Football preview: Home fans have high expectations when Heracles Almelo host Roda JC Kerkrade

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Competition: Netherlands Eerste Divisie
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Erve Asito (13500 seats)

A look at the Eerste Divisie table shows that this is top- vs mid-table, but that's not all you need to know. Check out our Heracles Almelo - Roda JC Kerkrade match guide!

Insights:
  • Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (90) in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have scored more than double the goals of Roda JC Kerkrade.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Heracles Almelo form and stats

Heracles Almelo are steadily winning Eerste Divisie games and points here at Erve Asito. 12 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 16 games.

Heracles faced defeat in their previous match, away at Graafschap (3-5). Until that match this club had gone eight consecutive league games without a loss. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Midfield player Vejinović got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Vejinović signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and had 41 successful passes (of 50 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Almere City that ended 1-1.

Scoring bonanza? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 25 of the 32 most recent league matches with this side has had at least three goals.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Heracles Almelo is on fire here. A stunning 55 from 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Heracles Almelo have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Roda JC Kerkrade form and stats

5-3-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Roda JC Kerkrade in their Eerste Divisie matches away.

Roda JC Kerkrade's last game was the home draw against ADO Den Haag (1-1). Attacker Vente got a player rating of 8.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Vente scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Jong PSV wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.

The visiting Kerkrade have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 16 games. Roda JC Kerkrade's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 25 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Heracles have put together a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Roda JC Kerkrade.

The teams have faced each other already this season, with the match result Roda JC Kerkrade - Heracles Almelo 1-3 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Roda JC KerkradeD. Vente
D. Vente
19 goals
Heracles AlmeloN. Laursen
N. Laursen
16 goals
HeraclesE. Hansson
E. Hansson
15 goals

Heracles Almelo missing players

Roda JC Kerkrade missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Heracles Almelo Roda JC Kerkrade
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
21 12 4 Won W 0 5 12
4 3 1 Drew D 2 3 6
7 1 0 Lost L 2 8 14
90 55 21 Scored S 5 19 43
41 17 5 Conceded C 7 25 46
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
97% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 81% 81%
78% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
50% 56% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 19% 25%
34% 44% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 12% 16%
56% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 59%
34% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 19%
9% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 31% 22%
 
5.9 6 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.4 5
3.9 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.4 4.6
1.6 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.9 14 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.9 11.6
5.7 6.4 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.8 4.6
49% 54% 58% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 25% 29%
 
8.6 8.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 9.9 8.9
3 3 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Eerste Divisie this season:
  • All of Heracles Almelo's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Heracles Almelo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Heracles Almelo have scored more than double the goals of Roda JC Kerkrade.
  • Heracles Almelo have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the most matches over the total-line (25) in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the most points (39) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (55) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (90) in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+38) at home in Eerste Divisie
  • Heracles Almelo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Roda JC Kerkrade 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 PEC Zwolle 32 23 3 6 85 36 16 12 2 2 49 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 49 72
2 Heracles Almelo 32 21 4 7 90 41 16 12 3 1 55 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 49 67
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 16 6 6 4 28 20 19 53
5 VVV-Venlo 31 15 7 9 49 42 16 5 6 5 20 18 15 10 1 4 29 24 7 52
6 FC Eindhoven 32 14 8 10 50 47 16 9 4 3 34 20 16 5 4 7 16 27 3 50
7 MVV Maastricht 32 15 5 12 58 57 16 11 3 2 37 18 16 4 2 10 21 39 1 50
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 Graafschap 32 13 6 13 53 44 16 8 2 6 26 18 16 5 4 7 27 26 9 45
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 32 11 10 11 34 47 16 6 4 6 19 24 16 5 6 5 15 23 -13 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 12 6 14 43 46 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 3 8 19 25 -3 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
16 Helmond Sport 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 23 20 16 2 5 9 8 29 -18 35
17 FC Oss 31 9 4 18 36 57 16 5 2 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 31
18 FC Dordrecht 32 8 6 18 34 55 16 5 3 8 19 23 16 3 3 10 15 32 -21 30
19 FC Den Bosch 32 9 3 20 42 77 16 7 2 7 27 28 16 2 1 13 15 49 -35 30
20 Jong Utrecht 31 5 5 21 27 53 15 3 3 9 12 18 16 2 2 12 15 35 -26 20

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 PEC Zwolle 32 23 3 6 85 36 16 12 2 2 49 17 16 11 1 4 36 19 49 72
2 Heracles Almelo 32 21 4 7 90 41 16 12 3 1 55 17 16 9 1 6 35 24 49 67
3 Almere City 32 18 5 9 46 34 16 9 3 4 27 18 16 9 2 5 19 16 12 59
4 Willem II 31 15 8 8 53 34 15 9 2 4 25 14 16 6 6 4 28 20 19 53
5 VVV-Venlo 31 15 7 9 49 42 16 5 6 5 20 18 15 10 1 4 29 24 7 52
6 FC Eindhoven 32 14 8 10 50 47 16 9 4 3 34 20 16 5 4 7 16 27 3 50
7 MVV Maastricht 32 15 5 12 58 57 16 11 3 2 37 18 16 4 2 10 21 39 1 50
8 NAC Breda 32 15 4 13 54 55 16 9 2 5 29 21 16 6 2 8 25 34 -1 49
9 Graafschap 32 13 6 13 53 44 16 8 2 6 26 18 16 5 4 7 27 26 9 45
10 ADO Den Haag 32 11 10 11 40 46 16 6 4 6 24 24 16 5 6 5 16 22 -6 43
11 Telstar 32 11 10 11 34 47 16 6 4 6 19 24 16 5 6 5 15 23 -13 43
12 Roda JC Kerkrade 32 12 6 14 43 46 16 7 3 6 24 21 16 5 3 8 19 25 -3 42
13 Jong PSV 32 11 8 13 51 51 16 7 2 7 30 26 16 4 6 6 21 25 0 41
14 Jong AZ 32 11 8 13 50 52 16 7 6 3 32 21 16 4 2 10 18 31 -2 41
15 Jong Ajax 32 9 10 13 58 61 16 5 5 6 31 23 16 4 5 7 27 38 -3 37
16 Helmond Sport 32 9 8 15 31 49 16 7 3 6 23 20 16 2 5 9 8 29 -18 35
17 FC Oss 31 9 4 18 36 57 16 5 2 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 13 28 -21 31
18 FC Dordrecht 32 8 6 18 34 55 16 5 3 8 19 23 16 3 3 10 15 32 -21 30
19 FC Den Bosch 32 9 3 20 42 77 16 7 2 7 27 28 16 2 1 13 15 49 -35 30
20 Jong Utrecht 31 5 5 21 27 53 15 3 3 9 12 18 16 2 2 12 15 35 -26 20

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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.