A key fixture in Eerste Divisie as both sides are battling for the top positions. With MVV Maastricht in 4th position and Heracles Almelo at 1st, this has all the looks of an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
- MVV Maastricht have not yet lost a game at home.
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (56) in Eerste Divisie
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
MVV Maastricht form and stats
24 points is a decent return from 10 Eerste Divisie games here at De Geusselt for MVV Maastricht. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses.
MVV Maastricht are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus ADO Den Haag. Midfield player van Bommel got a match rating of 7.23 in that game, the max score being 10. Bommel hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus De Graafschap.There will be little rest for Maastricht after this match as they are travelling to Telstar for a Eerste Divisie game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and MVV Maastricht are scoring many of them at home; 25 on target from 10 league matches.
Heracles Almelo form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eerste Divisie travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus PEC Zwolle with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Before that defeat this club had gained at least a draw from six league matches in a row. Heracles lost heavily in their last match (against PEC Zwolle as mentioned above) and the damage happened in the first half. Something did not go right in the pre-game preparations. Defender Rente was the best team player with a rating of 7.82. Rente hit one key pass and won 8 of 13 duels.
The game before that was the KNVB Beker-duel against Go Ahead Eagles, a home defeat (0-1).
Observe that 11 of this team's 12 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Heracles Almelo are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Heracles Almelo have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier on this campaign: Heracles Almelo - MVV Maastricht 2-2. Hansson likes to meet Maastricht and have scored 2 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Hansson 13 goals |  K. Armenteros Nunez Mendoza Jansson 10 goals |  N. Laursen 9 goals |
MVV Maastricht missing players
Heracles Almelo missing players
| MVV Maastricht | Heracles Almelo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 34 | 25 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 56 |
| 28 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 84% | 90% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 70% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 53% | 70% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 16% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 30% |
| 68% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 21% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 35% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 3 | 3.1 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 6.3 | 5.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 4 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.4 | 8.6 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 9.9 | 11.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.8 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 45% | 52% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 49% | 51% |
| 12.4 | 9.5 | 3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 8.8 | 8.5 |
| 4.8 | 3.2 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
- All of Heracles Almelo's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Heracles Almelo have created more than twice as many corners as MVV Maastricht.
- Heracles Almelo have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Heracles Almelo have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most matches over the total-line (18) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals (56) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo have the the best goal difference (+30) in Eerste Divisie
- Heracles Almelo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- MVV Maastricht have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- MVV Maastricht have not yet lost a game at home.
- MVV Maastricht have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- MVV Maastricht have scored in all their home matches so far.
- MVV Maastricht 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 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 30 | 44 |
| 2 | PEC Zwolle | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 26 | 44 |
| 3 | Almere City | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 4 | MVV Maastricht | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 34 |
| 5 | FC Eindhoven | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | VVV-Venlo | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Willem II | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | Jong AZ | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 28 |
| 9 | Roda JC Kerkrade | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | De Graafschap | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Telstar | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 25 |
| 12 | NAC Breda | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Jong PSV | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 14 | Jong Ajax | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 22 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | ADO Den Haag | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 16 | Helmond Sport | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -17 | 20 |
| 17 | FC Den Bosch | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Dordrecht | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 19 |
| 19 | FC Oss | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 20 | Jong Utrecht | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 15 |
