This is shaping up to be another appealing skirmish at Polman Stadion in the Eerste Divisie. Heracles Almelo is in 5th place and host VVV-Venlo in 4th place. Learn more about the fixture here!
- Heracles Almelo have not yet lost a game at home.
- VVV-Venlo have the most points from losing position (6) in Eerste Divisie
Only a few days to rest for the hosting team, as they performed in a Eerste Divisie game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Jong Ajax.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
Only two Eerste Divisie home games for Heracles Almelo so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Heracles Almelo faced defeat in their previous match, away at Jong Ajax (0-4). The first loss after going undefeated in four league fixtures. As you see from the result above, Heracles Almelo suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Brouwer had a busy but productive day in the Jong Ajax match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented. Sonnenberg, defender, was given a rating of 7.11/10 in that game, top of the team. Sonnenberg won 2 of 3 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus MVV Maastricht.Goals are appearing in numbers in this team's league rounds, with 5 in a row seeing three goals or more (over 2.5).
Early season league goal statistics from Heracles Almelo's 2 home games: 6 goals, 2 conceded.
VVV-Venlo form and stats
VVV-Venlo are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Eerste Divisie. Momentum is building for VVV-Venlo in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
VVV-Venlo go into this game after a win, the home game against Jong Utrecht that ended 2-1. Late drama in the previous game, when Koglin scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Jong Utrecht. Defender Koglin was the best team player with a rating of 8.01. Koglin scored one goal and won 3 of 7 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at TOP Oss.Will there be lots of goals? This team have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all ending with three or more than three goals (over 2.5 goals).
4 goals so far away for VVV-Venlo, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Heracles six wins, one draw and VVV-Venlo three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Laursen 3 goals |  E. Hansson 3 goals |  K. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson 3 goals |
Heracles Almelo missing players
VVV-Venlo missing players
| Heracles Almelo | VVV-Venlo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 6.4 | 11 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 6.6 |
| 3.2 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 1.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 16.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 8.6 |
| 3.8 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.2 |
| 63% | 55% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 8.8 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 3 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2 | 3.4 |
- All of Heracles Almelo's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of VVV-Venlo's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Heracles Almelo have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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.
- VVV-Venlo have scored in all their away matches so far.
- VVV-Venlo have the most points from losing position (6) in Eerste Divisie
- VVV-Venlo have won all their away games so far.
- VVV-Venlo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- VVV-Venlo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Heracles Almelo | Last season | VVV-Venlo | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 2 | 1 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 23 | 50 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 31 | 64 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 79% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 63% | ||
| 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 37% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 21% | ||
| 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 53% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 26% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 29% | ||
| 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 14% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 29% | ||
| 15 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 12.2 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | FC Eindhoven | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Jong AZ | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | VVV-Venlo | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Heracles Almelo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | NAC Breda | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | MVV Maastricht | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Willem II | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Jong Ajax | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | TOP Oss | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Almere City | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | FC Dordrecht | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Graafschap | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 15 | Telstar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Jong PSV | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 4 |
| 17 | Helmond Sport | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | ADO Den Haag | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | FC Den Bosch | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 3 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 1 |
