jong Ajax Preview & Prediction 19 May 2023

The standings reveals that 36 points separate the two combatants in this Eerste Divisie match. Heracles Almelo own both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:

Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (101) in Eerste Divisie
Heracles Almelo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jong Ajax have scored away.

Heracles Almelo's stadium, Erve Asito, has a artifical turf surface. Jong Ajax 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 Jong Ajax when playing on artifical turf; 5 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses from 23 matches. They have scored {29 goals} in these games and conceded 48.

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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Heracles Almelo form and stats

This stadium, Erve Asito, has been a fortress for Heracles Almelo in the Eerste Divisie so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 14-3-1. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Heracles has won five games in a row. The De Graafschap match was the last time out without a victory.

Heracles Almelo enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at NAC Breda's place. The match ended 3-0 with Hansson, Wehmeyer and Vejinović scoring. The goalie Brouwer was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.05 out of ten. Brouwer topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting FC Dordrecht.

Lots of goals? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 28 of the 37 most recent league games with this team has had at least three goals.

It's goals goals goals for Heracles who have scored 59 goals from 18 league home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Heracles Almelo have conceded only 17 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Jong Ajax form and stats

The visitors are W5-D5-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Eerste Divisie.

Home advantage was not enough for Jong in their previous game as they lost hosting Jong AZ, 1-2. The attacker Martha got a match rating of 7.14 in that game. Martha scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 45 successful passes (of 52 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against ADO Den Haag.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 11 of this side's 14 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.

Jong Ajax has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 28 goals from 18 games. Jong Ajax have conceded 39 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Heracles Almelo and Jong Ajax have duelled earlier this season: Jong Ajax - Heracles Almelo 4-0. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (Heracles wins - draws - Jong Ajax wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Laursen

16 goals

E. Hansson

16 goals

K. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson

16 goals

Heracles Almelo missing players

Jong Ajax missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Heracles Almelo				Jong Ajax
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
37	18	6	Played	P	5	18	37
26	14	6	Won	W	2	5	12
4	3	0	Drew	D	1	5	10
7	1	0	Lost	L	2	8	15
101	59	24	Scored	S	12	28	69
42	17	5	Conceded	C	11	39	70
100%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	100%	97%
92%	94%	100%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	100%	83%	86%
76%	72%	83%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	80%	61%	65%
46%	50%	67%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	60%	50%	46%
30%	39%	50%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	60%	39%	35%
51%	50%	33%	BTTS	BTTS	100%	72%	76%
41%	44%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	6%	8%
8%	6%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	22%	19%

6.1	6.2	4.8	Corners for (avg)	C F	5.4	4.1	4.3
3.9	3.5	2.5	Corners against (avg)	C A	3.8	5.8	4.9
1.7	1.6	1.2	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.6	1.6	1.5
2	1	0	Red cards	R C	0	3	5

13	13.7	11.8	Shots (avg)	S (	11.4	11.3	11.5
5.7	6.2	6.7	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	5.4	4.6	4.9
48%	53%	60%	Goal Efficiency	G E	44%	34%	38%

8.7	8.7	8.5	Shots against (avg)	S A	11.8	14.8	12
3.2	3.1	3.7	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	5	5.8	4.6

Heracles Almelo			First Half	Jong Ajax
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
37	18	6	Played	P	5	18	37
20	13	5	Won	W	2	7	15
12	3	1	Drew	D	1	5	11
5	2	0	Lost	L	2	6	11
52	35	14	Scored	S	7	15	34
20	10	2	Conceded	C	5	13	28
84%	94%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	72%	78%
57%	72%	83%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	44%	49%
30%	44%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	60%	33%	32%
22%	33%	33%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	6%	5%
3%	6%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
30%	33%	33%	BTTS	BTTS	40%	28%	38%
59%	56%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	56%	43%
27%	17%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	44%	41%

Heracles Almelo			Second Half	Jong Ajax
Total	Home	vs mid	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
37	18	6	Played	P	5	18	37
23	12	5	Won	W	0	2	7
8	4	1	Drew	D	4	6	15
6	2	0	Lost	L	1	10	15
49	24	10	Scored	S	5	13	35
22	7	3	Conceded	C	6	26	42
81%	78%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	94%	84%
54%	44%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	67%	65%
38%	33%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	39%	41%
11%	11%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	17%	16%
5%	6%	17%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
22%	22%	33%	BTTS	BTTS	80%	44%	41%
65%	67%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	11%	30%
32%	33%	17%	Failed to Score	F T	20%	50%	46%

Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:

Heracles Almelo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Heracles Almelo have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Jong Ajax have scored away.
Heracles Almelo have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Eerste Divisie
Heracles Almelo have the most matches over the total-line (28) in Eerste Divisie
Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (101) in Eerste Divisie
Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (59) at home in Eerste Divisie
Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals in the second half (49) in Eerste Divisie
Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+42) at home in Eerste Divisie
Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+59) in Eerste Divisie
Heracles Almelo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Heracles Almelo is in the best form (5-0-1) in Eerste Divisie
Jong Ajax haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

		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	37	26	4	7	101	42	18	14	3	1	59	17	19	12	1	6	42	25	59	82
2	PEC Zwolle	37	26	4	7	96	41	19	15	2	2	58	18	18	11	2	5	38	23	55	82
3	Willem II	37	19	10	8	66	38	19	13	2	4	37	17	18	6	8	4	29	21	28	67
4	Almere City	37	20	7	10	57	41	18	9	4	5	28	21	19	11	3	5	29	20	16	67
5	MVV Maastricht	37	18	5	14	65	64	19	13	3	3	42	23	18	5	2	11	23	41	1	59
6	NAC Breda	37	18	5	14	63	62	19	10	3	6	34	27	18	8	2	8	29	35	1	59
7	VVV-Venlo	37	16	9	12	55	50	19	6	7	6	24	22	18	10	2	6	31	28	5	57
8	FC Eindhoven	37	16	9	12	57	53	19	10	4	5	37	23	18	6	5	7	20	30	4	57
9	Jong AZ	37	14	9	14	60	56	18	8	7	3	37	22	19	6	2	11	23	34	4	51
10	Telstar	37	13	11	13	37	51	18	7	5	6	20	24	19	6	6	7	17	27	-14	50
11	De Graafschap	37	14	7	16	61	54	18	9	2	7	28	20	19	5	5	9	33	34	7	49
12	ADO Den Haag	37	12	12	13	49	57	19	6	6	7	30	31	18	6	6	6	19	26	-8	48
13	Jong Ajax	37	12	10	15	69	70	19	7	5	7	41	31	18	5	5	8	28	39	-1	46
14	Jong PSV	37	12	8	17	58	62	18	8	2	8	33	28	19	4	6	9	25	34	-4	44
15	Helmond Sport	37	11	10	16	37	54	18	7	4	7	24	22	19	4	6	9	13	32	-17	43
16	Roda JC Kerkrade	37	12	6	19	47	57	18	7	3	8	25	24	19	5	3	11	22	33	-10	42
17	TOP Oss	37	10	6	21	43	74	19	6	3	10	27	37	18	4	3	11	16	37	-31	36
18	FC Den Bosch	37	10	5	22	46	82	19	7	3	9	30	33	18	3	2	13	16	49	-36	35
19	FC Dordrecht	37	9	7	21	39	66	18	6	3	9	21	26	19	3	4	12	18	40	-27	34
20	Jong Utrecht	37	7	6	24	32	64	18	5	4	9	17	20	19	2	2	15	15	44	-32	27

Table

		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	37	26	4	7	101	42	18	14	3	1	59	17	19	12	1	6	42	25	59	82
2	PEC Zwolle	37	26	4	7	96	41	19	15	2	2	58	18	18	11	2	5	38	23	55	82
3	Willem II	37	19	10	8	66	38	19	13	2	4	37	17	18	6	8	4	29	21	28	67
4	Almere City	37	20	7	10	57	41	18	9	4	5	28	21	19	11	3	5	29	20	16	67
5	MVV Maastricht	37	18	5	14	65	64	19	13	3	3	42	23	18	5	2	11	23	41	1	59
6	NAC Breda	37	18	5	14	63	62	19	10	3	6	34	27	18	8	2	8	29	35	1	59
7	VVV-Venlo	37	16	9	12	55	50	19	6	7	6	24	22	18	10	2	6	31	28	5	57
8	FC Eindhoven	37	16	9	12	57	53	19	10	4	5	37	23	18	6	5	7	20	30	4	57
9	Jong AZ	37	14	9	14	60	56	18	8	7	3	37	22	19	6	2	11	23	34	4	51
10	Telstar	37	13	11	13	37	51	18	7	5	6	20	24	19	6	6	7	17	27	-14	50
11	De Graafschap	37	14	7	16	61	54	18	9	2	7	28	20	19	5	5	9	33	34	7	49
12	ADO Den Haag	37	12	12	13	49	57	19	6	6	7	30	31	18	6	6	6	19	26	-8	48
13	Jong Ajax	37	12	10	15	69	70	19	7	5	7	41	31	18	5	5	8	28	39	-1	46
14	Jong PSV	37	12	8	17	58	62	18	8	2	8	33	28	19	4	6	9	25	34	-4	44
15	Helmond Sport	37	11	10	16	37	54	18	7	4	7	24	22	19	4	6	9	13	32	-17	43
16	Roda JC Kerkrade	37	12	6	19	47	57	18	7	3	8	25	24	19	5	3	11	22	33	-10	42
17	TOP Oss	37	10	6	21	43	74	19	6	3	10	27	37	18	4	3	11	16	37	-31	36
18	FC Den Bosch	37	10	5	22	46	82	19	7	3	9	30	33	18	3	2	13	16	49	-36	35
19	FC Dordrecht	37	9	7	21	39	66	18	6	3	9	21	26	19	3	4	12	18	40	-27	34
20	Jong Utrecht	37	7	6	24	32	64	18	5	4	9	17	20	19	2	2	15	15	44	-32	27